re: EBT Purchases do not pay sales tax

My nephew's baby momma was on food stamps.. single mom with a toddler and a baby. Daddy (my wife's brother) runt off. She got occassional child support when it was garnished from daddy's wages.

She moved back in with her mom and a sister (in similar situation) and got a job at one of the house cleaning services with flexible hours while mom or sister watched the kids. Then she met a good man, got married, got off food stamps.

For many people, they rely on this benefit as temporary help, the way it was designed. In most cases it really does help the children.

If you look at the federal budget, federal food stamp benefits are tiny fraction of a percent of money spent, but has arguable the biggest impact on actually helping people.

It's also so easy to demagogue by the left.

I don't know why repub/conservatives continue even bringing up the issue.