1. What the welfare rats put in their shopping carts? and...
2. How obese were they?
I was rarely wrong.
By my observation, welfare rats would invariably load their carts with convenience foods, junk food, and alcohol and tobacco (which by some miracle, they had cash for which to pay).
I also noticed that the welfare rats were, more often than not, overweight. Not always, just more frequently than those paying for their food from their own earnings.
Caution: the above is from a limited number of observations and have no statistical support. They are suggestive, but are not a valid study.
It would be interesting to see a fair and thorough study done on this topic. Data would be easy to collect, as most transactions are electronic, and most items could be correlated to the method of payment.
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The cheapest food is loaded with the most fat...