Really?.
Unless my observations are way off (and I would like this to be the case) California EBT folks choose the wrong "foods" with their electronic foodstamps.
I seem to notice a preponderance of convenience foods, snack items and treats.
Vegetables? Not so much. Only if one counts tobacco (paid for in cash) and (ahem) fermented grain products (also paid for in cash).
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Unfortunately, your observations are spot-on: I live in TX, and worked at a grocery store, for a time.
One of my friends in HS was (is) on food stamps; I once had the poor fortune of having to bag THREE FULL cart-loads of food that she bought. 80-90% of the total cost was covered by food-stamps. Most of it was indeed processed food.
The kicker: She babysits at home, while her mother runs a small consignment shop not far from where I live. Owns a house, SUV, and a car, and probably has FIVE telephone lines between them, and the latest smart-phones. (From Southwestern Bell Mobile, no less) Mother has five kids, none of them share a surname but for the two youngest.
By now, I don't even need to tell you that they are descendants of Obama.
And I can't find steady employment. Imagine that.
Looks like I'm white, until election season rolls around, when the far-left "Hispanic" identity groups pander to us. (TBH: I used to look as pale as Rafa' Cruz Jr; working at the grocery store changed all that: I pushed carts a lot during the summer)
(I started a job last month, only to be laid off two weeks later; those that remained but for Affirmative Action: they weren't even the best workers!)