Question:How does the Federal Quota Program work?

How does the Federal Quota Program Work?

As prescribed by an Act to Promote the Education of the Blind, Congress makes an annual appropriation for the provision of the special Federal Quota materials. This appropriation is divided by the total number of eligible students in educat...

How Do Individual Fishing Quota Programs Work?

Under an IFQ program, fishermen are allocated percentages of a total allowable catch, which is set by fishery managers based on an estimated sustainable catch level. Quota holders possess some of the privileges of property rights, but not o...

How SO2 Quota Allocation Works in the US Acid Rain Program?

In the SO2 market, the EPA freely allocates 98% of the SO2 allowance supply.  From 1995 through 1999, the EPA freely allocated 11.85 million TSO2 more allowances to the 110 oldest and highest emitting US coal-fired power plants than those p...

How would you feel if you were turned down for food stamps because the quota was full?

Q: I graduated from college like a good little do-bee, and I had a good job for 20 years. I dutifully paid my income taxes for all those years, part of which paid into the many federal entitlement programs, including food stamps for the needy.Now that the Obama Depression is looming, I've been out of work since May, and I don't have any employment prospects in the forseeable future. I am rapidly running through my savings, including my retirement accounts.I am facing the prospect of going on food stamps in the forseeable future.But then a terrible thought occurred to me - there are so many people losing their jobs, and they didn't save up nearly as much as I did. What if they all go on food stamps, and by the time I need them there is not enough money to pay for any more recipients?How would you feel if you paid into the food stamps system for 20 years, then when times changed and now you're the one in need, you are told "I'm sorry, there is a shortfall of funds, the program is closed to new applicants. All the available funds are going to existing participants who are in the program already."Then when you say "I paid into this system for 20 years, now you're telling me I can't get any benefits when it's my turn to get some?"Then the social worker just sneers back "Benefits were provided on a first come first served basis, Sorry, you snooze you lose!"How would you react?

A: Hungry.