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Quote by: twoanickel How many times have you noticed food stamps being used to purchase expensive cuts of meat that you, as a taxpayer, cannot normally afford?
Grocers should keep a record of what percentage of luxury items are purchased with food stamps. I don't use what should be called "thieves" stamps, and although I don't anticipate having to make such a choice, I will eat from a dumpster before I eat from another man's pocketbook.. |
I worked at a meat cutting school in the inner city ( ghetto ) setting, and not many can attest to this fact more than I. ( We sold perfectly good meat that was cut by students practicing to become butchers. )
As pointed out by another poster, this is but the least offensive of the transgressions commited with foodstamps as the currency of choice, but it is still enough to stir my blood. ( I'm staunchly against socialist policies existing in the U.S., and this is a prime example why. ) When the recipients of "welfare" are eating better than the largest ( Middle Class America ) contributors, it's time to revisit the policy. ( ..., and not the "enforcement policies" which will make their way into mainstream financial transactions, such as the National Identification Card, and stricter record keeping for all transactions where monies change hands. )