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Things you can buy with "food stamps" cards

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by: Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 4:10pm  
EBT stands for Electronic Benefit Transfer otherwise known as "food stamps cards" that are part of the SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) which is part of Welfare.Over
the past few years, EBT has been used for some “questionable” items.
Here are 11 questionable items that you can (or will soon be able to)
purchase with an EBT card.
Quesarito: Taco Bell is one of many fast food restaurants that accept EBT cards. Guacamole is extra? Who cares? It’s on the taxpayer. Bail: Convicted felons – like drug dealer Kimball Clark –
have reportedly used their EBT as bail money. Clark reportedly
instructed someone to go to an ATM to withdraw money from his EBT for
bail. Because it’s difficult to trace ATM abuse, many speculate this
problem is more widespread and not just found in isolated incidents.Lingerie: Kiss My Lingerie, an adult store in Gonzales, Louisiana,
accepts EBT. Other adult stores have also been known to accept welfare
transactions. In this case, officials said the store doesn’t violate the
rules for EBT because of discrepancies in the law.KFC: Well, chicken is a protein, and protein is good for you, right? KFC is another well-known fast food chain that accepts EBT.Shoes: While Payless ShoeSource is known for their
BOGO sales, they’re certainly not the cheapest place to buy shoes.
Despite the prices and functionality, they also accept EBT.Strip clubs: Last year, the New York Post reported
that FOIA requests revealed welfare recipients were regularly making
EBT withdrawals at the ATMs near and inside infamous porn shops, liquor
stores, lounges and hookah parlors. Technically, it also doesn’t break
the law because of the “cash assistance program.”Lobster: There have been multiple cases of this. As long as it’s not tobacco or alcohol, you’re golden.Starbucks: While corporate stores don’t accept EBT, any Starbucks in a Target or grocery chain is considered a grocery item. So $7.00 for a mocha cookie crumble frappuccino and pumpkin loaf? Go.Cold hard cash: Some people are in the business of selling their EBT benefits for cash. Craigslist has been a great conduit for these “creative entrepreneurs.”K-cups: A lot of people don’t buy coffee in this form because it’s too expensive, but it’s not off limits in the world of welfare.Cupcakes/Gourmet cakes: It’s considered food, no matter the price. Hello, non-essential $45 cake.
 
Coming Soon? Pot: Colorado became the first state to legalize
the use of recreational marijuana, and they also might become the first
state to have tax payer funded pot smoking. A Colorado Pot Shop called Rite Greens has already taken the steps to officially accept EBT.
The government currently spends over $110 billion a year on food assistance programs, and they’re continually attempting to get more people on board the government program. (RELATED: USDA Partnering With Mexico To Boost Food Stamp Participation)
Tags: Food Stamp Program, Food stamps, Welfare, Welfare benefitsRead more: dailycaller.com/2014 /06/30/11-things-you -didnt-know-you-coul d-buy-with-food 4951
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ForeCPA90 Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 4:17pm  
I was under the impression that you could not purchase prepared foods with SNAP benefits.  I know we could not take them at the fast food restaurant I worked at in HS.  Didn't stop people from sending very young kids in by themselves, order an ice cream cone then have them try to pay us in food stamps.  Either you had to take a cone away from a little kid or just let them keep it for free.   4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 4:18pm  
There are quite a few gigantic recipients of these programs....I wondered how they got so large, must be the cupcakes. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 4:29pm  
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sweetie Active Indicator LED Icon 11 Forum Moderator
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 4:42pm  
Also some cruise lines accept the cards, tattoo places take them and some restaurants. The card can't be used for pet food so some recipients by like a whole ham to give it to their pets. It's really a sick joke. 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 4:50pm  
I was under the impression that you could not purchase prepared foods with SNAP benefits.  I know we could not take them at the fast food restaurant I worked at in HS.   
 
@ForeCPA90:  That's what I used to think as well.  When my son worked as a cashier at Sam's Club, the guidance they gave him was very loose.  As long as it was consumable, it went through... as well as many non-consumable items.  The only thing Sam's seemed to be strict about was no alcohol or tobacco products.Leave it to our government to take a decent idea but leave the rules loose enough that it can be abused and no one is enforcing those rules.
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 5:22pm  

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>> I was under the impression that you could not purchase prepared foods with SNAP benefits.  I know we could not take them at the fast food restaurant I worked at in HS.   
 
@ForeCPA90:  That's what I used to think as well.  When my son worked as a cashier at Sam's Club, the guidance they gave him was very loose.  As long as it was consumable, it went through... as well as many non-consumable items.  The only thing Sam's seemed to be strict about was no alcohol or tobacco products.Leave it to our government to take a decent idea but leave the rules loose enough that it can be abused and no one is enforcing those rules.
 
