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Topic	Why does the goverment not want poors to buy hot food with snap money
ThrillKillFan 12/10/19 5:57:06 PM #130:	Gobstoppers12 posted... The system is designed to help struggling people/families who desperately need food and cannot afford to feed themselves. It is not meant to be extra cash for McDonald's or Pizza Hut. Around here, food stamp trading is wide-spread. People who benefit from the program will trade $100 in groceries for $50 in cash to go buy drugs/alcohol, and there's really nothing that can be done to stop it. The best that can be done to prevent the worst kind of abuse of the program (which is paid for by us, not 'the government') is to regulate what can and cannot be purchased with it. Don't blame the system for its flaws, blame the people who abused it. Indeed. I remember as a kid when this lady dressed to the nines in front of my family whipped out the food stamp booklet to pay for her steaks and other 'higher end' food. Meanwhile we've got cheaper shit in our cart and my family paid out of pocket for it. I'm all for helping people who need help. But restricting it to just food you prepare at home and requiring an ID that has to be swiped through to make sure the beneficiary is the one buying the food would be a good first step. --- I'm not loyal to any company or brand, especially the Cult Of Houser(GTA games) or Sony(PS3/PS4/etc). Defending corporations is absurd. <cite>ThrillKillFan posted [p:931389961] in Why does t... [t:78243274]...</cite> <quote>Gobstoppers12 posted... </cite> <quote>The system is designed to help struggling people/families who desperately need food and cannot afford to feed themselves. It is not meant to be extra cash for McDonald's or Pizza Hut. Around here, food stamp trading is wide-spread. People who benefit from the program will trade $100 in groceries for $50 in cash to go buy drugs/alcohol, and there's really nothing that can be done to stop it. The best that can be done to prevent the worst kind of abuse of the program (which is paid for by us, not 'the government') is to regulate what can and cannot be purchased with it. Don't blame the system for its flaws, blame the people who abused it.</quote>Indeed. I remember as a kid when this lady dressed to the nines in front of my family whipped out the food stamp booklet to pay for her steaks and other 'higher end' food. Meanwhile we've got cheaper shit in our cart and my family paid out of pocket for it. I'm all for helping people who need help. But restricting it to just food you prepare at home and requiring an ID that has to be swiped through to make sure the beneficiary is the one buying the food would be a good first step. --- I'm not loyal to any company or brand, especially the Cult Of Houser(GTA games) or Sony(PS3/PS4/etc). Defending corporations is absurd.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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