poverty and hunger are mostly a choice in this country. Local resources such as food banks, churches, and civic groups are always looking for hungry people to feed.
Food stamps are enabling people to be drug addicted, lazy, or just generally dysfunctional.
I know that they say that it's for the kids, but the kids get left out anyway because the parents probably don't know how to cook or prefer to pick up a happy meal for the kids, because the parents are so "busy".
If you know where to look, you can purchase the food stamp cards in many grocery store parking lots or on a side street near a liquor store.
I know of one person that went to a food bank and got free groceries. He had to report the free stuff to the Government and they considered the free stuff as income. They raised his rent to $6 a month and he’s bitching. He had free rent before.