Don’t forget Food Stamps are also corporate welfare. All of those billions of dollars eventually end up in the Food Companies coffers and on their bottom line. If people were not spending food stamps, a lot of that convince and junk food would not be sold.
Food Stamps are also crony capitalism.
You seem to be blaming business for the welfare state.
I must say that’s a novel way of thinking.
Also, I seem to recall that one of the big banks — can’t remember the name right now — has some sort of deal whereby they profit with every EBT transaction.