[albie]

I’ve seen EBT people buying upscale foods while the people paying for this are buying Hamburger Helper. There should be a strict list of food types that can be purchased.

[samtheman]

I’ve seen EBT people buying upscale foods while the people paying for this are buying Hamburger Helper. There should be a strict list of food types that can be purchased.

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Foods on the list should ring up on the EBT purchase, foods not on the list should register 0.00. If the grocery store wants to give them away, that’s their right.

[Kaslin]

Fox News had that report a few years ago about that guy in California buying lobsters every week with his ebt card. The guy was unemployed but didn’t even bother to look for a job because he could play the guitar or the drums.

[Vigilanteman]

Yep. I've stood behind them in the checkout line. Roughly two-thirds of them buy food I can't afford and more than half of them drive away in vehicles I can't afford.

I've occasionally mentioned this fact to the checkout clerks and most of them tell me that I am being overly conservative in this estimate. They see this $#*+ all the time. Plus they have no problem pulling out hard cash for lottery tickets, tobacco and other things which they can't buy with the EBT card.