tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post314006563082749967..comments2024-03-24T05:26:32.964-07:00Comments on Advancing Time: Grocers And Food Producers Profit From And Love SNAPBruce Wildshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10181323607060607040noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2992740250270600844.post-31299441642020845202020-08-27T08:48:26.559-07:002020-08-27T08:48:26.559-07:00There are also some fast food places where one can...There are also some fast food places where one can use SNAP benefits to purchase food that qualifies as "home prep", such as "take and bake" pizzas at Papa Johns and salads at Burger King. We lived in a small town in the Southwest for years and knew several people whose friends and relatives traded their food stamps for other items, including drugs. Maybe that's not possible now with the EBT "debit" cards, but they'll find a way to abuse those too I'm sure. Years ago I saw a couple use food stamps to buy a cart full of soft drinks, junk food, and meat like steaks, ribs, and pork chops. A few years ago we saw a young, very well dressed lady with an expensive iphone and designer purse(the wife knows this stuff) use an EBT card to buy food and supplies for her baby. She got irritated when the cashier told her that her card wouldn't accept a couple of the items, so she had to discard them, but she bought premium brand name diapers and other brand name products. We later saw her putting her groceries into her nearly brand new, very nice pickup truck. This is just another example of welfare benefits that get routinely abused, and the govt. doesn't really care as long as it can borrow and print the money to pay for this largess. Medicaid is another costly scam in many cases. There's also Social Security Disability which is rife with fraud and abuse. As long as politicians can just borrow the money to pay for all this stuff it will never end. If taxpayers actually had to pay for all this wasteful govt. spending, there would be a revolt, and every single one of the selfish, greedy politicians in D.C. would get booted out of office. Instead, we're stuck with a largely ignorant citizenry who don't understand that because of the spending, borrowing, and money creation, they are all paying a hidden tax, called price inflation, in addition to all the other taxes they pay.Dave2020https://www.blogger.com/profile/15839510248960245602noreply@blogger.com