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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #25 on: February 13, 2013, 09:07:03 AM »
Quote from: docstew on February 09, 2013, 09:03:57 AM
Would it make a difference in your opinion that I saw those same ladies putting their $400+ of taxpayer bought groceries in a LEXUS SUV? (although it could have been an infiniti, I was a couple rows over in the parking lot, but definitely one of the "luxury" brands) Add to that the fact that the only people who can shop at the commissary are current military and dependents, retired military and dependents, and my  :bs: flag comes out. I know they have an income, either their military pay or their pension. Why am I (and millions of other taxpayers) paying for the groceries they put in their late model Lexus, while I'm driving a 2003 Ford Explorer with over 130k miles on it?

No, I agree with you. I see them every week piling their food into luxury F150's, Escalades, Lexuses (Lexi?), while toting Coach purses and all their bling.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #26 on: February 13, 2013, 09:12:01 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on February 12, 2013, 01:50:32 PM
Personally, I would like to see a WIC and SNAP only store.  It should be as uncomfortable as possible to get subsidized food.  Like the old white generic boxes.

Weren't those great?  :lmao: You knew what you had in those boxes and cans.

A WIC and SNAP only store would be awesome. Just fill it with good wholesome stuff.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #27 on: February 13, 2013, 10:34:58 AM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on February 13, 2013, 09:12:01 AM
Weren't those great?  :lmao: You knew what you had in those boxes and cans.

A WIC and SNAP only store would be awesome. Just fill it with good wholesome stuff.

Yeah, I remember the Kroger had an aisle filled, both sides with nothing but white box stuff.  Mom said we didn't need to go down that aisle.  I knew from the git-go that there was a stigma attached to it.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #28 on: February 13, 2013, 10:39:53 AM »
In North Carolina, the state owns and runs all the liquor stores.  I don't think I saw a private liquor store in Wake County.

Don't see why they can't do the same thing with EBT.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #29 on: February 13, 2013, 10:53:47 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on February 13, 2013, 10:34:58 AM
Yeah, I remember the Kroger had an aisle filled, both sides with nothing but white box stuff.  Mom said we didn't need to go down that aisle.  I knew from the git-go that there was a stigma attached to it.

Well, to be fair, most of the "white box generic" stuff sucks.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #30 on: February 13, 2013, 10:55:41 AM »
Quote from: NHSparky on February 13, 2013, 10:53:47 AM
Well, to be fair, most of the "white box generic" stuff sucks.

True that, as I learned in my college years when I was very poor.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #31 on: February 13, 2013, 10:57:51 AM »
Quote from: Jasonw560 on February 13, 2013, 09:07:03 AM
No, I agree with you. I see them every week piling their food into luxury F150's, Escalades, Lexuses (Lexi?), while toting Coach purses and all their bling.

Back in the early-mid 80's, I was working in a grocery store. A woman was complaining about how WIC vouchers didn't let her buy the more expensive brands of items. What her WIC vouched didn't cover, her food stamps did. When I carried out her groceries, she was driving a brand new, full-sized van. I was walking to work (one mile, one way).
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #32 on: February 13, 2013, 10:58:48 AM »
Quote from: IassaFTots on February 13, 2013, 10:55:41 AM
True that, as I learned in my college years when I was very poor.

But, you still bought it because you had to.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #33 on: February 13, 2013, 11:04:32 AM »
Quote from: Conservative Libertarian on February 13, 2013, 10:58:48 AM
But, you still bought it because you had to.

Yes.  I had a great example of making do as a child.  My Grandad put himself through medical school by coaching basketball one semester, and then schooling the next.  He told me he would heat up ketchup on a hot plate and eat ketchup soup for dinner, when that was all he had. 

My Grandparents met on one of his teaching semesters, as she was teaching to put her sisters through college. (her Dad died when she was 18, and she and the oldest worked to support the family.)  When my Grandparents got married, they lived apart in different states for 7 years, as they couldn't find work close to each other.

I always figured, as long as I am not eating ketchup soup, I have nothing to gripe about. 
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #34 on: February 13, 2013, 11:09:16 AM »
I remember as a kid my dad sitting on the concrete steps drinking from a pure white can with the black letters "BEER" on it. It dawned on me at that second that my dad was an alcoholic.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #35 on: February 13, 2013, 11:11:02 AM »
Quote from: Dacabeti on February 13, 2013, 11:09:16 AM
I remember as a kid my dad sitting on the concrete steps drinking from a pure white can with the black letters "BEER" on it. It dawned on me at that second that my dad was an alcoholic.

Yeah, that might be the giveaway.  I mean, Scoobie'll tell you I loves me my beer.  But I don't love it THAT much.  Even I have standards, despite what you may hear.  Then again, I did drink Schaeffer in college.
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Re: No more food stamp junk food
« Reply #36 on: February 13, 2013, 04:08:48 PM »
Quote from: Chris_ on February 13, 2013, 10:39:53 AM
In North Carolina, the state owns and runs all the liquor stores.  I don't think I saw a private liquor store in Wake County.

Don't see why they can't do the same thing with EBT.

And you won't either. The state doesn't allow sales of liquor by the bottle.
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