What difference does it make if someone spends $141 on steaks and lobsters or $141 on sugar and microwave meals?
I'd wager about 3 weeks worth of meals is the difference.
My father-in-law sent this chain letter type email to friends and family from a super market local to him showing a receipt where food stamps were used to purchase a bunch of high end food...
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hpho...81569865266_1416297403_31250624_2979000_n.jpg
I was a little shocked... I immediately wondered if this was feasible / possible / allowed...
If it is a receipt that is legit...WOW I am glad my taxes are going to better those less fortunate.
Yes, and? If someone has $100+ worth of food stamps why do you care which foods they can buy with them?
So you see nothing wrong with someone buying steaks and lobster on government assistance while they talk on thier iphone and have no problem paying cash for a carton of cigs?
Do you pay taxes? Do you get to eat this well? (assuming your not on food stamps)
On second thought, why don't we just give poor people all a free lexus and/or BMW while we are at it. We shouldn't make them have to take buses or trains.
The point is that food stamps or assistance are supposed to benefit dependent children primarily. What do think the chances are this person was shopping for their children with lobster and steak?
The markets here are freaking obscene. My wife and I bus our asses all the way over to the target in spanish harlem to get groceries every week....even with the cab ride back, it's still like half the price we'd pay at the local markets. Literally half.I see people in bodegas, yes BODEGAS, buying waaayyyy overpriced crap because their FAT lazy ass can't walk another 2 blocks to the supermarket, and pay with their food-stamp card.
I do see that it could be beneficial to physically impaired and seniors, but some of these losers are neither, and they still spend twice as much in the bodega as the supermarket would charge (and this is NYC supermarket prices, so double that).
Yah, keep those willful blinders on to what is happening here.I don't know. You clearly don't either.
Yah, keep those willful blinders on to what is happening here.
I would hate to spend time with your family if this is the type of shit you sit around worrying about
How pathetic. Someone who has nothing better to do than hate on poor people.
He's right of course the poor have it so good. Their lives are paradise. They should suffer so he can lower his taxes .8%.
One person buying lobster on food stamp for reasons unknown clearly means the whole program should be scrapped. Starving kids on the streets build a strong country.
i dont care what they buy, they should be allowed anything they want... but all i know is i have to aggressively budget my food expenses every month, and that means i must buy generic foods for the most part or i simply will not meet my budget. but somehow im always waiting behind someone with food stamps that has a cart twice as full with twice as expensive shit in it. they spend $160 of taxpayers money, i spend $55 of my money. thats what doesnt feel right to me.
i remember reading that >20% of people living in DC are in food stamps and the local food stamp program is working hard to get more people covered.
link to article
http://money.cnn.com/2010/12/21/news/economy/food_stamps/index.htm
[q]The number of food stamp recipients increased 16% over last year. This means that 14% of the population is now living on food stamps. That's about 43 million people, or about one out of every seven Americans.
In some states, like Tennessee, Mississippi, New Mexico and Oregon, one in five people are receiving food stamps. Washington, D.C. leads the nation, with 21.5% of the population on food stamps.[/q]
My father-in-law sent this chain letter type email to friends and family from a super market local to him showing a receipt where food stamps were used to purchase a bunch of high end food...
http://a7.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc6/183560_1581569865266_1416297403_31250624_2979000_n.jpg
I was a little shocked... I immediately wondered if this was feasible / possible / allowed...
If it is a receipt that is legit...WOW I am glad my taxes are going to better those less fortunate.
That's it...I'm going on foodstamps.
What difference does it make if someone spends $141 on steaks and lobsters or $141 on sugar and microwave meals?
if i am going to be forced to pay for your dinner, i should have the right to choose what you eat.
what a f'd up system
wait, what? you're upset that ebt is being used for quality food? why? wtf do you think ebt should be used for? shitty, unhealthy, cheap "food"? why?
Because the money is given for survival, not pleasure. Both lobster and steak are fairly low quality food. The steak has a good amount of protein but otherwise they might as well be buying whisky. Vegetables, grains, and fruits are all appropriate food. Tuna is much healthier than steak. Instead of handing out dependence cards, they should be given government selected food once per week. If they don't like the government's selection, they can find their own food.
Because the money is given for survival, not pleasure. Both lobster and steak are fairly low quality food. The steak has a good amount of protein but otherwise they might as well be buying whisky. Vegetables, grains, and fruits are all appropriate food. Tuna is much healthier than steak. Instead of handing out dependence cards, they should be given government selected food once per week. If they don't like the government's selection, they can find their own food.