| When I was in college, I worked as a cashier at a grocery store in a poor neighborhood. From what I could see 75% of the people who paid with food stamps bought the most expensive of everything: Perrier water, Haagan Daaz ice cream, NY strip steaks, etc. I remember how they'd come up with 2 or 3 cartloads of food, most of it frozen and I used to get so angry because here I was, working 2 jobs and going to school full time and all I could afford was ramen noodles, boxed macaroni and cheese, and the 99 cent value menu at Wendy's. Another thing that made me mad was that these people very seldom bought fruits, vegetables, or things that actually required any effort to cook (except for the expensive meat.) I never understood that because these people work little (if at all) thus they have all the time in the world to cook. |