The welfare system of the United States is intended, in part, on good intentions and the desire to help those who cannot help themselves. It is also loaded with fraud and programs designed to win votes and to keep countless bureaucrats employed and well-payed as they administrate those programs. And there is always the potential for abuse as the benefits are provided to the unqualified or bartered in ways that are actually illegal. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) uses “EBT” cards, similar to a debit card, to provide those in need a means of securing food and other items, though the program restricts the use of the card for items like alcohol, tobacco, pet food, and hot or prepared foods.
There are almost 47 million people who are using EBT cards in the U.S. today, while in George Bush’s last full year as president there were 28 million using the cards. Clearly the poverty rate has not increased that much, although the claim of the Obama administration that the economy is doing much better and unemployment is significantly down is a blatant lie. Obama and the Democrats encourage people to get “free stuff” from the government, which is really extracted from the hard working people who pay taxes. It is hard to be the adult in the room and to say “no,” but one New York Republican State Senator is finally saying that there have to be limits in such things as EBT cards, and she is pointing the way in her home state for this out-of-control program.
State senator says there have to be limits, page 2:
I’ve worked more then 50 years of my life and I can barely afford to get steak or lobster, but then again I’m working hard to support a lot of people other then myself and my family.
i woreked for 40 years get s.s.i. now payed in so i dont feel bad about it i am not a whinner i am just poor worked as a waitress didnt make much so i dont get much but thats the way it works
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good i cant have them and i worked all my life !
Why attack them! If you are bargain shopper, buying manager specials, you can once in awhile eat like this too!
Poor people should be able to buy what they want/ poor people enjoy a steak every once in a while.
Why should they eat better then the people BUYING their frigging food,it’s about time!
about time I don’t eat lobster tho I love it because can’t afford it I don’t get free food why should they
It’s about time.
It’s about time!