Last summer I was asked to pick up some necessities for my daughter across state line in Kansas. First place I found was a Walmart. I got myself in line behind an African Muslim woman with a shopping cart full of baby formula. She was paying with paper vouchers, not the typical government welfare card. Her stack of vouchers was mind bending. Took me 15 minutes of waiting for all that formula to get rung up.
I went to Wal Mart last Tuesday and ALL the lines were backed up into the store. Took me almost 20 minutes to get to the check-out. Not too many foreigners at that one, but lots of old folks. (I fit right in!)
Those are WIC vouchers. Unlike food stamps, they only permit certain pre-approved food products and only up to age 5.