http://sipseystreetirregulars.blogspot.com/2011/09/i-just-swipe-my-ebt-i-love-this-card.htmlA good short article on the current welfare crowd and a question that is posed. I often also wonder the same thing.
I ran into TWO separate groups of people this week, both poor white trash, that said this EXACT same thing while check out of my store, with over 200 dollars of liquor that they bought, that could have been going towards FOOD that they probably used their EBT card, just telling from the words and joy that they got when talking about their EBT card!
Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) is an electronic system that automates the delivery, redemption, and reconciliation of issued public assistance benefits. EBT is the method for distributing CalFresh benefits (formerly known as Food Stamps and currently known federally as Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits), California Food Assistance Program benefits, and cash aid benefits. EBT is currently used in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.
I didn't even know what an EBT was until I did a word search and found the above. The celebration of welfare represented in the video below by this apparently able-bodied young male is instructive. And what happens when these cards -- ALL the cards -- no longer work?
Got militia?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o64Fz-KW1Dk&feature=player_embedded Just a disgusting video.
Click the link above.
