Anti-Party
Tea Is The New Kool-Aid
We know food stamps/ebt were a good hearted attempt to feed people that need food. It wasn't made to buy votes like the idiots say, it was made so the children of worst case scenario families didn't suffer like they do in third world Countries.
But since there is now law that requires someone to prove they are the owner of the EBT card, EBT cards are being traded for nearly anything.
Drugs is the most notable. Drug dealers are trading drugs for EBT cards everywhere. "When we do search warrants on drug homes, we usually find 10 to 15 EBT cards," http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120508/breaking/120509610
I personally know people who use to work at Schwans Foods that stated "Big profits are made in the projects. When you are in a the projects and someone gleamingly clean walks up to you with a stack of EBT cards with different names, you don't question them. It's dangerous to question them. It's 100% commission so you just take what you can get" Schwans sells high end food delivered to your door, even in the projects http://www.schwans.com/products/categoryDetail.aspx?c1=10428&incmpid=hp_n_1_2_Meat
They are being sold on Craigslist http://www.krqe.com/news/politics/woman-sells-food-stamps-on-craigslist Note; It's not just one instance, it's many and this is only 1 link.
Should we take the Right Wing path and end the SNAP program because it has flaws? Should we take the Left path and keep ignoring/justifying flaws?
What's the answer here people. I'm pretty sure most of America wants to feed the people who can't feed themselves and will agree to do this through taxation. But ignoring abuse is just as extreme as ignoring a fix.
But since there is now law that requires someone to prove they are the owner of the EBT card, EBT cards are being traded for nearly anything.
Drugs is the most notable. Drug dealers are trading drugs for EBT cards everywhere. "When we do search warrants on drug homes, we usually find 10 to 15 EBT cards," http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20120508/breaking/120509610
I personally know people who use to work at Schwans Foods that stated "Big profits are made in the projects. When you are in a the projects and someone gleamingly clean walks up to you with a stack of EBT cards with different names, you don't question them. It's dangerous to question them. It's 100% commission so you just take what you can get" Schwans sells high end food delivered to your door, even in the projects http://www.schwans.com/products/categoryDetail.aspx?c1=10428&incmpid=hp_n_1_2_Meat
They are being sold on Craigslist http://www.krqe.com/news/politics/woman-sells-food-stamps-on-craigslist Note; It's not just one instance, it's many and this is only 1 link.
Should we take the Right Wing path and end the SNAP program because it has flaws? Should we take the Left path and keep ignoring/justifying flaws?
What's the answer here people. I'm pretty sure most of America wants to feed the people who can't feed themselves and will agree to do this through taxation. But ignoring abuse is just as extreme as ignoring a fix.