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Plenty of non-EBT shoppers spend their money on junk food. You just notice it more when it's EBT users. People love to judge EBT users. Yes, believe it or not, EBT users are human beings, and yes, some of them like their Cheetos and Coke too.
Op if you hate seeing it, get a better job...go to DeVry or ITT so you no longer have to work as a petty cashier.
A lot of food stamp users do work and pay into taxes but still qualify for FS because they do not have enough income to support their household's eating needs.
Do they tell you how to live?
Absolutely they do. Every single day of my life. They FORCE me to pay more money in taxes, money I could use for me and my family, so they can stuff their faces with Twinkies and Ho Ho's. And before you start with: You don't know how they live, yes, I do. A helluva lot more they you will ever know.
Welfare and its free benefits (not free, funded by tax payer dollar) has increased the entitlement crowd in this country dramatically. There are GENERATIONS of people, great grandmother, grandmother, mother, and child, which have been brought up on welfare and have NEVER worked one day in their lives.
Why should they? Limp wristed liberals, such as yourself, give them everything they want for nothing. I see it every single day of my life. In fact, I'm about to see it for the next 12 hours.
Usually that's taught to you by your parents.
There used to be Home Ec in HS where they taught you how to cook, sew and keep a budget but I guess it's too "passe" for today's youth
When I was in middle school in the 1970's, we had Home Ec. It was conducted for 1/5 of the school year, and our class period was not long enough for us to do a lot of cooking. There was also sewing on runaway machines, but no budgeting, how to shop, or any of that.
When I went on to high school, there was no class on home finance until I'd already left the school (went to another school in 11th & 12th grades).
So, even in the "good old days" these things were not necessarily taught.
For now I budget and occasionally get the fast food/junk food.
But when I go on food stamps you betcha I'm gonna load up on all the stuff I can't afford now
Just a matter of time before we're all on food stamps as the cost of food just keeps rising and rising while our salaries don't.
Absolutely they do. Every single day of my life. They FORCE me to pay more money in taxes, money I could use for me and my family, so they can stuff their faces with Twinkies and Ho Ho's. And before you start with: You don't know how they live, yes, I do. A helluva lot more they you will ever know.
Welfare and its free benefits (not free, funded by tax payer dollar) has increased the entitlement crowd in this country dramatically. There are GENERATIONS of people, great grandmother, grandmother, mother, and child, which have been brought up on welfare and have NEVER worked one day in their lives.
Why should they? Limp wristed liberals, such as yourself, give them everything they want for nothing. I see it every single day of my life. In fact, I'm about to see it for the next 12 hours.
The majority of FS users are not those generation-after-generation moochers. That's a minority of people that abuse the system. Stop using all EBT users on the actions of a few. If you know what it's like to be broke, then why are you generalizing about all poor people? You said yourself you know what it's like...why do you sit back and judge these people?
"Coffee is for closers". I say these people should be getting basic staples ONLY. The cards should not be used for anything but generic or uncooked items.
lol- good quote from "Glengarry GlenRoss"
Rysak/OP you cant get a mortgage in Orlando on a cashiers job so start tending to your own aspirations, get a better job.
Usually that's taught to you by your parents.
There used to be Home Ec in HS where they taught you how to cook, sew and keep a budget but I guess it's too "passe" for today's youth
Oh please. I was forced to take Home Ec in the 1970s.
They made us bake Snickerdoodles, showed us how to make scrambled eggs, and wanted us to sew a pajama bag.
well said. The OP needs to get a better job so he/she doesnt have to be a cashier. Simple solution.
Exactly...that's what REALLY kills me about these EBT haters...a cashier should be the LAST person bashing the poor, but those are always the usual suspects anyway. It's like those poor rednecks in Middle America who support the Bush tax cuts or are Anti-Union lol.
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well said. The OP needs to get a better job so he/she doesnt have to be a cashier. Simple solution.
