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Welfare babies,
"*~*" > wrote in message
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> "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
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>> 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.
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>> kili
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> 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.
> *~*
Good for you.
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