> Really, the average EBT user isn’t always who you’d expect.
That’s true. I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been behind someone who used up multiple EBT cards then pulled out a wad of money and gave the cashier $100 bills (plural) to cover the rest of the cost of a cart full of much better stuff than I was buying. I never expected someone with an EBT card to be buying $500+ worth of stuff at walmart or having multiple $100 bills (for any liberals reading: I can’t tell you the number because I stopped counting in the 20s not because the answer is ZERO)
I will say the frequency has gone down the last few years. I see way fewer EBT cards these days - just wads with $100s (Trump?).
“I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been behind someone who used up multiple EBT cards then pulled out a wad of money and gave the cashier $100 bills (plural) to cover the rest of the cost of a cart full of much better stuff than I was buying.”
And then drive off in a late model Escalade with bling rims.
The ebt program is designed to “supplement” your grocery budget. They expect you to spend a certain amount of your own cash on food. The allowable amount on my state for full ebt is $192.00 per person when there is no household cash to spend on food. For example, if the household spends 100% of their income on rent and utilities, each oerson in that household woild be awarded the full benefit od $192.00 PER PERSON FOR THE MONTH.
Why the individual you mentioned had several cards, I don’t know. It is possible that the state gives out a card for each person in that household. He may have been shopping for others who can’t get around. I have no idea.
I know a man in my city who does that. He does the cooking for that household and he lets people stay there when they are down and out, so sometimes all they have is ebt and no cash. So, the man shops for all because he cooks for all. He doesn’t have to feed them out of his non existent pocket, and they don’t have to worry about food storage on the street.
Consequently, he can shop in bulk...its more economical and they all eat a bit better.
I don’t see any problem with that.
But what you can’t do is assume there’s cheating going on.
The man I spoke of is a vietnam vet with agent orange syndrome. Hes disabled as is his wife, ans are the others he assists.