[Vigilanteman]

My own eyes tell me that two-thirds of the people in the supermarket check out line who use EBT cards are buying food I can't afford and the biggest share of those are driving away in vehicles I can't afford either.

I don't begrudge people needing temporary assistance, but there is a much larger share of them who know how to game the system to the max.

[ETL]

I don't begrudge people needing temporary assistance, but there is a much larger share of them who know how to game the system to the max.

Well said. It's a way of life for some. And it gets passed down from generation to generation.

[usconservative]

My own eyes tell me that two-thirds of the people in the supermarket check out line who use EBT cards are buying food I can't afford and the biggest share of those are driving away in vehicles I can't afford either.

Same experience here. I once stood in line waiting to pay at the local Dominick's grocery store behind a black woman with three unruly kids.

She was yakking on the phone to one of her baby daddy's the entire time. Everything on the conveyer in front of me was food I cannot afford to buy. Yes, she paid with EBT cards.

Her phone? The latest iPhone.

After she checked out, I paid for the four things I put on the conveyer, then left the store. As "luck" would have it she was parked down the same aisle I was. Out comes her key chain then "honk honk honk!" she goes to the back of a Cadillac Escalade (brand new, "license applied for") and the hatch automatically opens.

I fumed.

I work for a living. I bust my ass to take care of my family. I paid for her groceries, her iphone and her Cadillac Escalade.

My phone? A $79 blackberry knock-off. My phone plan? A pay as you go purchase the minutes upfront. My vehicle? A 13 year old GMC Envoy.

Why am I bothering to work and take care of my family instead of getting on the government welfare rolls getting my free food, free obamaphone and free caddy??

[Buckeye McFrog]

The ingenious thing about what Obama has done is that he has only passed one new entitlement program through the Congress (Obamacare). But he has been playing fast and loose with the eligibility requirements for all of the others (LIHEAP, SNAP, Obamaphones), allowing him to buy MASSIVE amounts of votes with programs that were up and running under George W. Bush.

[MagnoliaB]

There is no such thing as temporary assistance. It IS all about gaming the system. Obama and Jarrett’s game is about overloading the system with more takers than givers. I think it’s about there. Recently I read that, I think it was 40% of EBT users are obese. I can understand why. When I’ve been behind in the checkout line, the carts are full of junk and sugary soft drinks.

[Graybeard58]

I don't begrudge people needing temporary assistance

I do, it's unconstitutional.