# "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:** 6
**Author:** ![Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/46a35a/32.png) [@Tim\_T-Bonham.net](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tim_T-Bonham.net)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/101 "2018-05-13T01:16:57Z")
> [@Beckdawrek](#): > > My brother used to take rolls of pennies in a store and see if he could get cashier to accept it. Like $20 bucks worth. It was a game. He had mixed results. Some cursing. Now, most stores would be glad to take them. Banks charge businesses a fee when they get rolls of coins from the bank (and then another fee if they deposit cash or coins). I suppose a person could short a penny or two from the roll, but that’s hardly worth the effort. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/102 "2018-05-13T01:22:33Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > I’m not inclined to accept common dreams dot org as a cite. Okay, how about this, directly from Good Jobs First? > **[Homepage - Good Jobs First](https://subsidytracker.goodjobsfirst.org/top-100-parents)** > > Good Jobs First promotes corporate and government accountability in economic development, especially around the use of public subsidies. Or has it been rendered by invalid by the fact that common dreams dot org has used it? ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/103 "2018-05-13T03:07:19Z")
Will bloomberg do\*? [This article](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-15/trump-push-for-u-s-jobs-may-spur-boom-in-corporate-welfare) covers corporate welfare AKA subsidies and tax breaks under Trump. There’s also a nifty chart that covers the last several years and list the top 10 recipients. Boeing leads the way with $8.7 billion in aid. Hey, they’re also in 3rd place with another 3.24 billion. Do you think they just cut a check for that? \*Actually, I don’t care if **D’Anconia** accepts the cite or not. He deserves nothing but ridicule and scorn. He’s a waste of skin, occupying space that someone else could be using. Telling him to fuck a cactus is an insult to cacti everywhere. He should take this opportunity to search the galaxy for his other brain cell. He can come back when he’s got two to rub together and we’ll see if there’s any improvement. I’m not optimistic. Did I mention I don’t like him? ---
**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 13, 2018, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/104 "2018-05-13T03:54:13Z")
> [@Sunny\_Daze](#): > > Will bloomberg do\*? > > [This article](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-15/trump-push-for-u-s-jobs-may-spur-boom-in-corporate-welfare) > > \*Actually, I don’t care if **D’Anconia** accepts the cite or not. He deserves nothing but ridicule and scorn. He’s a waste of skin, occupying space that someone else could be using. Telling him to fuck a cactus is an insult to cacti everywhere. He should take this opportunity to search the galaxy for his other brain cell. He can come back when he’s got two to rub together and we’ll see if there’s any improvement. I’m not optimistic. Did I mention I don’t like him? GO fuck a cactus you dumb dizzy bitch. ---
**Author:** ![nearwildheaven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/90db22/32.png) [@nearwildheaven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nearwildheaven)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/105 "2018-05-13T04:10:30Z")
> [@Flyer](#): > > You were told wrong. > > #1, The twenty is the most-counterfeited bill. > > #2, There aren’t nearly as many counterfeits in existence as many people assume. The grand total is a minuscule percentage–from memory, something like 1/5000–of all cash in existence. True. BUT when a counterfeit shows up, there are usually a lot more in the region. ---
**Author:** ![Broomstick](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/broomstick/32/246_2.png) [@Broomstick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broomstick)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/106 "2018-05-13T04:54:21Z")
> [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In other words, anything can happen to anybody, and someday you could be using food stamps. I have multiple times encountered people who claim they would stave before they would use food stamps. I think yeah… right. :rolleyes: ---
**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 13, 2018, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/107 "2018-05-13T04:56:23Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > Could you share why you are not inclined to consider the data from Good Jobs First to be well-sourced? Because he’s a fucking idiot, that’s why. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/108 "2018-05-13T05:46:48Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > GO fuck a cactus you dumb dizzy bitch. And your posts are a waste of electrons. Data doesn’t become invalid just because it’s posted on a website you don’t like. ---
**Author:** ![nightshadea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/7ba0ec/32.png) [@nightshadea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nightshadea)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 6:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/109 "2018-05-13T06:12:19Z")
just look up how often and much southern California Edison has paid the state of ca in taxes …its never and none …the la times and sce has had a 20 or more running feud over it and it just get glossed over up north ---
**Author:** ![Morgenstern](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Morgenstern](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgenstern)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/110 "2018-05-13T13:34:11Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > GO fuck a cactus you dumb dizzy bitch. Dumb, dizzy, bitch??? I guaranty you she’s not dumb, and she’s definitely not a bitch. The dizzy comes and goes, but that’s normal for most of us. You, on the other hand, are D’Asshole. No adjectives needed. ---
**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 13, 2018, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/111 "2018-05-13T13:41:32Z")
I know that given the choice I’d rather live in a world with fewer spectacuraly rich people and the poor helped and cared for, than a world with the rich raking it in hand over fist and the poor being looked down upon for accepting the meager crumbs they get tossed. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/112 "2018-05-13T16:58:34Z")
> [@D\_Anconia](#): > > GO fuck a cactus you dumb dizzy bitch. I just don’t get how someone can be like this. You must really hate your life and yourself. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/113 "2018-05-13T17:12:54Z")
Anyone got a good Troll House Cookie recipe to share? ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/114 "2018-05-13T17:26:26Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Anyone got a good Troll House Cookie recipe to share? > [@](#): > > Ingredients: > > ``` > 1 cup almond butter > 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips > ½ cup packed light-brown sugar > 2 large eggs > ½ teaspoon coarse salt > > ``` > > Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. In a bowl, stir together almond butter, chocolate chips, sugar, eggs, and salt until a dough forms. > > Place 1-tablespoon mounds of dough 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Bake cookies until puffed and tops are set, about 10 minutes. > > Transfer to a wire rack and let cool. Cookies can be stored in an airtight container up to 3 days. From [here](https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/delicious-cookies-that-require-only-5-ingredients.html/?a=viewall). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/115 "2018-05-13T17:53:45Z")
That recipe is for _TOLL_house cookies. I think _TROLL_house cookies call for omitting the chocolate chips and substituting a cup of carpet tacks. ---
**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 13, 2018, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/116 "2018-05-13T18:03:43Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That recipe is for _TOLL_house cookies. > > I think _TROLL_house cookies call for omitting the chocolate chips and substituting a cup of carpet tacks. And _bitter_ almond butter. ---
**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 13, 2018, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/117 "2018-05-13T18:10:16Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That recipe is for _TOLL_house cookies. > > I think _TROLL_house cookies call for omitting the chocolate chips and substituting a cup of carpet tacks. Nah, just replace the semi-sweet chocolate chips with unsweetened. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/118 "2018-05-13T19:09:11Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > That recipe is for _TOLL_house cookies. > > I think _TROLL_house cookies call for omitting the chocolate chips and substituting a cup of carpet tacks. Cactus spines. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/119 "2018-05-13T20:09:14Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#): > > Hmm. I guess I’m the only one who thought **Sam from Siam** was joking. I certainly hope he was, but maybe the joke’s on me! Yes, indeed, I was. The others are left wondering what that great big whoosh sound was. ---
**Author:** ![Helena330](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/helena330/32/531_2.png) [@Helena330](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Helena330)\ **Post date:** [May 13, 2018, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936/120 "2018-05-13T21:31:09Z")
Maybe if the majority of people don’t get the joke, it’s not a very good one. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/we-accept-food-stamps/813936.md?page=7)