Posted on 11/11/2012 5:42:54 PM PST by huac
"...Gerry Mak and Sarah Magida sauntered through a small ethnic market stocked with Japanese eggplant, mint chutney and fresh turmeric...Magida, a 30-year-old art school graduate...she’s used her $150 in monthly benefits for things like fresh produce, raw honey and fresh-squeezed juices from markets near her house in the neighborhood of Hampden, and soy meat alternatives and gourmet ice cream from a Whole Foods a few miles away..."
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Exactly, thank you. I never asked the federal government to stick their hand in my earnings in the first place.
I think you meant to reply to someone else.
“Have you ever seen an EBT user also using coupons?”
Once and once only. It was an older woman with young kids with her (I am guessing her grandkids). She did have coupons and bought stuff food that was on sale. I am guessing she had custody of her grandkids.
I bet you wished that you hadn’t been out of lime washed Masa Harina, so that you could have made some tortillas when you were craving them for that month of the snowstorm.
Didn’t you say ‘f I were on assistance I’d be living on lentils and rice....”
But all i had was a rough grind of yellow corn.
At times it is a challenge being single and living alone.
Yes. I have a huge bag of rice I bought a long time ago and I keep it in the freezer. I dip into it regularly. I bought more lentils and beans just today. They are more expensive than they used to be but they are still cheaper than what’s being described in the original post. My point is, this fellow’s attitude of “Oh, I’m not going to cut back on my usual lifestyle in any way” bothers me. It displays a complete lack of concern about the state of our country, the future, the increasing burden on the tax-payer, the possibility that this money will not be flowing into his pockets forever... there’s no indication that he understands that this is indeed the time to cut back, to be frugal, to live simply and make this money last. He seems to feel that this is not something to worry about. That’s what’s garnering the reactions you’re seeing on this thread.
Yes. I have a huge bag of rice I bought a long time ago and I keep it in the freezer. I dip into it regularly. I bought more lentils and beans just today. They are more expensive than they used to be but they are still cheaper than what’s being described in the original post. My point is, this fellow’s attitude of “Oh, I’m not going to cut back on my usual lifestyle in any way” bothers me. It displays a complete lack of concern about the state of our country, the future, the increasing burden on the tax-payer, the possibility that this money will not be flowing into his pockets forever... there’s no indication that he understands that this is indeed the time to cut back, to be frugal, to live simply and make this money last. He seems to feel that this is not something to worry about. That’s what’s garnering the reactions you’re seeing on this thread.
So tell us, how do you make a tortilla out of Masa Harina? I love tortillas and I’d love to have some “makings” in my emergency supplies. Thanks.
I don’t know why that double-posted.
Thanks. ...I was ok until I hit this thread. Now my blood
pressure is back up.
Sounds like someone who appreciated the value of the food stamps they received. TOo many are using the EBT as a supplement that allows them another “luxury”. In the instance noted in this article, it was to afford higher food quality/costs. For some, it allows them to buy smokes/alcohol. For others, it might supplement having a better phone, etc. You get the drift.
If EBT users are not using coupons, shopping sales, etc, they are wasting taxpayers’ money.
“...Mak, 31, grew up in Westchester, graduated from the University of Chicago and toiled in publishing in New York during his 20s before moving to Baltimore last year with a meager part-time blogging job and prospects for little else. About half of his friends in Baltimore have been getting food stamps since the economy toppled, so he decided to give it a try; to his delight, he qualified for $200 a month.”
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Couple of years ago, I went to Chicago for a trade show and
stayed waaaay out south in a suburb and rode the METRA train
in every morning to McCormick place. It stopped at the U. Of
Chicago on every trip. After seeing the people who got on at
that stop, this story does not surprise me a bit. They were
liberal trasho’s and trashista’s 100 percent.
The directions are on the package, basically it is just a five pound bag of Masa, just like a five pound bag of four is, and you take some of the Masa, and mix it with water, flatten it, and heat it on a skillet, flipping it back and fourth to get those little brown spots.
The pre-mixed Masa Harina in the refrigerated section of the grocery store, is supposed to be a little better.
EBT can’t be used for hot food. There is a small cash amount on the card, like a debit card. I can’t believe anyone would spend those few dollars on pizza instead of toilet paper or soap or any of the many things that food stamps don’t cover.
Let's see....Minnesota....isn't that the onle state that did not vote foe Reagan.....Isn't that the state that voted into office, by hook and crook, that idiot "commedian"...is it possible that this is the state that voted a (religion of peace) Moslem into office.....and you can seriously say that you can be insulted?????????
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