On Food Stamps and Disability Benefits

[thenooch]

39. I receive the maximum...

$200 for a single adult with no income and no bank account.

I find it pretty easy to live on the ~$7.00 a day stipend and I buy really healthy food.

I will stock up on skinless chicken breasts when they are on sale...$1.99 a pound. You can do a lot with chicken
breast and I do actually like it. Last week fresh corn was 8 for $2.00, yep I ate corn for a week! I do occasionally
splurge and buy a rib-eye (if they are on SALE $5.99lb) but you know what?

The grocery stores where I live would go OUT OF BUSINESS if not for the food stamps. Seriously, I am willing to bet that
Safeway here does 70% of it's business in the first ten days of the month. Oregon staggers benefits from the 1st to the 10th.

Food stamps are the best financial stimulant for any economy because 100% of the money is spent almost as soon as it it
released. I believe it's about $1.70 economic stimulant for every dollar the govt deals out as SNAP.

I do actually miss the old days when they gave out real food "stamps" (aka monopoly money). Sure, it was a little embarrassing
if the cashier had to call out over the PA, "I need change on register 4 for a $10 food stamp", but it was currency.

The EBT was supposed to cut down on fraud and retailers giving out coins for change, but now people will just sell their card
and PIN if they need drinking money and claim it was stolen or lost and get a new one.

I'm really surprised the Republicans want to cut this corporate welfare as all the money goes straight into the hands of store owners. I understand now that you can buy prepared food (read Hot) in some places (read ghettos) but for the most part all of that cash goes straight to WalMart, Kroger, etc....