The wink is from grapefruit pulp.
Lottery tickets?
Booze?
Smokes?
I have seen some fast food places in my area, with signs up, saying they accept EBT benefit cards.
Eventually public assistance benefits will be allowed to be spent on any expense. I’m sure that is the direction things are going.
Well, gee, SNAP is needed, doncha see?
How else can anybody afford $10 hamburger prepared by a $15 per hour burger flipper?
The wink is from grapefruit pulp.
I am much more ok with people on welfare buying fast food than I am watching them buy lobster and steak.
Sales Tax?
hmmm- gov liberals scream about guns being unsafe, yet they are now gonna subsidize people eating slow death foods?
poor diets kill millions per year worldwide-
poor diets lead to heart disease, stroke, diabetes. Too much salt caused more than 66,000 deaths, Too much processed meat caused more than 57,000 deaths, while too little fatty fish and too few vegetables lead to more than to 100,000 deaths.
government is ok with these deaths? poor diets kill WAY more people than guns ever did- and if states started cracking down on illegals, and gang members, and known criminals, we’d have a very low gun death statistics-
The positive thing about this is liberals are no longer telling people what they can eat.
If someone wants a burger and fries, none of my business.
The government micromanages our lives too much already.
I have noticed that my local McDonalds has really raised their Prices. A big Mac is almost five bucks and even some greasy Hash Browns are over two bucks each.
Absolutely ridiculous IMHO.
For that money you could prepare a Meal for two people from items bought at a Grocery Store.
Heck, they could even make Kraft Mac & Cheese and a couple of Sandwiches for that money. Of course that would require some “work” over a hot stove. Can’t have that now can we?
"...prolly two million more chickens a year"
Typical two-faced liberalism.
On one hand, garner votes from those on the dole by letting them purchase whatever they want.
Then, on the other hand pretend to care for them (pretending obviously only to fellow naive libs) by doing things to limit fast food availability.
Come CW-II, we need a new type of guillotine - one with a giant granite block both above and below - to give libs/progs their just and well deserved end.
Hey- Big Fast Food had to pay out good money to get this bill put up for vote. Quit trying to clean up politics.
Most grocery stores sell cooked chickens and have a full deli. I can buy a salad at Target that’s a three-course meal. It’s already there.
And an increase in those 'SNAP' benefits because the allotted amounts no longer last the month for families.
Most supermarkets have prepared food. But a pound of ham or turkey and a loaf of bread will serve you a lot better.
Bush’s free thousands after Katrina went to booze and smokes.
Restaurants here have accepted EBT cards for years. SNAP was bound to be next. That’s reason #47 why I don’t eat out. Why should I have to scrimp to stay on a tight grocery budget only to pay taxes so they can go out to eat?
Posted yesterday that I made burgers for 75 cents at home v. $6 Burger King burgers. Quarter lb. beef 50 cents, big day old sale bakery bun 8 cents, cheese 12 cents and veggies/mustard 5 cents. I’ve posted many times of making 4-5 Schlotsky’s sandwiches for the price of one at the drive-thru. Eating in a restaurant is even more expensive. We limit $5/day for food for each of us and that’s eating meat and veggies, not beans and rice or pasta . Cooking at home is always cheaper than going out so why is the government frittering away our tax dollars for the higher priced option?
“What’s next?
Lottery tickets?”
A liberal could justify that. “How dare you complain about/try to stop people from dreaming and having a chance to get ahead?”
Welfare money going to lottery tickets would be a liberal’s financial version of a perpetual motion machine.
This is a SUBSIDY for fast food restaurants to meet payroll when the Illinois MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE goes into effect.
Disappointed TOM DEMMER fell for this.
No, NO, No. This actually is the smartest thing to do. The reality is these people do not often have kitchens. They don’t cook. They often live in cars or trailers. We think they have the same life as us, just without money. Not true at all. If you rent a room in a group house you cannot leave food in a refrigerator.
And something people don’t always consider, McDonald’s is about the same cost as a cooked meal at your house. I know people who live on the street. After soup kitchens, fast food is the best place to eat. Its cheap, and is likely more nutritious than what these people are likely to choose from a grocery store.
When someone is at the level of food stamps, fast food is more likely the best they will get.
You can use your snap benifits for a $4.99 Burger, fries and 16oz pop but not for a .99 48oz pop because that would be bad for society.
What this’ is about is if the stores deli counter offers pre cooked items like BBQ chicken or prepared sandwiches or a complete blue plate luncheon special they can now get with their snap card. Before it wasn’t allowed and was a separate cash charge.