Posts Tagged ‘government entitilement’
Answering Joe Dion’s Stomping Stamps
EBT means Electronic-Balance-Transfer. While, yes, the EBT card may hold "food stamp" benefits for some, others get cash assistance and can use the card, like a debit card, most anywhere credit cards are accepted. What Mr. Dion saw "Mr. EBT" doing at McDonalds˙ was not purchasing fast food with food stamps but with a cash allowance. Yes the entire welfare system is out of control. But the reader needs to take a look around the whole warren not just the one little rabbit hole he seems to ... Full Story
Stomping the Stamp!
No, I'm not talking about postage; I mean food stamps. This program is out of control. It's no longer a stopgap to keep people from starving, it's a lifestyle for many who don't need it in the first place. In fact a rapper calling himself "Mr. EBT" has put out a rap video championing the use of "EBT" card (food stamps) and showing him sliding it through a reader at McDonalds! Last year we took in a woman who was in "crisis" and needed emergency shelter. Abused, homeless, out of work ... Full Story
