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Originally Posted by gimpy117
okay, so as a grocery store worker this has been eating me up: The fact that you can get big ticket items on food stamps such items as:
-Beef tenderloins -20.99/lb
-snow crab legs -10.00/lb
-King crab legs - 19.99/lb
-New your Strip, t-bone, ribeye 10-12.99/lb
honestly this grinds my gears. I think these items should be prohibited. Lets face it, food stamps are there because you cannot afford to eat supposedly...not because you cannot afford to eat like a king! I'm all for people being able to get normal, less expensive products like chicken, pork and less expensive beef cuts...but King Crab legs??? really?! we once even had a lady buy $200.000 worth on food stamps because she just got her benefits. Honestly unless these people start sharing this crab with me in a little fed up. I can't afford that stuff, and as a college student i'll get like 50 a month if i got EBT.
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Years ago I was strapped for money for the week. So I make due with what I have to work with. Peanut butter and jelly go a long way. So do eggs. I went to the grocery store to get my lunch supplies for the week. It was peanut butter, jelly and loaf of bread. Cheap, fills the belly and generally full of protein from the peanut butter. Five or six buck and done. As I'm waiting to check out a food stamp recipient loads onto the conveyor two lobster tails, two steaks and a bunch of flowers.
The guy was not only eating great but providing for a date planned and probably getting laid after eating. All on the tax payers living in the state of Maryland.
