Food stamps are a necessity for many people and I am glad that we have the program for those truly in need. I live in a poor area where I know many families would go hungry without them. That being said, I am tired of 20yr old single mothers buying 12 packs of coke and Haggen Daas ice cream bars at 7-11 using food stamps. Drives me nuts.
In my area, they use EBT Cards to buy multiple shopping carts full of bags of potato chips, cookies, packages of lobster, ice cream, candy, soft drinks, and then get someone else to buy their liquor/cigs for cash, in a dollar-for-dollar exchange for using the EBT Card to buy them food. What a scam. I called the City Welfare Office to report it, and was told they don’t give a crap. Don’t call us again. Still PMO when I see it happening.
“Food stamps are a necessity for many people and I am glad that we have the program for those truly in need.”
No government program, including Food Stamps, is a necessity.
Charity for the truly hungry and needy is a necessity for any civilized society.
The two are not the same. The former is designed to stifle the latter.
True. But they're a luxury for many more who have decided that it's easier to milk the system than to actually earn their keep. Coupled with fraudulent disability claims, HUD assistance, and all the other freebie welfare programs, unemployment has become a lucrative alternative to working.