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Well I will be darned. In my defense, if you look at the map in the article it looks like some are in other cities. Now I need to look closer.
So...of the 902,000 on SNAP in Alabama....how many live in Birmingham? State population is 4.8 million. Basically lets round it, and say 1 out of 5 get food stamps. So...40K?
So 252 out of 40,000
Forgive me if I think tarnishing 40,000 because of 252 of them is a broad brush.
You're the one making straw man arguments. No one has attempted to tarnish all of them.
All representing tiny minorities with which folks use a broad paintbrush to tar entire groups with.....
Yes...yes it does represent that.
Also a great bit of excellent work by the police involved.
I feel confident in saying this is not a small sampling. The system is much more corrupt than we can imagine.
It reminds me of the LBGT narrative. A national crisis over 2-3% of the population. Liberal moonbats love straw men..they thrive on them. Yank all EBT. Establish food stores and make them get food. Cash in hand is drugs in arm.
Am I missing something? Some EBT card holders are desperate for cash so they sell their EBT card for 50 cents on the dollar. If the card has $100 on it they will sell it for $50... and the buyer uses it to buy EBT approved stuff at Walmart.
What happens the next month? The 'welfare' recipient no longer has the card or the monthly income. Does the gov't recharge the card each month? The recipient reports it lost or stolen?
The number of cards reported lost or stolen is outrageous.
The sellers don't give a carp if their kids eat or not, else they would not be selling them for half value.
If I were Queen for a Day, I would permanently remove the kids from offender's homes and cut them off all future benefits.
The number of cards reported lost or stolen is outrageous.
The sellers don't give a carp if their kids eat or not, else they would not be selling them for half value.
If I were Queen for a Day, I would permanently remove the kids from offender's homes and cut them off all future benefits.
I'm all for cutting off all future benefits if someone is caught selling their card. However, I would go after all c-stores that are involved in this practice. If there were investigations in every major market in the US they would likely have similar results.
Shut the whole program down. Then revert everyone requesting food stamps.
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