When they had food stamps back in the ‘70’s I was a bag boy at Big Star. The people who paid with stamps often bought the best cuts of meat and the most expensive prepared foods. When I told a woman she couldn’t buy canned dog food she shoved the cans aside, huffed off and returned with several steaks an told me “Well f*ck all of you he be eatin’ steak.”
I was recently in a Wal-Mart and the foreign couple in front each paid with their own EBT card. Not only did they buy expensive stuff but they were wearing leather coats, plenty of jewelry and had iPhones.
Now we know why Walmart went into the grocery business and why Big Business likes Big Government.
Some years back, a woman posted something similar. Some food stamp gal tried to buy cat food and when she was refused, she came back with a package of high-priced shrimp.
I often have simmering rage when someone with a fancy new hair do, painted nails and an iPhone is paying with EBT, with more red meat and convenience food than I buy, trying to stay in our budget.
I’ve made more than one comment when someone spends more on EBT than I pay, then whips out cash for cigarettes or beer.
If you can’t afford to buy food, it should be illegal for you to buy cigarettes. Nicotine testing to enforce it. But they won’t even tolerate drug testing of welfare recipients, much less nicotine testing.
Recently, I was in line behind a food stamp recipient. She had cigarettes in her pocket. So I guess she can afford cigarettes, but not food. Go figure.