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In reply to the discussion: Where did the "poor folks buying crab legs with food stamps" thing come from? [View all]alc
(1,151 posts)It's the people who gave the poor people pennies on the dollar for the ebt card. But the poor people needed the cash. I'm making an assumption but that's what I assume is often going on when someone uses 5+ cards for a single cart of food and isn't telling the cashier what goes on what card (e.g. buying for multiple families who can't get to the store)
Or it's the people scamming the system who use up their ebt card then pull out a wad of cash to pay for the rest in $100s.
Rather than claiming these people don't exist, "food stamp" advocates should be complaining louder than opponents. It's a small percentage of use, but they give all recipients a bad reputation and risk the system (or at least give repubs an argument).
These people are at the wal-mart near me daily. I haven't seen them buy crab legs even though wal-mart does sell those. But I frequently (every 2 or 3 visits) see them buying much better stuff than I buy.