I've never had foodstamps and don't have an idea how the EBT card actually works, but I've learned a few things from someone that gets them. First, she gets stamps for 2 people, herself and her daughter. They get $400 a month, and can easily feed themselves and the baby-daddy for $300 a month. (of course, she shops carefully, the buy basics and cook at home, and sometimes "borrow" milk or other items from the kid's grandmother.) Because they can spare $100 a month, she uses that money for $50 in other things. That's "how it works." She buys $100 worth of groceries for someone and gets $50 cash back to use for whatever they want. (Usually cigarettes and beer.)
Now, this would bother me a lot more if the parents were both worthless bums. As is, I don't care for the baby-daddy much, we've known this couple for quite a while and have never seen him keep a job for more than a few weeks...but he does do odd jobs as he can find them to put gas in the car and pay some bills. But the mother is a full-time college student, so I can see helping them out until she graduates and gets a job. And, of course, in this wonderful Obamaconomy, jobs are very scarce around here...
