The druggie gives the Snap card and pin number to the dealer who keeps it and gives them half it’s value in drugs. When the card is refilled by the state the druggie gets half of it’s value, in drugs, again.
Then the dealer pays a druggie to use the card and take the purchase to a restaurant or corner shop and sell it for half value.
Drug dealers and their Senators and Representatives love Snap. So do the manufacturers and the media the manufacturers advertise in.
These folks are eating better than I am.
I just made a dish yesterday from several cans of Mini-Ravioli that expired in April, 2016 along with a few cans of expired Lasagna. Add in some cottage cheese (sell by was 1/14), throw on a bag of Mozzarella ($1.66) and a meal for a few days is born.
I bought the Mini-Ravioli and Lasagne cans for about 68 cents each. I figure there was $8 or $9 in the total meal. Should cover several days. Already, at least 4 meals have been had and over 1/2 of it is left.
I have survived on Ramen and water. Pretty cheap and surprisingly, you don’t lose weight. Lotsa water and sodium. The ramen was 16 cents a bag at WM - $1.92 for 12 - now about $2.16. So I could make it on 32 cents per day.
Oh it wasn’t the best way to eat, LOL.
I’m on SNAP. After working
for 45 years (half with a
paralized left arm and
shoulder), I can no longer
do the job I love. I can’t
sweep a floor, do dishes,
cook, or lift anything over
20 lbs. It’s difficult to
change one’s eating habits.
We no longer buy steak, opting
for items we can make 2 or 3
meals from. We’re allotted so
much per month, and towards
renewal time we eat a lot of
leftovers. It’s blatantly
obvious when the SNAP program
is being abused.
My mother, after her divorce,
had 5 kids to raise. She would
sell some of the food stamps
she received to buy non-food
items like deodorant, toilet
paper, toothpaste, etc.
We, as youngsters, would wait
in the car at night while she
raided an onion or corn field.
We never went to bed hungry.
She would also fish and hunt
(without a license) to put meat
on the table. Ammunition was
purchased with bartered food stamps.
I could almost agree with you, but then I looked at that receipt more carefully:
5x 24-packs of Mountain Dew??!! $33.95 (after the in-store savings) PLUS the deposit ($12 for the 5 packs), adds up to $41.95 — almost 30% of the total.
I hope that person was stocking up. Whatever happened to water? (And I say that as a person who’ll often drink maybe one can of Diet Sundrop if I need the caffeine to stay alert when working late or driving.) (If I need more than one can, it’s time for bed or a rest stop!)