re: Federal judge rules government can't prevent using SNAP to purchase energy drinks and soda

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Soda and snack machines take cards now- do they take ebt cards?

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no

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Maybe there's a way to carve out "store" hot food vs restaurant hot food? But, yeah, you bring up a good point!

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there is - in Louisiana the store has to sell ‘groceries’ like milk & bread in order to be put into the system for EBT. The store point of sale systems have to be approved by the state - there are codes when an item is scanned - and only certain codes are allowed to be paid by food stamps. Which is why when some people say ‘I saw someone buying hot boiled crawfish with food stamps’ - they are either lying or the store has tampered with their point of sale systems or there is a dishonest cashier - and is committing fraud. Which, unlike many other things, the food stamp office used to take seriously so it should be reported. OR the person is using welfare money (FITAP) which can be used on anything.

There are times after emergencies when hot food from grocery convenience can be bought, but it’s usually for a short amount of time, and the state monitors that.

Restaurants cannot just tap into the state’s ebt system.

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I didn’t know much about it GRT, thanks for the details-

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I worked for food stamps years ago and an aspect of my job now deals a lot with social services - so I unfortunately keep up with this.

fricking pathetic

Right ruling on a dumb law.