Orlando Enrique Fiol wrote:
> wrote:
>> Food stamps buy food 
>
> Not always. They're often illegally exchanged for cash to buy tobacco,
> alcohol, drugs and junk food. Also, given the high surpluses most
> farms endure, why is produce so expensive and why do few food banks
> offer plentiful produce to people whose diets so desperately need it?
>
> Orlando
The actual paper food stamps have been long gone for years, as I recall, and
now there's a credit card called an EBT card (I don't know what EBT means).
AFAIK, you're asked for an I.D. when you use the card to ensure that the
person buying the food is the person the card has been issued to.
kili