“All the relevant facts we need to pass judgement on this guy just aren’t there..”
Perhaps not in the article but they are there right in front of our faces. I budget, shop sales, cook what is on sale, and use coupons to feed my family. How many times have I been behind someone with steak, salmon, crab (even out of season) etc... and they pull out their government card. I am paying for them. WE are paying for them while we are the ones who “make do” with what we can afford to purchase. It isn’t some struggling Mom with six kids in hand me down clothes. It’s a woman with professionally done nails, a high dollar hand bag that drives a vehicle way better than the one I do. The concept that an EBT card is for the down in their luck person who is this close to starving is a myth. Sorry but I went food shopping today... and yes, I was behind an obvious illegal alien with an EBT card.
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.
We are a carnivorous beast, not a vegetarian. Plants are supposed to be a vitamin rich garnish for our God mandated diet of fresh fish and dead deer and aurochs and boar.
Have you ever seen an EBT user also using coupons?