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In reply to the discussion: Why can't people use food stamps to buy hot/cook foods? [View all]HappyMe
(20,277 posts)8. It doesn't make a damn bit of sense
to me at all.
Nobody tells me what groceries to buy. I don't see what's wrong with someone wanting to get a roasted chicken or a ready made quiche. I guess it's a matter of making people feel even worse about their situation, and controlling them.
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That's just BS. Seriously are they trying to get rid of the program by "outlawing" food
diabeticman
May 2013
#3
because they want poor people to be inconvenienced as much as possible, as often as possible
eShirl
May 2013
#2
I think that is a lame excuse (by your higher ups) The program should evolve with
diabeticman
May 2013
#10
I must have posted this wrong, because it was supposed to be just a general statement, and not
sammytko
May 2013
#18
Because Mean Old Daddy will take the Food Stamp card and go out with his girlfriend to
MADem
May 2013
#27
And, unforunately, it wasn't until some people very close to me fell on some hard times
blueamy66
May 2013
#22
And we wonder why kids will only eat shit and diabetes is going through the roof
joeglow3
May 2013
#30
yeah both the stove part and oven. Right now our new landlord won't switch out his
diabeticman
May 2013
#31
Because the very worst thing in the whole world is that somebody somewhere might
Egalitarian Thug
May 2013
#25