I see that sort of thing too. People on assistance and they have the iPhones and iPods and are clearly operating at a comfort level above mine. I don’t mind it if they are buying these things themselves, but if they blew all their cash on toys and now “need” my tax money to support them in the manner to which they’ve become accustomed, I don’t like it.
In short, you stretch a dollar if the dollar is yours to begin with. I see a lot of luxury items. By that, I don’t mean meat. Luxury is defined as what is high dollar value. I don’t see a lot of “off” brands being purchased as well. It is the name brand items that are way more expensive (for example, Del Monte vs the store brand ESPECIALLY if the store brand is on sale). I don’t like it either especially since I am the one that is s-t-r-e-t-c-h-i-n-g every dollar.