It is SUPLIMENTAL nutrition assistance. It is suplimenting the money people pay out of pocket for their own food. It is not supposed to buy every crumb of food that a family eats. Also: since they are now available to be used for fast food and other food establishments a little additional planning should make up the 5%-7% drop in cost.
The SNAP benefits are very generous. They are a gift from the upper and middle classes to the poor and working class. They are by no means a right, even if they are called ‘entitlements’. No one is entitled to other peoples money.
This taxpayer can't afford to eat out so someone please explain why I'm giving my hard earned dollar for others to eat out? Food stamps used to be only for specific real food items. They weren't allowed to be spent on junk food.