Big Food and huge grocery chains have figured out a way to keep selling their product to people who have no money.
We are SO SCROOOOOOD!
WalMart, Trader Joes, Publix, Safeway, Super Fresh, A&P, ACME, Food Giant, Piggly Wiggly, Shop n Save, Wegmans, Burger King, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, Papa Johns, and every other company has realized that without EBT, their profits would nose dive.
So they lobby Congress for Billions more down the gullet.
Excellent article at link on the subject.