"kilikini" > wrote in message
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> 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
>
>
I worked as a cashier at our local grocery store. We didn't ask for ID
because there where some people who shopped for those who where on food
stamps and unable to shop for themselves.
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