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The new face of SNAP? Food stamps buy lobster for surfer and his buddies [VIDEO]
The Daily Caller ^ | 08/10/2013 | Caroline May

Posted on 08/11/2013 7:32:30 AM PDT by george76

Edited on 08/11/2013 7:45:27 AM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; US: California; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: dude; ebt; foodstamps; gnarly; greenslate; jasongreenslate; spicoli; welfare
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To: yldstrk
Chicken breast and hamburger, frozen veggies, onions, garlic, bell peppers, beans, tomatoes, taters, carrots, high-fiber pasta (buy it on sale), brown rice, greens, fruit. Shop very carefully on price. Also buy frozen salmon when it is on sale, eat it a couple of times a month.

This time of year I can add fresh produce from my garden - beets, chard, eggplant, green beans, tomatillos, fresh spuds (yum), bok choy, zukes, corn (if the varmints don't get it first) and winter squash.

I almost never eat out. Massive waste of money IMO.

21 posted on 08/11/2013 7:55:39 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: Gaffer
I've gotten some really good deals on near-expiration burger - $1.33 to $1.67 a pound. Buy a bunch and freeze it. I make chili and pasta sauce with it so it really stretches out.

I refuse to pay more than $2/pound for meat.

For a family that has to buy in volume each week, it has to be tough nowadays, they just can't wait for the deals like I can.

22 posted on 08/11/2013 7:58:08 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

what time is dinner? lol! Sounds awesome, I myself don’t eat much but three growing teens do.


23 posted on 08/11/2013 8:00:30 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: yldstrk

Heh, me and my brother just about ate my parents out of house and home when we were teens. We drank 11 gallons of milk a week between the two of us. I don’t think my parents could have afforded a third food hoover.


24 posted on 08/11/2013 8:02:02 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

One of my friends said she knew a woman whose job for 6 years was going to the store and bringing home massive amounts of food for her 3 boys! 10 boxes of cereal at a time! My boys do consume a lot of milk!


25 posted on 08/11/2013 8:04:02 AM PDT by yldstrk (My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: george76

His parents need to cut him off. Someone has to be paying for the expenses related to his rather nice vehicle.


26 posted on 08/11/2013 8:04:57 AM PDT by KansasGirl ("If you have a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that happen."--B. Hussein Obama)
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To: george76

What ever happened to you don’t work you don’t eat ?
He has enough to buy beer and gas for that car.


27 posted on 08/11/2013 8:05:24 AM PDT by Lera (Proverbs 29:2)
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To: george76

Another case of government stupidity.


28 posted on 08/11/2013 8:11:39 AM PDT by Vaduz
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To: george76

29 posted on 08/11/2013 8:12:57 AM PDT by dfwgator
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To: dirtboy

We need you to publish a shopping/cooking guide here at FR! I can barely get out of the store at $200 a week much less $200 a month. But then I won’t eat Perdue or manager special meat.


30 posted on 08/11/2013 8:18:32 AM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: george76

This must be news because he’s a white surf punk kid. What about all the illegals and Holder’s people doing the same thing, except having more kids so that their EBT balances are higher?


31 posted on 08/11/2013 8:23:10 AM PDT by Fast Moving Angel (A moral wrong is not a civil right: No religious sanction of an irreligious act.)
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To: miss marmelstein

If you stick to chicken breast for most of your meat, even at mid-price stores such as Giant, you can sometimes get that for $2/pound boneless - and you can do all kinds of things with chicken breast, including chicken chili. You can make tasty posole with thighs. We have two chains in the Philly area, Bottom Dollar and Food Basics, that have very good prices and I shop at both for different items. Food Basics will put high-fiber pasta on sale for 88 cents a box for a 12-ounce box. They have large cans of passable coffee for $6.50 a can, both caf and decaf, and that lasts me for a couple of months. Both stores have decent quality produce. Local Jersey bell peppers for 99 cents a pound at Food Basics. Onions on sale this week at Bottom Dollar - a three pound bag for 99 cents. It is worth looking for similar stores in your area, learn which ones are best for various goods and then watch the circulars like a hawk. I really don’t like Aldi or Save-A-Lot much.


32 posted on 08/11/2013 8:25:58 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: george76

Turning this in to a Cooking And Shopping thread totally misses the point.

This guy is now the norm, and that’s WHY you’ve got to be such a careful shopper, taxpayer...


33 posted on 08/11/2013 8:28:43 AM PDT by bigbob
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To: Gaffer
He’ll get older and the “ewwwww” factor will get larger.

Death panel will be there for him. Easy come, easy go.

34 posted on 08/11/2013 8:28:50 AM PDT by HomeAtLast
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To: HomeAtLast

He will become a death panel candidate favorite when he stops voting.


35 posted on 08/11/2013 8:29:51 AM PDT by Gaffer
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To: dirtboy

Aldi is the only one in my area, I think. (I’m in central Jersey.) I’m stuck with the terrible A&P and high end stores like Whole Foods, Trader Joes and Wegmans. My total downfall is “organic.” I don’t necessarily believe that it is, lol, but I do tend to go for it. But as someone else said, you are a total inspiration and I’m enjoying your posts.


36 posted on 08/11/2013 8:33:22 AM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: miss marmelstein

Bottom Dollar has stores near Trenton and Food Basics has stores in Jersey just west of NYC.


37 posted on 08/11/2013 8:40:17 AM PDT by dirtboy
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To: dirtboy

I’ll look for it, thanks.


38 posted on 08/11/2013 8:43:14 AM PDT by miss marmelstein ( Richard Lives Yet!)
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To: Gaffer

No, a 1040EZ is for single or married, no kids, standard deduction, no special credits, and up to 100k in income. It does NOT necessarily “mean you are society’s burden.”


39 posted on 08/11/2013 8:45:29 AM PDT by NonValueAdded ("When there is no penalty for failure, failures proliferate." George F. Will)
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To: Fast Moving Angel
Whites are the only demographic they aren't afraid of offending because we are too scared to stand up for ourselves against the anti-white mob and those whites who've been made to feel guilty about being born that way. Food Stamp money is being used for far worse things than lobster. You can sell your EBT card for 50 cents on the dollar and buy drugs, women, illegal weapons, and anything else, but God help us if we actually dare to profile a Black or Mexican doing those things. Whichever news outlet that dared show the whole story would be soon shut down for being “racist,” and they would then be besieged by IRS agents looking for a flimsy excuse to put them all in jail. It sounds over the top, but now we know it to be true. I've always believed in paying my share of taxes and earning as much as I can, but no more. I'm sick of being a sucker. I'll do whatever I can to minimize my taxes even if it means earning less because I'm tired of supporting criminals.
40 posted on 08/11/2013 8:45:32 AM PDT by binreadin
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