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Why is it during a famine we send staple goods but it's EBT cards in the US?

Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:16 pm
Posted by Crappieman
Member since Apr 2025
1595 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:16 pm
Beans, rice, flour, canned meat, veggies, etc. Food that won't perish but provides protein, and carbs.

So why should the US government not do the same here. Cancel ebt cards. Hand out sacks of beans, flour, sugar, rice, etc each month to poor families. If you want steak, candy, sodas, etc., then get a job with a paycheck and buy those items with monies you earn.
Posted by BuzzSaw 12
The Dark Side Of The Moon
Member since Dec 2010
6755 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:18 pm to


Never forget that Laquesha needs her calories dammit!!!
Posted by SallysHuman
Lady Palmetto Bug
Member since Jan 2025
12402 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:24 pm to
Somebody, somewhere decided that there was no dignity in staples.
Posted by el Gaucho
He/They
Member since Dec 2010
58305 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:28 pm to
Instead of an ebt card it should be a chicken suit that you wear to the store with velcro on feathers that spend like cash. You get new ebt feathers every month and when you run out you’re out of food. To prevent fraud, the chicken suit must always be worn to the store. No suit no food
Posted by Neutral Underground
Member since Mar 2024
2635 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:29 pm to
Yup. The Left thinks its belittling to poor people that they can't eat the snacks and treats that they can't afford. People never heard of sugar, butter, bread.
Posted by SallysHuman
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Member since Jan 2025
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Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:30 pm to
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People never heard of sugar, butter, bread.


Mmm... childhood staple of mine, a little cinnamon too if we had some.
Posted by rooster108bm
Member since Nov 2010
3155 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:33 pm to
quote:

Hand out sacks of beans, flour, sugar, rice, etc each month to poor families.



Truthfully, if the government did this it would probably cost more money than an ebt card.

Just limit what they can buy with the card to beans, rice etc.
Posted by OccamsStubble
Member since Aug 2019
8725 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:34 pm to
I asked Grok:

Politician prints money, gives EBT to land whale
Land whale votes for politician, and then buys Doritos with EBT
Doritos uses that EBTmoney to buy politician
Posted by Timeoday
Easter Island
Member since Aug 2020
16869 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 5:55 pm to
Sales tax revenue
Posted by alatxtgr
The Nation of Texas
Member since Sep 2006
2372 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 6:07 pm to
I remember my grandmother going to the commissary to get cheese, peanut butter, flour and powdered milk in the ‘60’s to early’70’s.
Posted by CR4090
Member since Apr 2023
7957 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 6:10 pm to
Because the YNs, Keisha, and their white overlords would lose their fricking minds.

Oh, and Big Grocery would be pissed and stop the money train.
Posted by TigerAxeOK
Where I lay my head is home.
Member since Dec 2016
35036 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 6:19 pm to
Most bean varieties, and long grain white rice, when stored in sealed mylar bags with oxygen absorbers, last up to and beyond 25 years.

Beans and rice, when combined, produce a natural protein and can sustain life and ample nutrients on their own for very prolonged periods of time.

Just an FYI, for those considering emergency food storage that is relatively inexpensive and long-lasting.
Posted by mikesliveisacheater
Member since Nov 2009
1313 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 6:23 pm to
quote:

I asked Grok:

Politician prints money, gives EBT to land whale
Land whale votes for politician, and then buys Doritos with EBT
Doritos uses that EBTmoney to buy politician


Yes, lobbyists for Big Food is the answer but I like Gronks creativity in explaining it.
Posted by G I Jeaux
off duty
Member since Aug 2009
2469 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 6:32 pm to
I remember when almost everyone had a block of "government" cheese.



Posted by Wednesday
Member since Aug 2017
16927 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 6:41 pm to
EBT cards should be non transferable and limited to the procurement of staple goods. They should be unusable for Doritos, Cheetos, etc., gas stations or standalone drug stores.
Posted by umrebel2009
Member since Feb 2010
8077 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 7:22 pm to
There should be an EBT aisle where you get your big prepacked boxes of food built like MREs. Get these people out of everyone else's way
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45728 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 7:56 pm to
The EBT card should also be a photo ID.
Posted by Cajun67
alexandria
Member since Jul 2021
584 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 8:04 pm to
quote:

Why is it during a famine we send staple goods but it's EBT cards in the US?

actual food is not what the grifters want (yes grifters if sob really wanted to be in control and responsible for their lives its called a job , yea go get one ) as most use it for liquor and cigs and for the politicians the ebt is leverage ( free money for your vote please ) all the while
Posted by Wednesday
Member since Aug 2017
16927 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 9:50 pm to
quote:

The EBT card should also be a photo ID.


GENUIS
Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
45728 posts
Posted on 9/30/25 at 9:51 pm to
I've been saying this for years.
It solves a couple of problems
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