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11 questionable things that EBT can buy
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:06 pm
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:06 pm
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Quesarito: Taco Bell is one of many fast food restaurants that accept EBT cards. Guacamole is extra? Who cares? It’s on the taxpayer
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Bail: Convicted felons – like drug dealer Kimball Clark – have reportedly used their EBT as bail money. Clark reportedly instructed someone to go to an ATM to withdraw money from his EBT for bail. Because it’s difficult to trace ATM abuse, many speculate this problem is more widespread and not just found in isolated incidents.
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Lingerie: Kiss My Lingerie, an adult store in Gonzales, Louisiana, accepts EBT. Other adult stores have also been known to accept welfare transactions. In this case, officials said the store doesn’t violate the rules for EBT because of discrepancies in the law.
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KFC: Well, chicken is a protein, and protein is good for you, right? KFC is another well-known fast food chain that accepts EBT.
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Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:08 pm to pioneerbasketball
lets look at corporate welfare next 
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:10 pm to pioneerbasketball
Let them eat fake food.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:11 pm to pioneerbasketball
EBT does not mean Food Stamps. A lot of these cards have cash loaded onto them every month for several programs, not just food stamps. The cash benefits for these programs can be used for pretty much anything
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your link seems like a super credible source...good job
ETA:
your link seems like a super credible source...good job
This post was edited on 8/3/14 at 2:12 pm
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:12 pm to pioneerbasketball
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KFC: Well, chicken is a protein, and protein is good for you, right? KFC is another well-known fast food chain that accepts EBT.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:14 pm to pioneerbasketball
I would agree that lingerie and bail money are inappropriate...
not sure why KFC and Taco Bell would be out of bounds, though...pretty cheap food, if you ask me...
not sure why KFC and Taco Bell would be out of bounds, though...pretty cheap food, if you ask me...
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:15 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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lets look at corporate welfare next
this! but it will cause an uproar among all of the OT balling entrepreneurs
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:16 pm to pioneerbasketball
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KFC: Well, chicken is a protein, and protein is good for you, right? KFC is another well-known fast food chain that accepts EBT.
Louisiana...
Posted on 8/3/14 at 2:56 pm to Draconian Sanctions
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lets look at corporate welfare next
Exactly. Walmart costs the taxpayers about $1m per store per year in subsidized pay to its employees in the form of medicaid and food stamps. The Walton family is worth over $100 billion. Why cant they pay their employees more so we dont have to?
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:06 pm to pioneerbasketball
EBT has cash benefits that can be used for pretty much anything. It's different than food stamps.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:46 pm to pioneerbasketball
The lack of oversight on how child support money is spent is worse imo. The parent that receives child support should be required to keep receipts showing how the money is spent.
The receipts wouldn't need to be checked every month, but filed away and then if there's reasonable suspicion, make the recipient subject to an audit, similar to taxes. Just the possibility alone that you might get audited would serve as deterrent, and crack a few heads for frivolous use and let word get out that if you're not spending the money to benefit the children and most people would quit the bullshite.
The receipts wouldn't need to be checked every month, but filed away and then if there's reasonable suspicion, make the recipient subject to an audit, similar to taxes. Just the possibility alone that you might get audited would serve as deterrent, and crack a few heads for frivolous use and let word get out that if you're not spending the money to benefit the children and most people would quit the bullshite.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:47 pm to Spankum
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bail money are inappropriate...
Bail would actually cost taxpayers less. I don't want to put an image in my head of a woman buying lingerie with an ebt card so I didn't quote it. And it didn't help...
ETA: Titus
This post was edited on 8/3/14 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:50 pm to Titus Pullo
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The lack of oversight on how child support money is spent is worse imo. The parent that receives child support should be required to keep receipts showing how the money is spent.
People sure do love the concept of dedicating significant sums of money to policing insignificant subsidies for the poor. We'll gladly spend what it costs to feed three to jail just one who defrauds the system.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:52 pm to pioneerbasketball
The quesarito is awesome so I can understand them using the ebt card for it
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:55 pm to The Third Leg
Had you quoted the next part of my post you would know that I don't advocate spending any extra resourses to police this.
Instead you took it out of context.
Instead you took it out of context.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 3:59 pm to pioneerbasketball
I don't understand why we constantly subsidize people's bad decisions. I find it ironic that at a time when we are told that unemployment is low, the subject of scaling back EBT benefits is never brought up.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:00 pm to Titus Pullo
Actually your post made a request for accountability to be achieved without additional cost, which has repeatedly proven to be impossible.
Adding requirements that cannot be policed is not going to deter anything. Policing new requirements will cost money.
Adding requirements that cannot be policed is not going to deter anything. Policing new requirements will cost money.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:03 pm to 70739tigah
Great point, lets do away with Food Stamps and it will be alot less.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:16 pm to 70739tigah
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Exactly. Walmart costs the taxpayers about $1m per store per year in subsidized pay to its employees in the form of medicaid and food stamps.
It's not Walmart's fault the the federal gov't subsidizes their employees.
Posted on 8/3/14 at 4:18 pm to 70739tigah
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Exactly. Walmart costs the taxpayers about $1m per store per year in subsidized pay to its employees in the form of medicaid and food stamps. The Walton family is worth over $100 billion. Why cant they pay their employees more so we dont have to?
Wal Mart offers job
Person voluntarily applies for said job
Person and Wal Mart agree on contract for pay for services
Gov't offers welfare to person with low income
Person accepts welfare from gov't
WAL MARTS FAULT!!!
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