# "We Accept Food Stamps" **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 10, 2018, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936 "2018-05-10T20:20:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/61 "2018-05-12T16:22:46Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > The phone program has been in place for decades, with the idea that the homeless or poor cannot help themselves or get jobs if they can’t pay for a phone. How will a potential employer reach them to hire them? > > Seriously, with all the corporate welfare and egregious waste that goes on in government spending, **I will never understand the short sighted thinking that thinks we’ll all be better off if we help the poor less.** They had better die then, and decrease the surplus population. ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/62 "2018-05-12T16:31:19Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They had better die then, and decrease the surplus population. Actually, congress that already threw that baby out with the bath water when they mortally wounded the ACA. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/63 "2018-05-12T17:13:53Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Someday I hope to be able to afford a new smartphone, like the girl with the food stamps in front of me today in the supermarket line. How can one get a job and get off food stamps without a phone? I was on the EBT program, and without it I would have starved. I had two comments from other people in line: 1. You should be drinking plain water, when I was buying some iced tea mix, from a woman who was buying several bottles of soda. 2. I wish I could be using food stamps and buying junk food, when I was buying a half-priced caked for my birthday! I explained this to the person and added what I’ll tell the OP: Change the name, and the tale is told about you. In other words, anything can happen to anybody, and someday you could be using food stamps. I was also on line in the grocery the day the whole EBT system crashed. When my card wouldn’t go through, the cashier said in a very nasty voice “Don’t you have another way to pay?” No, you idiot, if I did wouldn’t be using EBT. The manager was standing out front, no doubt being called because the EBT payments weren’t going though. I complained to him, that the cashier herself could be using EBT someday. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/64 "2018-05-12T17:36:37Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > I was under the impression that prepared foods weren’t allowed. Which covers the cheap rotisserie chickens at a lot of grocery stores. Can’t figure out why. This change was made so that homeless people or others who do not have access to cooking facilities could also obtain food. ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/65 "2018-05-12T17:41:04Z")
Not to hijack this thread but a trending thing here in the greater Atlanta metroplex: Restaurants that do NOT accept cash. > **[Kempner: These Atlanta restaurants are dropping dollars](https://www.ajc.com/business/kempner-why-cash-longer-the-restaurant-menu/ddtbLV9CaVrTEZzb2lhrXM/)** > > Georgia businesses, including a cluster of restaurants in Atlanta, recently launched policies where they don't accept cash. The moves come with costs. There’s other businesses in the area that no longer accept cash - like insurance offices, to name one – and it’s for much the same reasons, theft. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/66 "2018-05-12T19:14:44Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > So we are paying for her food and her phone, and probably her healthcare and maybe her housing as well. What else should we be on the hook for? Makeovers, spa days, and vacations? Go fuck a cactus. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/67 "2018-05-12T19:16:27Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Go fuck a cactus. oh great, so now we all have to pay for that _too?_ ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/68 "2018-05-12T19:18:19Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > oh great, so now we all have to pay for that _too?_ I’d pay to watch. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/69 "2018-05-12T19:28:34Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’d pay to watch. I’d pay not to. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/70 "2018-05-12T19:49:37Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I’d pay to watch. > [@k9bfriender](#): > > I’d pay not to. Either way, profit! ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/71 "2018-05-12T19:55:33Z")
> [@IvoryTowerDenizen](#): > > Seriously, with all the corporate welfare and egregious waste that goes on in government spending, I will never understand the short sighted thinking that thinks we’ll all be better off if we help the poor less. There’s no such thing as “corporate welfare”. It’s merely a left-wing talking point. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/72 "2018-05-12T19:56:48Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Go fuck a cactus. Go fuck a cactus yourself, gramps, if you can find one that will have you, which is doubtful. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/73 "2018-05-12T20:01:04Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > There’s no such thing as “corporate welfare”. It’s merely a left-wing talking point. Subsidizing already profitable companies is what then…? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/74 "2018-05-12T20:02:25Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Subsidizing already profitable companies is what then…? Cite? ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/75 "2018-05-12T20:02:48Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > There’s no such thing as “corporate welfare”. It’s merely a left-wing talking point. Then substitute whatever constellation of corporate tax breaks and/or subsidies fits your narrirative. Bottom line doesn’t change- people like you dump resentment on the most vulnerable for somehow getting something you don’t feel they “deserve” while rarely questioning the myriad of breaks the wealthy get, but somehow have “earned”. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/76 "2018-05-12T20:10:59Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > Cite? [https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/high-on-the-hog-the-top-8-corporate-welfare-recipients.html/?a=viewall](https://www.cheatsheet.com/money-career/high-on-the-hog-the-top-8-corporate-welfare-recipients.html/?a=viewall) > **[The United States of subsidies: The biggest corporate winners in each state](https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/03/17/the-united-states-of-subsidies-the-biggest-corporate-winners-in-each-state/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.db60911b086e)** > > States have awarded hundreds of billions of dollars in subsidies in the form of grants and tax breaks to some of the world's largest corporations. > **[Who Are the Biggest Corporate Welfare Moochers?](https://www.pogo.org/analysis/who-are-biggest-corporate-welfare-moochers)** > > Who are Uncle Sam's favorite corporations? Find out with a free online database that tracks government subsidies and other financial support. > **[The Hypocrisy Of Corporate Welfare: It's Bigger Than Trump | Common Dreams](https://www.commondreams.org/views/2016/12/09/hypocrisy-corporate-welfare-its-bigger-trump)** > > The “bribe” for Carrier is barely a rounding error in the tens of billions of dollars in public money and tax breaks lavished upon corporations each and every day by Republicans and Democrats alike. Fuck off, you two-faced weasel. ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/77 "2018-05-12T20:14:26Z")
You go fuck a cactus. Those are blogs and opinions, not legitimate cites. Jerk. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/78 "2018-05-12T20:16:45Z")
Double post ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/79 "2018-05-12T20:24:17Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > You go fuck a cactus. Those are blogs and opinions, not legitimate cites. Jerk. They list companies and amounts. How are those opinions? ---
**Author:** ![D\_Anconia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@D\_Anconia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D_Anconia)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/80 "2018-05-12T20:31:11Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > They list companies and amounts. How are those opinions? common dreams, pogo, and cheat sheet are not cites. Try again. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936.md?page=5)