Food Stamp Debit Dilemma

I remember growing up when food stamps were actually stamps. Now they come in the form of debit cards. These cards can be used at some ATMs around the country to take cash out as well. One story was about people pulling money out at strip clubs in California and the other at casinos in Vegas. Ugh!!! How ridiculous is that?!!!


There used to be a negative stigma about living on food stamps. This all has changed, and now more people than ever are on the government dole. From the fed to the local level, government is broke. One of the main reasons is entitlements, food stamps being one of them. 


I was in line in Knoxville, TN at Food City, in the express line I will add. Apparently the guy in front of me couldn't count to twenty, because he had a basket full of fresh meats and vegetables, sodas, charcoal, and etc. It looked like he was about to have an amazing barbecue. I almost invited myself along however I had to get back to work. 
The cashier rang him up, even though I said he has like 50 items and I had 2. They did not make him go to the regular line either, and that pissed me off as well. She yelled out his total, and it was well over 150 bucks, and then saw him pull out his debit card. I would never had known it was food stamps until he told the cashier it didn't matter how much it cost, cause he was using food stamps anyway. The only thing he used cash for was his beer and cigarettes. His purchase put my can of tuna and Diet Dr. Pepper to shame. I paid for mine with my own bank account though.


I believe if you are going to be on the food stamp program, that you should not eat better than me. Stamps should go towards can food and meat. It sounds harsh, but come on, people could eat healthy on 20 bucks per week. It can be done. I don't mind a hand up, but we can't be handing the whole bank out to people who have no intention of getting off the government nipple. Some use it for temporary means, and if everyone would, then it would be much less expensive. However, most use it as a permanent way of life. This has to end. 


There's no shame in using a debit card people, but if one is holding up the line counting stamps out, that might accelerate the process of getting off the teat.


Help the helpless, not the worthless.
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