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Taxpayer. >> my snap guard. >> how do you get a snap card? >> go out to the human resource office and have your birth certificate and your social security card. i don't got a paycheck coming in, so i qualify. how often do you do this? >> every once, every six months. >> right now once a we're. >> things have changed. >> back in 1996 if you were an abled adult like jason with no family, there were limitations. you could get food stamps for only three months every three years. the exception? if you were working at least a 20-hour workweek or participated in a work fare or training program. presi...

Requirements. >> you fill out a form for a snap card. they give you that for a year, no questions asked. >> yeah. good to go. you're golden. >> that's $200 a month, right? >> $200. free money. radical. why not? >> this is my job right here to make sure everything is rolling smoothly. make sure the sun is up and the girls are out. >> i surf every day. clear your head. get out with the boys. have a good time. >> the life. never a dull moment. another day in paradise. >> yeah. >> so it's off to the section of the local food mart. >> i got my rainbow roll, ahi, salmon, yellow tail with rice and av...

They got lobster. >> coconut water. >> then he is off to -- food stamp card at the ready. >> $100 a month, and just go like boom. >> thank you for shopping with us. >> just like that. all paid for by our wonderful tax dollars. >> is that typically the type of thing that you'll get on the snap card? >> yeah. usually get sushi, but make it my own way, but they didn't have any good fish. i just got the premade stuff. ♪ >> lobster. >> does anybody want a piece? >> is it safe to say this notion of holding down a steady job

Want year. >> reporter: things have changed. back in 1996 if were you an able adult like jason, with no family, there were limitations. you could get food stamps for only three months every three years. the exception, if you were working at least a 20-hour workweek or participated in a work fair or training program. president obama wiped away those restrictions when he signed his stimulus bill in 2009. and in 2010, obama used his regulatory powers to extend the suspension of those welfare to work requirements. so you fill out a form for a s.n.a.p. card, give you that for a year, no questions a...

Get a vacation from this congress. gregg: yeah. >> americans are tired of the infighting, and they want to see the members of congress that work for us -- gregg: speaking of relying too much on government, we invite our viewers to watch -- this is a terrific one-hour documentary on friday night, it's called "the great food stamp binge," one-hour documentary, bret baier's the anchor of this thing. you will meet a surfer in southern california. he surfs all day, and then he uses his snap card, his food stamps -- he's been doing this forever -- to buy lobster at night. and he says, dude, why shou...