I though EBT could only be used for uncooked food?!
Damn, I keep getting more and more frustrated with this country.
Papa Murphy’s is take an bake, but it still costs $15 for a pizza big enough for a family.
Hell, they can pay for their postage with an EBT card!!!!
I don’t see why they can’t use an EBT card for bail money.
After all...the working TAXPAYERS pay for it!
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The Act precludes the following items from being purchased with SNAP benefits: alcoholic beverages, tobacco products, hot food and any food sold for on-premises consumption. Nonfood items such as pet foods, soaps, paper products, medicines and vitamins, household supplies, grooming items, and cosmetics, also are ineligible for purchase with SNAP benefits.
Soft drinks, candy, cookies, snack crackers, and ice cream are food items and are therefore eligible items Seafood, steak, and bakery cakes are also food items and are therefore eligible items
Since the current definition of food is a specific part of the Act, any change to this definition would require action by a member of Congress. Several times in the history of SNAP, Congress had considered placing limits on the types of food that could be purchased with program benefits. However, they concluded that designating foods as luxury or non-nutritious would be administratively costly and burdensome.
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In the barcode age, I can't say that I'm buying this excuse.