Food-Stamp Funding Boost Gives Economy Quick Lift

Damn libs at it again. Now you want to FEED these people, too? Sheesh. Why should I have to pay for them to eat? Obviously they're just too lazy to find a job. Besides, are there no prisons? Are there no workhouses? Reply

It seems to me, that a food-stamp program would have been a good thing to have had in the 1930's depression, when there was starvation in the midst of plenty. This was one of the programs of the Great Society, and the war on poverty, of the Johnson administration. Reply

I'm sure the cooperate super/mega markets don't mind the extra $$ in sales. Reply

I was all for food stamps before getting a job after school at a grocery store.They need to put some restrictions on what people can buy. We don't let people buy alcohol and cigarettes with EBT, and I think we should limit what percentage can be taken out in chips and soda. I can always tell an EBT customer because the cart is literally overflowing, and its filled entirely with junk food. They will spend $200 (before tax) on food and there will be no fresh produce, the only meat they buy is summer sausage and hotdogs and pre-cooked bacon (which is three times the price of normal bacon)... And they are always fat. It kills me that people are eating themselves into the hospital on government money to be cared for with government money. We NEED food stamps, we really do, but we need to overhaul them and make it so you can only use it for healthier options. More unprocessed foods, less Slim Jims. This is just a matter of health. Look at the statistics and most obese people (especially obese children) are from poorer families. That, and I don't like paying for someone's 24 pack of pop when their kids have one pair of shoes. /rant Reply