Only a friendly liberal media would say that the Washington State government giving away $15.5 Million dollars of yours and my tax money to people who don’t deserve it is “Success”.
From the Editorial Board of The Olympian
Food Stamp Effort a Success Story
The administration of this state’s food stamp program has undergone a drastic overhaul – all for the better.
The federal government picks up the costs of the food stamp program for low-income Washington residents. The feds also pay about half the administrative costs and routinely audit state records to ensure that food stamp recipients are deserving of the federal assistance. About 500,000 low-income Washington residents received $600 million in food stamp benefits last year.
Two years ago, the state had a terrible error rate – either providing benefits for individuals who were not eligible or paying benefits that were too high or too low. The error rate was 7.62 percent.
State officials tackled the problem and, in fiscal year 2005, the state error rate dropped to 2.72 percent. Recentlly Governor Chris Gregoire announced that the error rate had dropped to 2.59 percent in 2006. Washington state now ranks fourth nationally for its accuracy rate and as a result the state was rewarded with more than $2.9 million as a performance bonus.
Yes, 2.59% is better than 7.62%. But it is worse than 0%, which is the goal.
259 times worse than your goal is called failure.
Hmmm…was that better or worse than King Co.’s error rate in stuffing counting ballots in the 2004 election?
Because they had an accuracy rate any bank would envy.
Technically it is infinitely times worse than your goal, but we still get the point 🙂