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In reply to the discussion: So I'm in line at the grocery store, and the lady in front of me used Food stamps and the guy in [View all]LaydeeBug
(10,291 posts)I've never been on food stamps, so I am not aware of what it's called now, etc, but your spiteful story made me check for where I am...and, of course...you can't buy prepared foods with food stamps in Maryland, but you *can*, however, use them at the farmer's market.
You refer to a pilot program they launched in 2011.
Also, learning to be a "share" person instead of a "compare" person might go a long way toward happiness. Your "imagine this" story involves your son deciding that the person using the EBT card at Taco Bell actually owned the car, etc. You have to make the 'lowest common denominator' stretch each time, at every comparison. The person using the food stamps at Taco Bell has not walked a mile in your son's shoes. But your son hasn't walked a mile in that person's shoes either. But know this: if your son needed help, and sought help HERE in the USA and it wasn't available to him, for whatever reason...regardless of the "other"...then I am really, really sorry, because that means that we fell short on some level...each and every one of us.
We are the wealthiest nation on earth. We throw away too much food while our own go hungry and it is fucking wrong.
So I am sorry you know anyone who reached out for help, and didn't get it. It isn't "they didn't get the help because the Taco Bell card user did...the two are unrelated.
Hope that helps.