What you posted has no bearing on this thread. They've already accounted for the food stamps going out. They won't give him more just because he sold the ones he has.
What you posted has no bearing on this thread. They've already accounted for the food stamps going out. They won't give him more just because he sold the ones he has./obvious troll
The $200 in benefits are usually attached to a card issued by the government. Once the person sells it to you for $120, they have to give you their pin and card. Likely they then claim it was lost and get a new one with benefits renewed next month. This whole process costs money. Those cards aren't crazy expensive but they are not negligible either. Usually they are made and issued by a third party vendor that the government uses.
Why else can't you buy it for $120 and let them buy some random thing instead? Because the purpose is to ensure that a family has access to decent food so that they are not malnourished. The chances are good that they are not using that $120 to feed their family nutritious meals.
If the family is collecting food stamps, the kids are already on welfare.
That's not what happens when your SNAP card is "lost." it takes a lot more than a month to get your account reinstated - if ever. Also if the card has been accessed when you report it lost, you get blacklisted The whole SNAP process is complicated. You work hard for that food money.
Not necessarily. A family can qualify for food stamps yet not be eligible for welfare. Two separate things.
That's not what happens when your SNAP card is "lost." it takes a lot more than a month to get your account reinstated - if ever. Also if the card has been accessed when you report it lost, you get blacklisted The whole SNAP process is complicated. You work hard for that food money.
Actually, the applicant can get a replacement card within a week.
I know a woman with a debilitating illness whose husband, the sole earner at that point due to her condition, suddenly died. She received some government assistance for food for a while. It wasn't something she was happy about but it was necessary, and thankfully it was available.
So yeah, way to go evil communist hippie Democrats.
:rollseyes:
Why is it illegal to purchase food stamps secondhand? Lets say a random person, Jim, is elligible for $200 worth of food stamps a week. Lets say he wants something that costs $120.00. I give him $120 in exchange for his food stamps, but he has enough to eat on since he stocked up last week or has a friend who will take him in until he gets more stamps.
Why is this wrong? Jim makes the decision that he can eat or go to a friends house, the government has already OK'd that jim is eligible for $200.00, after it leaves their hands, why do they have a say in what happens to the money? :wub::wub:
I have a broad definition for welfare: receiving gov't assistance such as SNAP, Medicare, SSI, etc. due to unemployment, low income, or other conditions.
If you depend on some sort of government assistance to live your daily life like you mention, it's welfare.
Why is it illegal to purchase food stamps secondhand? Lets say a random person, Jim, is elligible for $200 worth of food stamps a week. Lets say he wants something that costs $120.00. I give him $120 in exchange for his food stamps, but he has enough to eat on since he stocked up last week or has a friend who will take him in until he gets more stamps.
Why is this wrong? Jim makes the decision that he can eat or go to a friends house, the government has already OK'd that jim is eligible for $200.00, after it leaves their hands, why do they have a say in what happens to the money? :wub::wub:
The government is already giving away money, its the same, no matter who uses it..
EDIT: My deadbeat adopted sister has foodstamps. She has 4 kids with 3 different fathers, is currently married, gets a ton of money monthly with foodstamps, yet begs my mom for milk money and stuff constantly. Sickens me. They got 17k in tax refunds from our hard earned money this year, and blew through it in 2-3 months. Now they can't make their trailer payment, can't pay their lot fee, cant afford to put gas in their vehicles, yet somehow her genius of a husband can afford smokes and skoal and she always has a super large gulp in her hands.
Disgusting..
yes, there are different forms of welfare which include health care, food stamps, child care assistance, unemployment, cash aid, and housing assistance.
On any one of those and yes, could be considered as that person being on welfare.
Yes, its illegal. And yes, they just blow it at convenience stores at 200% markup.
You know one person out of 46 million? And you present that as if it were somehow statistically significant.
Will you be offended if I don't agree?
Uno
So you want to further enable your deadbeat sister to buy her super large gulp, smokes and skoals and neglect her kids need for food. Strange logic there.
Hell no, I'd never buy foodstamps from anyone. I never said this is something I'd do and wouldn't ever dream of doing it. I simply posed the question as to why it is illegal.
I know a woman with a debilitating illness whose husband, the sole earner at that point due to her condition, suddenly died. She received some government assistance for food for a while. It wasn't something she was happy about but it was necessary, and thankfully it was available.
So yeah, way to go evil communist hippie Democrats.
:rollseyes:
Actually, the applicant can get a replacement card within a week.