The ‘Steak and Lobster’ Food-Stamp Myth Refuses to Die

New York Magazine ^ | February 19, 2016 | Claire Landsbaum

[Neoliberalnot]

50% of the population pay no federal income tax and receive few benefits while the moochers pay nothing and get most of the benefits.

[Rebelbase]

I can’t recall how many times I’ve been shopping on a budget and gotten stuck behind someone at the checkout buying shrimp and king crab legs and paying for it with an EBT card.

The most outrageous one was a young white hipster buying a bottle of truffle oil with an EBT card.

The myth is reality.

[21twelve]

Yes - they have gone by the wayside as friends as well. The guy was an okay worker and I would hire him for some help. Until I found him sitting and playing some game on his phone while the work I gave him to do wasn’t finished and we were in a time crunch. (He was 29 at the time- father of three kids - playing games!)

[bgill]

Old school Southern home cook here, too. I can stretch the stretchings. Just opened a jar of home canned corn cob jelly and have a pot of chicken broth in the fridge from the chicken bones saved from dinner a couple nights ago. The leftover meat had been picked off the bones for a BBQ Chicken pizza - of course, homemade dough. Dinner tonight will be sandwiches from a bit of leftover pork chops that was originally from a boneless pork roast bought on sale and cheaper than bone-in chops. The onions on the sandwich are from the smaller rings not used from frying onion rings. The onion root went to the garden and the skins went to the compost. The sauted bell pepper was home grown. The sandwich spread will be homemade so didn’t have to buy a costly pre-made spread.

I can make 5 Scholtzsky’s sandwiches on a homemade bun and homemade spread for what one costs at the drive-thru. That’s still a costly sandwich but so good.

Can’t stand it when the grocery cashier says, “You saved $14.28!” for buying the cheaper store brand. My normal reply is, “No, I spent $223.87.” The only thing that’s stopped me from throwing the eggs at them is that the eggs have been paid for.

[Psalm 144]

Lol, I hear you, and well done! You are stretching it even beyond my good efforts.

[CodeToad]

Worse yet is that the latest numbers out a few months ago show 71% of the population receives a check from Uncle Sugar. 71%. That means even conservatives have some kind of monetary incentive for federal spending, even if justified, because ion that 71% must be some conservatives getting a check.

[Brown Deer]

Health conscious customers will appreciate lobster’s nutritional stats. Low in fat and high in protein, lobster has less than one gram of carbohydrate per serving. USDA Nutrition data shows that, when compared to other protein sources, lobster is lowest in calories and saturated fat. (see table below) This is very important to eating healthy as saturated fat is what we worry about in terms of raising blood cholesterol. Saturated fat, not cholesterol is the primary offender in cardiovascular disease.

[daniel1212]

http://peacebyjesus.witnesstoday.org/rvlg_sections/finances.html

[Bigg Red]

Okay, thanks.

[Bigg Red]

Okay, thanks.

[informavoracious]

“Claire” would probably never stoop to shopping at WalMart or Food4Less, so she doesn’t see what the rest of us see. Her black lipstick cones from a trendy and exclusive store, no doubt. Conservatives will never lose the myth of EBT shoppers spending foolishly because it is not a myth. Food stamps and debit money go a long way when your kids eat free at school and you can stock up at a free pantry. I actually heard a woman complain that her local food pantry mostly had store-brand foods and why can’t people donate name brand foods, do they think people getting food at the pantry deserve less?