About a million years ago when I was a kid, we fell on some serious hard times. We grew up on beans and rice, potatoes and hamburger based dishes (it was cheap back then...and is still cheaper than lobster is today)...oh yeah, and oatmeal. I still loath oatmeal.
I totally understand being nicely dressed or having a decent car that might be a hold over from better times. Everyone has a different situation. Like you said, not every EBT user is a deadbeat. But there is a lot of abuse in the program.
I usually don't visit the blogger portion on FR, but did this morning. That statement sounds like the very thing I grew up on in the 50s and 60s. I cannot stand oatmeal either to this day.
My mother made shredded potatoes with seasoned browned hamburger and gravy. After I moved to Austin for a job, I made the same thing for myself. Just made myself hungry thinking about that.