Actually they are no longer called “food stamps” because they aren’t. They are credit cards or what they call “EBT cards - Electronic Benefit Transfer card” which is just like a CC. It’s a scam because the whole system is built on trust that the “food deprived” will spend that money on food. Ask yourself when is the last time you saw someone starving in the USA?
I grew up and lived in New york city my whole life until 2 months ago when I finally got smart and moved, and every-single-day I would see people buying beer, cigarettes, getting money from a cashier wihout buying food.
Of course some do buy food, but a hell of a lot do not. Oh yes, and this does not count the amount of money they are ALLOWED to take out to spend on whatever they wish. I believe it starts at $200 for a single adult and moves up from there. THEN they are also given an extra $240 for “food” which is the trust thing I was talking about. For that money they can’t take out of an ATM but it doesn’t stop them from using that EBT card to buy whatever they want.
Anybody reading this who lives in Queens NYC near Astoria, go to 34-00 Northern blvd. and tell me if you can find anybody waiting on that “food stamp” line who ISN’T here illegally. That line is notorious. You want to get pissed off, go down there and take a look. This is what your taxes are paying for. This is why Despot Bloomberg has cops out day and night handing out parking tickets.
I’ll never forget the time I was at the fish market in SW DC and a guy pulls up in a brand new Range Rover, all blinged out, $3000 wheels, the works. Pays for about $300 worth of raw oysters with a handful of those cards. He had a pocket full of ‘em and basically just handed them to the guy. Some people are more equal than others!