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Welfare Crawfish
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:16 am
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:16 am
Went to the local seafood shop last Saturday and it was packed with democrats. I asked why and the guy explained he had crawfish. They were $6.99 a pound!!! But can be bought with EBT.
Why should we have to compete with the government for crawfish?? No way the guy sells 25% of the crawfish he sold last weekend at $6.99 if the buyers where using their own money.
It is a great illustration of how welfare distorts markets whether it is food or health care or moon shots--anything.
Why should we have to compete with the government for crawfish?? No way the guy sells 25% of the crawfish he sold last weekend at $6.99 if the buyers where using their own money.
It is a great illustration of how welfare distorts markets whether it is food or health care or moon shots--anything.
This post was edited on 2/24/18 at 11:41 am
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Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:18 am to I B Freeman
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Went to the local seafood shop last Saturday and it was packed with democrats. I asked why and the guy explained he had crawfish. They were $6.99 a pound!!! But can be bought with EBT.
Would this happen to be Capitol City Crawfish (next to Superior)?
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:18 am to I B Freeman
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I asked why
So you really asked someone in the shop why there were so many blacks in his place?!
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:18 am to I B Freeman
You should only be able to eat certain things are all good for you if other hard working people are buying your meals for you. That way these lazy pieces of shite wouldn't hike our health insurance rates up so much too.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:19 am to I B Freeman
People bash the ebt program on here but it benefits children the most. A lot of these kids don't have much joy in their lives from other places. You ought to see the smiles on my kids faces when I whip out the ebt and tell them we're going out for boiled crawfish. They can barely load up in the escalade fast enough!
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:21 am to I B Freeman
They are not supposed to be able to buy cooked crawfish, only live.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:22 am to I B Freeman
Red beans and rice should be the only thing allowed to be purchased on EBT. Dont like it? Get a job.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:24 am to Revelator
No I ask why he was so busy. I shop there frequently.
I said they were democrats.
The guy even had a crawfish line winding out the door and a line for everybody else. There was certainly demographic differences in the two lines that no one seemed to mind.
I said they were democrats.
The guy even had a crawfish line winding out the door and a line for everybody else. There was certainly demographic differences in the two lines that no one seemed to mind.
This post was edited on 2/24/18 at 11:35 am
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:25 am to TigerChief10
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You should only be able to eat certain things are all good for you if other hard working people are buying your meals for you. That way these lazy pieces of shite wouldn't hike our health insurance rates up so much too.
i agree (well, they aren't all lazy), but why are crawfish bad for you? I'd much rather them being eating that than the normal AA diet (these days).
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:26 am to Midtiger farm
Maybe they charge them for live and then boil them for free???
This post was edited on 2/24/18 at 6:57 pm
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:36 am to I B Freeman
That's considered prepared food right? I thought they couldn't buy prepared/Hot food.
Bastards!
Bastards!
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:37 am to I B Freeman
What bothers me about this is not necessarily the people who are buying them....they are just doing what they are allowed to do.
What really pisses me off is that someone in our government has been paid off by the crawfish industry to subsidize the industry with our tax dollars. This allows those bastards to keep the prices inflated because the demand is kept high at the absolutely ridiculous price of 6 bucks a pound.
frick this corrupt state.
What really pisses me off is that someone in our government has been paid off by the crawfish industry to subsidize the industry with our tax dollars. This allows those bastards to keep the prices inflated because the demand is kept high at the absolutely ridiculous price of 6 bucks a pound.
frick this corrupt state.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:38 am to I B Freeman
quote:
It is a great illustration of how welfare distorts markets whether it is food of health care or moon shots--anything.
Dems aint dumb. They know this and want this.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:39 am to I B Freeman
This happens all the time. Makes us pay way more for a few lbs of crawfish too.
My favorite is when I have enough to wait in a long line behind freeloaders then I finally get to the counter and pay with my own money.
My favorite is when I have enough to wait in a long line behind freeloaders then I finally get to the counter and pay with my own money.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:52 am to Revelator
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Someone has been watching Sanford and Son!
Never. I gave up sitcoms after Batman and Green Acres.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 11:55 am to McLemore
I wasn't implying crawfish were bad for you. This is just an example of ebt users buying shite they can't afford so later on in the month they won't be able to get what they need. They shouldn't be able to buy expensive seafood or $18 ribeyes on EBT
Posted on 2/24/18 at 12:25 pm to TigerChief10
They should be sent a case of MREs. I ate those during my military deployments. Good enough for me it's good enough for them.
Posted on 2/24/18 at 12:45 pm to McLemore
how about simple economics....
$6.99 for a pound of crawfish.........versus $6.99 for a loaf of bread, and jars of peanut butter and jelly.
half a lunch versus a week of food.......
fricking asinine to GIVE people money without being able to tell them how to use it.
Give me just one other example.......just one.
$6.99 for a pound of crawfish.........versus $6.99 for a loaf of bread, and jars of peanut butter and jelly.
half a lunch versus a week of food.......
fricking asinine to GIVE people money without being able to tell them how to use it.
Give me just one other example.......just one.
This post was edited on 2/24/18 at 12:46 pm
Posted on 2/24/18 at 1:23 pm to Zach
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Green Acres.
you were just digging on Eva
Posted on 2/24/18 at 6:02 pm to Balloon Huffer
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how about simple economics....
My question was, "why are crawfish bad for you?" Not. "Is it a good idea to allow people to buy crawfish with EBT."
However, crawfish are certainly better for you than P,B&J, and the post I was replying to was about the health costs associated with poor nutrition.
I think I wandered into the OT.
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