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In reply to the discussion: A friend of mine saw someone using food stamps to pay for ice cream bars. [View all]BeyondGeography
(39,393 posts)202. You have to be miserable to be so cruel
Great that these wretches were put in their place.
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A friend of mine saw someone using food stamps to pay for ice cream bars. [View all]
wellstone dem
Sep 2012
OP
As long as they were real ice cream bars and not Tofutti Cuties, I have no problem with it
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#1
Hey - for people that are lactose intolerant, those tofutti treats let them have ice cream too.
jillan
Sep 2012
#4
That was in 2009. The lactose intolerant person in my house has had no reactions to these & loves
jillan
Sep 2012
#61
Yes, I had a vegan girlfriend for a few years. I did the Cuties, Tofurkey, the whole nine yards.
slackmaster
Sep 2012
#220
You could make a pizza with the vegan cheese that is out there now, it melts and it's AMAZING!
DesertDiamond
Sep 2012
#191
Sometimes. Once it was almost Catfood Casserole as the "tuna" we got from a food bank
cstanleytech
Sep 2012
#237
So the people BEHIND your friend looked over her shoulder to see how the person IN FRONT OF HER was
proud2BlibKansan
Sep 2012
#11
I don't have a habit of looking at people's credit cards as I'm waiting in line
proud2BlibKansan
Sep 2012
#20
This happened about 10 years ago, before the switch was made to EBT cards
wellstone dem
Sep 2012
#24
I remember that scrutiny from when I was young and my mother paid in actual food stamps
suffragette
Sep 2012
#77
Right, plus a lot of people who are not on food stamps for whatever reason can't
totodeinhere
Sep 2012
#94
LOL thanks. Is that why Wonder Bread had bright red and yellow balloons on it or circles?
DebJ
Sep 2012
#227
Good old fashion Federal Food Stamp and Social Security regulations working hand in hand.
happyslug
Sep 2012
#238
In NYC it's pretty easy to spot. They are on cards, but people have to sign other paper slips.
vaberella
Sep 2012
#76
Sorry I was not clear, this was "food stamps" it was more than 10 years ago before the EBT cards
wellstone dem
Sep 2012
#177
Yeah, but you know what? Somehow, the cashiers always say something that makes
1monster
Sep 2012
#166
I would have applauded her and then turned to the nasty lady and asked her for a Kleenex
Iris
Sep 2012
#230
Sometimes tears can move one into action...anger is not always required. n/t
cynatnite
Sep 2012
#195
I saw a guy who has been living off the government for years eating Ice Cream
bahrbearian
Sep 2012
#40
Yeah, maybe if it had been the FIRST time anyone had ever said anything to her in that vein.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#81
Thanks. I've been weepy thinking about it. I didn't do much, but I did do something.
Tigress DEM
Sep 2012
#149
In my state, you need to be up someone's ass and in their pocket to be able to tell who is using
MADem
Sep 2012
#45
I guess there's not a mild sarcasm emoticon. I just thought you were being a monster.
Blanks
Sep 2012
#154
I made that screen name in 2002 when my son was in elementary school. I was the mommy monster,
1monster
Sep 2012
#164
It's actually an affordable meat -- any large roast costs less per pound than smaller cuts
nashville_brook
Sep 2012
#127
Wow: What is this human rage at the thought that someone with less than they still has too much?
DebJ
Sep 2012
#218
Can you believe the well off don't even want the poor to be able to have ice cream bars??? What a
judesedit
Sep 2012
#54
I remember well the 'commodities' program which lasted into the 70s in Missouri. We lived
coalition_unwilling
Sep 2012
#132
How horrible for your friend. Now her marriage is ruined and she must live in a socialist dystopia.
Scuba
Sep 2012
#56
Oops. Note to all concerned: I have not now, nor will I ever, kick anyone's ass.
Chorophyll
Sep 2012
#146
Yeah, but doesn't she know how many packets of ramen she could have bought for the same price?
Tab
Sep 2012
#83
When I'm in line, I look at tabloid covers and think "Who the fuck are these people?"
Tom Ripley
Sep 2012
#87
You're of course correct as others pointed out, but they still call them "food stamps."
joshcryer
Sep 2012
#98
What people don't seem to be able to figure out is that a lot of people on food
JDPriestly
Sep 2012
#92
There is absolutely nothing wrong with ice cream. Just like anything else, some brands are more
totodeinhere
Sep 2012
#102
she is much more eloquent than i. if i were in line i would say... wtf is your problem.
seabeyond
Sep 2012
#117
You're friend should have said something in defense. Too many complacent people around. n/t
vaberella
Sep 2012
#122
The food pantry is free. The pantry supplements what little people get via the food stamp program.
MADem
Sep 2012
#196
I wanna know what Boeing did with their $605 million refund check from the Treasury
jsr
Sep 2012
#133
and oh my gosh.....just shut the h*ll up if you've never walked in anyone else's shoes.....
a kennedy
Sep 2012
#144
I guess it never occurs to these morAns that this mother probably did without food herself
Raine
Sep 2012
#148
Your final response should have been "Now don't you feel foolish"? You should of mind your
southernyankeebelle
Sep 2012
#169
I'm a hard liner, in a way, on this issue. But even I see nothing at all wrong with ice cream bars?
Honeycombe8
Sep 2012
#176
I wish they would let you get those cooked rotisserie chickens on food stamps. nt
limpyhobbler
Sep 2012
#208