That will be a tough row to hoe. Grocery stores and chains are heavily subsidized by EBT cards. Half of them would go out of business, if the government money were to stop pouring in. The same goes for the markets that supply steaks and seafood. A lot of them will be wiped out. On the flip side of that is the black market. A lot of steaks and seafood find their way to other people who can’t get the EBT cards, and can’t afford to pay market prices for better food. They buy from the entrepreneurial street vendors.
On the flip side of that is the black market. A lot of steaks and seafood find their way to other people who can’t get the EBT cards, and can’t afford to pay market prices for better food. They buy from the entrepreneurial street vendors.
And we subsidize this with our tax dollars. Yippee.
I would suspect that a few of the people who buy steak on EBT work off the books for people, and are buying for their employers, to trade for cash.