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Welfare babies,
Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "kilikini" >
> : in rec.food.cooking
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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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> <raising hand> EBT stands for electronic benefits transfer. I know
> this because I helped a really, REALLY, old lady swipe the card at
> the express lane check out a few months ago. She had real bad
> arthritis and the cashier was being completely indifferent to her
> (pretty damned rude IMO). It has a pin number like your debit or
> credit card IIRC. I looked up EBT when I got home and found out it
> was sort of like a debit card but loaded with food stamp money. I
> presume the card is filled at a certain time every month with
> whatever allotment the person qualifies for.
>
> Michael
Ah, thank you, so now I know! :~)
kili
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