Posted on 06/25/2016 4:39:14 AM PDT by Kaslin
No, the govenment is.
Where else in the world can you find "the poor" owning two cars, a big-screen TV, cell-phones, cable, air conditioning, free heat, etc etc etc?
In Europe, air conditioning is a luxury.
I agree. We should cancel the food stamp program altogether.
In the grocery store most items are considered food and they are not taxed. Other items, like soda, are taxed. I could see Foodstamp cards not being used to pay for the taxable items.
Commodes... It's the best and only way to assure the children are properly fed.... Do it for the children..!
Besides... Giving away free money only devalues the currency... Not only does the working man pay taxes to support the nonworking, the money in his pocket is also worth less then it should be... He gets it from both ends
MHO.......
EBT funds should not be used to purchase items such as cigarettes, alcoholic beverages and other like items because that is not the purpose of SNAP.
Other than the above, the government has no business telling parents how to raise their children, what values to teach their children or what groceries parents must to buy to feed their families. Period.
This is about control. Just as no-fly/no buy is about gun control, this "reform" is about food control.
Want to “reform” the SNAP program? Go after the fraud.
Want more control over the lives of individuals? Line up behind LePage. Want the government to be a never ending presence in our private lives? Keep making these exceptions.
Have to agree - if you’re on the Dole, then you should have restrictions about what the taxpayers pay for. And drug testing and other eligibility tests.
2 years ago LePage revealed that a good percentage of Maine EBT purchase receipts were in Orlando.
That would be expensive as it would be paid for by the gov’t.
EXACTLY!!!....and another thing that galls my a$$ ....Check out the cars or trucks “the poor” drive.....but i guess if the state/feds were paying my rent, food, heating, healthcare, I could afford a better vehicle myself....
Good for LePage!!! These purchases SHOULD be monitored since WE are PAYING for them!!
They are getting OUR money to buy crap.
Oh, I mean exactly what I said.
If I’m paying for your food I can damn well decide what you get
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Jerry, honey child, go look up a program called "WIC". It does exactly that.
Apparently it is fine to regulate women and children under five on government assistance but not ok to regulate men?
Or let's look at the restrictions that is on unemployment compared to welfare.
Apparently it is perfectly fine to place restrictions on people who have lost their jobs but prior to that paid into the UEI fund but not ok to place restrictions on people who never held a job or paid into anything in their life.
BTW if I am paying for your groceries I want to make sure you are not wasting the money I am forced to give you at gun point on luxuries I can not afford myself.
So take your self righteous liberalism and shove it.
Huzzah for LaPage!
These people are on the dole. People who earn their living have a right to buy anything they want. This isn’t about freedom but leeching on an epic scale.
Didn't work.
Let them shop at regular stores just limit what they can buy with their food stamps.
Heck we already do this.
You can buy a frozen pizza but not a slice of hot pizza.
SNAP never, ever covered alcohol. Anywhere......Snap users go into beer purveyors tell them “Ring up $12.00 for Cheetos, potato, chips and milk and give me a $6.00 six pack of Old Milwaukee.” So yes, SNAP does cover beer, liquor, whatever.
Taxpayers pay for everything. If people are okay with the government micromanaging our lives based on what we use which is funded by tax dollars, God help us all.
If the goal to is reform the SNAP program, go after the fraud, everything else will follow.
Again, this is not about reform. It is about control.
I have seen signs in CA gas stations. “EBT cards accepted here.” I don’t think that food stamps are intended for gasoline. Of course another sign says “less than 10% alcohol per gallon.”
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