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What you do know is I tried to buy my kids some food and that the EBT machine was down so I couldn't buy that food. I didn't have any cash or my debit card with me. I only had my SNAP card. All you heard was me saying "No, don't hold it for me. My kids are hungry now and I have no other way of paying for this."
What did her purchase include for her hungry kids?
Snapple Peach Iced Tea
Altoids
Go-gurt
Juicy Juice Apple Quench (8 juice boxes with just under 7 oz in them and @ $3.99. A gallon of store brand apple juice=much cheaper, and what's wrong with two gallons of no brand water at $.99 each?)
Sargento String Cheese (store brand is also much cheaper and you get more for your $$)
Bananas - can't argue with bananas.
Where's the two pounds of ground beef (or chicken or turkey), the no-brand buns, a bag of potatoes and a head of lettuce...maybe a $.99 bottle of salad dressing?
Where's the problem? Do you really think poor kids should never drink juice? For what it's worth, lettuce has little nutritional value and salad dressing even less.
Where's the problem? Do you really think poor kids should never drink juice? For what it's worth, lettuce has little nutritional value and salad dressing even less.
It's a little more filling than Altoids.
For what it cost her for an 8 pack of apple juice boxes, she could have bought 2 gallons of store brand.
And when you can't AFFORD it, you give your kids water. Apple juice has no nutritional value.
Last edited by Informed Info; 04-03-2014 at 10:04 PM..
I just love seeing them buy alcohol, tobacco, and lotto tickets.
None of those things can be bought with SNAP, you are more than likely seeing them buy those things with their own money. There is no law saying a poor person can't buy alcohol, tobacco, or lotto tickets.
None of those things can be bought with SNAP, you are more than likely seeing them buy those things with their own money. There is no law saying a poor person can't buy alcohol, tobacco, or lotto tickets.
Yes, I know they're not buying those items with SNAP but I'm seeing them use their cards to buy food (usually junk food) and then buy alcohol, cigarettes, and lottery tickets at the same time.
My point is they should forgo the alcohol, tobacco, and lottery expenses until they can get off these benefits. Maybe they could get off them if they instead spent this money on necessities of life.
Yes, I know they're not buying those items with SNAP but I'm seeing them use their cards to buy food (usually junk food) and then buy alcohol, cigarettes, and lottery tickets at the same time.
My point is they should forgo the alcohol, tobacco, and lottery expenses until they can get off these benefits. Maybe they could get off them if they instead spent this money on necessities of life.
It is a problem:
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"One-third of all the people who had the EBT card connected to our SNAP program had cashed their cards in casinos," says state Sen. Mike Carrell of Washington state. "We've uncovered millions of dollars of fraud."
A sponsor of legislation to combat the problem, Carrell says that Washington is hardly alone in this.
"It's huge," he says. "Every state has the same problem we have identified in our state."
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