@Retired_Engineer @ForeCPA90 : you can not buy any food that has been prepared and ready to eat. That includes restaurants and salad bars or like Cafe on the Run that was in the old HEB. My ds receives SNAP benefits and there are a ton of rules. Kroger, Randall's and HEB have been very strict with what he can and can't buy. No alcohol or tobacco.
Not sure how others are getting away with it ( if in fact they are) but my ds isn't abusing the system
 
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 5:24pm  
"I could use a fat bowl right about now."@mm4731Hmmmmm, you rang, my friend....   (Said in my very best Lurch voice impression...)
 
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ForeCPA90 Active Indicator LED Icon 9
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 5:26pm  

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>> I was under the impression that you could not purchase prepared foods with SNAP benefits.  I know we could not take them at the fast food restaurant I worked at in HS.   
 
@ForeCPA90:  That's what I used to think as well.  When my son worked as a cashier at Sam's Club, the guidance they gave him was very loose.  As long as it was consumable, it went through... as well as many non-consumable items.  The only thing Sam's seemed to be strict about was no alcohol or tobacco products.Leave it to our government to take a decent idea but leave the rules loose enough that it can be abused and no one is enforcing those rules.
 
@Retired_Engineer @ForeCPA90 : you can not buy any food that has been prepared and ready to eat. That includes restaurants and salad bars or like Cafe on the Run that was in the old HEB. My ds receives SNAP benefits and there are a ton of rules. Kroger, Randall's and HEB have been very strict with what he can and can't buy. No alcohol or tobacco.
Not sure how others are getting away with it ( if in fact they are) but my ds isn't abusing the system
 
 
@Jpgurl: I think it’s because other benefits are on the same
card.  If you get food stamps (SNAP) and
TANF benefits, they are on the same EBT card, so although that card can be used
as cash for the TANF benefits, the SNAP benefits loaded on the card can only be
used for non-prepared foods.  
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randisue Active Indicator LED Icon
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 5:29pm  
My sister used to work for the Dept of Human Services. She said that they put other benefits on the same card. Like TANF, which the person can get cash. I think they are supposed to use that money for things like necessities for the children. So it is not the food stamp part that they are using, but it is on the same card. Not saying any of it should be used for that stuff, though 4951
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Retired_Engineer Active Indicator LED Icon 13 OP 
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 5:34pm  

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@ForeCPA90:  That's what I used to think as well.  When my son worked as a cashier at Sam's Club, the guidance they gave him was very loose.  As long as it was consumable, it went through... as well as many non-consumable items.  The only thing Sam's seemed to be strict about was no alcohol or tobacco products.Leave it to our government to take a decent idea but leave the rules loose enough that it can be abused and no one is enforcing those rules.
 
@Retired_Engineer @ForeCPA90 : you can not buy any food that has been prepared and ready to eat. That includes restaurants and salad bars or like Cafe on the Run that was in the old HEB. My ds receives SNAP benefits and there are a ton of rules. Kroger, Randall's and HEB have been very strict with what he can and can't buy. No alcohol or tobacco.
Not sure how others are getting away with it ( if in fact they are) but my ds isn't abusing the system
 
 
@Jpgurl:  Your son is using the system as it was intended.  However, there are a lot of people miss-using their EBT cards.  There are lots of written rules about the program, but when so many people don't follow them, as well as the businesses that improperly accept them, the rules don't mean squat, except to honest people.  There are even some businesses that somehow qualified for SNAP benefits and have an EBT card.  My son is pretty liberal, but he was frustrated at the abuse of the system that he saw every day.
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 7:08pm  
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donnatella Active Indicator LED Icon 13 Forum Moderator
~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 7:20pm  
Lobster: There have been multiple cases of this. As long as it’s not tobacco or alcohol, you’re golden.
 
@Retired_Engineer: Stood in line at HEB and watched two welfare winners buy $50 worth of cooked crawfish for a "party" with their food stamps (Lonestad card). That freed up their cash for beer and other ****. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 7:27pm  

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>> Lobster: There have been multiple cases of this. As long as it’s not tobacco or alcohol, you’re golden.
 
@Retired_Engineer: Stood in line at HEB and watched two welfare winners buy $50 worth of cooked crawfish for a "party" with their food stamps (Lonestad card). That freed up their cash for beer and other ****.
 
@donnatella:
 
How was the meet-up? Your house or @Boobear 's. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 7:35pm  
Little czars must take it also because I see alto of people eating them by my job as they walk down the street at 2 in the afternoon. 4951
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~ 7 years ago   Dec 5, '16 7:39pm  
It's up to the states to decide.
 
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