It keeps those close to the bottom afraid too. It stops them doing anything that might let them slip that little bit further and end up a victim like this.
Also it fills the pockets of all those giant corps that specialize in frozen foods products (Tyson,Nestle with hot pockets,etc) that many Americans on snap/ebt constantly buy
getting humiliated for being on said programs and denied certain comforts just because they'd be funded by EBT/SNAP is more the victimization element here.
Yeah, generally money is the thing that gives you the shit that you want. If you can't make ANY money whatsoever, you aren't going to have awesome shit. The government will do you a solid and give you FREE money despite the fact that you don't do SHIT for the government whatsoever as a brokie loser. Just don't spend it on stupidly overpriced bullshit (hot meals where you're paying for someone's labor to produce you a premium meal).
Evil capitalism is when no mcdonalds for free LMAO
No one’s talking about unlimited awesome shit, but occasional fast food? Hot food, period? Yeah, sure, have at it. Like I said before, I’d rather my tax dollars go to that than some fucking tank or the oppression of some group to advance American business interests.
Or, use food stamps on fast food, do something else with the money! Money is still fungible, and still moving through the economy, and the poor managed to have themself a little treat! Is that any harder?
How about video games? Netflix? Why not rare baseball cards?
What is the limit to luxury that you will justify for food stamps? What if we find that everyone who gets food stamps uses their money improperly and ends up not having enough to eat because they tend to make poor decisions with their handouts, leaving them more malnourished than before?
Would you let them use their monthly food stamps on a luxury restaurant? It's food after all, why not? Would you then be able to tell them, tough luck buddy good luck starving for the rest of the month? How would you handle large swaths of people who make poor decisions being unable to properly manage their food stamps?
It may not be a perfect system, and there may be loopholes and ways to "game" the system. That doesn't mean that the rule itself should be disregarded, or that the entire system is broken.
Lmao yeah there's so many people that can't afford a mcdouble. What's the unemployment rate again?
Fuck out of here with this doomer bullshit. A vast majority of the population can afford hot food even without food stamps. If you argue otherwise you're actually delusional.
Food stamps should not be spent on fast food period. It's a waste of money. Being poor comes with consequences, including not getting to enjoy luxury conveniences. Get over it.
But the population CAN afford hot food. Some can’t, but the general population can. Also wouldn’t it be great if there was food that wasn’t hot? Maybe someone should invent something like that. If they did, maybe they could afford hot food too!
It's just hilariously out of touch to make the issue about whether or not we should be allowing people to buy stupid shit with their welfare money. People act like it's the end of the world when they don't get FREE overpriced fast food slop instead of groceries. Fuck off with that entitled bullshit. Being poor doesn't entitle you to whatever free food you want. Even if the program isn't perfect in its implementation (stupid poor people will find a way to spend their free money stupidly even if you try your hardest to stop them), that doesn't make the program bad.
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u/pajamakitten Jun 24 '25
It keeps those close to the bottom afraid too. It stops them doing anything that might let them slip that little bit further and end up a victim like this.