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:
nothing wrong with that..!!!!!!!!
There is a food stamp card and a food/cash card. They take the cash and buy who knows what?
The cost of meal pictured would take almost all of food stamp recipients benefit s.
Nothing wrong with having less , Robin. So do I . Sometimes when you have less materially you have more other ways . You have honesty !
You cannot buy cigs and booze on food stamps . please educate yourselves .
oh we are great happy we have a home and lights heat and a phone we pay for not a obummer phone and the inter net lol we are broke cars broke down but we can walk anywhere we need get rides have alot of family
Get rid of the food stamp program. Open up food pantries. Hand out basics: rice, beans, veggies, chicken, tuna, peanut butter, bread, milk, orange juice, etc…
You now have grocery stores out as a middle man having to handle all the ridiculousness that is the current food stamp program, and you can make sure recipients are receiving nutritious and filling meals rather than empty calorie and high fat meals.
I was in a 7-11 and these three kids walked in and bought 37 dollars worth of candy with the EBT card . I asked the clerk about that after they left and he told me that their mother let them do that once a week .
Good I can’t afford to buy steak and Lobster I always watch people who buy their food with food stamps buy twice as much as me and alot better food than I can afford.
well thats fruad your boss was wrong minors can not use them