Health

Heard an interesting comment on the radio the other day.

The caller who was sick and tired of the constantly growing number of leaches in our society said,(based on my memory) "It's funny when you think about it. In our public schools they layout strict guidelines on what our children can bring for lunch yet we can't tell the those on ebt what they can purchase."

This is a growing problem as the latest numbers I've heard are that in Tennessee there has been a 40% rise in those collecting welfare; it's now up to one out of every five people is stealing from productive citizens to load there buggies full of unhealthy #!## (That's 20% for you ebt recipients.)

See this happen far to often

Not a big fan of food stamps (EBT). Ran a convenience store for many, many years and saw food stamps get used for soft drinks, candy, chips, etc. which is bad enough since there is no health value to these items. BUT then after buying these "food" items with food stamps, they turn around and use cash to purchase cigarettes, beer and lottery tickets. Definitely needs to be stipulations on what food can be purchased and also how long people can be on welfare!

Here's some interesting video's.



Really? They just want to help people because they don't have any money? Really? Ungrateful!!!! You are given hundreds of free dollars you DON'T have to work for.

This one can't be embedded:
http://youtu.be/dZGXKrH94kY





The great thing about these videos is that these thieves have been caught but how many thousands haven't been?

Let me start by saying the kids should never be disregarded because their parents are lazy trash, they should fed and have their health care taken care of. The parents on the other hand should not be given long term support for themselves and any welfare programs should be initiated in a manor that prevents the parents from taking from the kids for themselves. One thing I like about WIC is the parents are required to take the kids to dietitians to make sure they're getting the nutrition they need. This helps ensure the kids are actually getting fed and the parent's aren't taking it for themselves or selling their WIC vouchers for cash.

I also have to address the fact that EBT cards contain funds from things like child support which should never have been inter tangled with food stamps. Food stamps should function almost identically to WIC, there should be only a handful of items that can be purchased. Such as bread, milk, vegetables and fruit(canned and fresh), limited amounts of hamburger and chicken to keep welfare recipients from using the meat to feed their dogs (which they actually do). Next time you see a shopper around the first of the month with a buggy maxed out with 30 lbs of ground beef piled in with it you might want to ask if their starting a restaurant as one customer did at a local food city only to find out they weren't allowed to buy dog food on ebt so that's what they were feeding their dogs.

EBT shoppers can actually pull cash out of their card on a daily basis. This to me is unbelievable unless it's only being allowed for ebt recipients who receive external funds from child support.

I'm sick and tired of my hard earned money having to pay for them. There should be a limit to food stamps.

I,m not totally against people that actually NEED help, but for them to go and buy pizza or any other food that is already prepared is not right.

This makes me SOOO mad! I am So sick of Welfare! I see it everyday and I'm tired of paying for everyone's way! There should definitely be limits on what they can purchase. They should only be able to buy the essentials and nothing more! They are the ones that buy nothing but junk food, I see it everyday!

What you can't see in the picture on the right is the following from Papa Murphy's website:
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Does Papa Murphy's accept EBT — Electronic Benefits Transfer?

Yes. Papa Murphy's gladly accepts EBT at nearly every store location. Contact your nearest Papa Murphy's for details.
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They also PROUDLY display large window decals on their front doors proclaiming the acceptance of EBT.