There is the key word.
If it were up to me, EBT would be a 50 lbs Bag of Red Beans and Rice, Bricks of Government Cheese and a Big Box of Powered Milk.
There, you have been fed by the tax payer, want more? You must get it yourself.
I'd like to see government pantries set up in communities where they stock the beans, rice, cheese and powdered milk.
Supermarkets should have no capability to process EBT cards. Supermarkets should exist for people who can pay for their food. And anyone can pay for some food -- just make the effort. And if you want it completely free, just go and enjoy your beans, rice, cheese and powdered milk.
Modernize it. There is now a complete (you can in fact live on it indefinitely) powdered meal drink: http://Soylent.me
(Yes it’s called Soylent, no it’s not green.)
$2.50/meal, enough to live on, simple, you want anything else you pay for it.
Agreed ....Once I had to completely start life over and though I was very careful there would be several days at the end of the month where I ran out of money.
So the first thing I would buy was a bag of rice which was hidden in a box under the bed.
It is amazing how good, plain old rice is when you are very hungry.
I remember when the govt gave free peanut butter as a protein supplement. People sold their five-pound unmarked cans. It was thick and dry but tasty enough.
I agree. We should have food banks in every town instead of giving people money. Hell, I’d even throw in one-a-day vitamins. You go, you get a box or a bag for each person. Whatever a healthy human needs to thrive. (male and female - since hard working men do need more overall protein and calories) They have to add seasonings if they want them.
Sadly, too many young people simply do not know how to cook.
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Are you sadistic or something? We had to drink that crap when we were young- and I still have nightmares about it 50 years later