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SC Anemia
10-11-2019, 10:08 PM
I wasn't sure where to put this. Its pretty much cut and paste but at the link there are more specific links.

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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.

https://amp.dailycaller.com/2014/06/30/11-things-you-didnt-know-you-could-buy-with-food-stamps

MineEvolved
10-30-2019, 03:57 AM
www.schwans.com

Have a look there. EBT accepted. Enjoy your mac and cheese for the 3rd night this week.

Weewuzzkangs
06-28-2024, 01:51 AM
Sooner or later, certain bakeries could start accepting Food Stamps. What if one of them were to refuse baking a Mudshark & Baby Daddy cake?:

Jack Phillips returns to Colorado Supreme Court for right to refuse baking ‘transgender’ cakes - LifeSite (lifesitenews.com) (https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jack-phillips-returns-to-colorado-supreme-court-for-right-to-refuse-baking-transgender-cakes/?utm_source=daily-usa-2024-06-25&utm_medium=email)


...In June 2023, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 303 Creative that Colorado cannot misuse its public-accommodation law to force people to express messages they don’t agree with. ADF attorneys have asked the Colorado Supreme Court to apply this ruling in Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Scardina to affirm Jack’s First Amendment freedom from government-coerced expression.”...

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Jim Crow
06-28-2024, 06:31 AM
Food stamps and government aid has always been abused and used to buy things other than what was intended for.I remember hearing about food stamps being traded for street drugs at $.50 on the $1. i’m sure stuff like that is still being done with EBT cards.