Solution: Make it so the EBT cards won’t work for junk food.
When I was working at the grocery store I got to where I could tell who was paying with EBT before they even got to my register. They were the ones with arrogant expressions, the carts full of chips, cheetos, soda, beer, and frozen pizza bites, and their kids ranging out of control.
Only once did I see someone use an EBT card for healthy food. Her kids were polite and well behaved, and when she handed me the card she looked ashamed of it. I’ve often wondered what happened to her. I would bet that she didn’t stay on food stamps long.
My sister works in a supermarket deli. Last week (first of the month you know,) a woman she knew to be an EBT, um, client, came in and ordered 20 lbs. of thin-sliced ham.
When my sister handed it to her, the woman told her to do it over because she thought the ham wasn't fresh. My sister resisted and the woman told her she'd have her job.
Sis, without thinking, asked the woman why she didn't even have a job. She got called into the office but the manager was laughing so hard he just cautioned her and let her go back to work.
This is my bleeding-heart-liberal sister who, at the age of 51, divorced and all the kids out the door is working her first job. I can't say she's turning conservative, but this was a good sign.
I tell you folks, why oh why did Alito have to mention Broccoli when the supreme court was debating health care? I have no doubt this Doctor was sitting there listen to the news and thought “Broccoli, hmm; if the government can make you buy broccoli...” And the rest is history.