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EBT (Food Stamp) Life: Casinos & Fast Food Now Welcome EBT Cash
JohnQuincy ^ | 06/24/2010 | WizKid

Posted on 06/23/2010 10:30:59 PM PDT by wizkid

While many of you have been downing beers, smoking cigarettes, and doing drugs on the government dime for years, how many of you knew your EBT cards could be used to pay for your gambling expenses and to chow down on fast food too? Just when you thought it could not get any better, your California EBT Cards are now welcomed at almost half the casinos and many of the fast food restaurants in the state.


TOPICS: Government
KEYWORDS: ebt; foodstamps; snap
La Vida Loca.
1 posted on 06/23/2010 10:31:02 PM PDT by wizkid
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To: wizkid

Casinos now. And I thought EBT cards being taken at PaPa Murphys Pizza was over the top.


2 posted on 06/23/2010 10:41:00 PM PDT by beckysueb (January 20, 2013. When Obama becomes just a skidmark on the panties of American history.)
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So that’s what an EBT Card is.

I saw one of those on the window of a smoke shop and wondered what it was. I had no idea.


3 posted on 06/23/2010 10:46:39 PM PDT by dila813
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Pretty good music video at the bottom of the link:

Late Great Golden State.

Sad. Very sad.


4 posted on 06/23/2010 10:50:11 PM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: beckysueb

Pretty good music video at the bottom of the link:

Late Great Golden State.

Sad. Very sad.


5 posted on 06/23/2010 10:50:16 PM PDT by Skepolitic
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To: wizkid
"Food Stamps is money!" ~ obscure BET Comic View reference
6 posted on 06/23/2010 11:59:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (Don't care if he was born in a manger on July 4th! A "Natural Born" citizen requires two US parents!)
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To: Skepolitic
Dwight Yoakam had a big hit with his version of this song a few years back. It was nice to see Mike Stinson, the writer of the song, performing it.

Every time I hear the latest news on California's slide, this song pops into my head. Most people do not know it but California is actually not sliding into the Pacific. It is rapidly sliding towards the South, South Tijuana.

7 posted on 06/24/2010 6:28:14 PM PDT by wizkid
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To: dila813
Just to confuse you even more, Food Stamp cards are no longer officially referred to as EBT cards. The new term is now SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Supplement)Card.

LiquorStoreEBT

8 posted on 06/24/2010 6:51:02 PM PDT by wizkid
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They are still putting EBT on windows. I was just at the ATM and it says we take “EBT”.


9 posted on 06/24/2010 7:16:41 PM PDT by dila813
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i do have an EBT card... and I have used it in other states. I do not gamble, or smoke cigs or even drink alcohol. My EBT card is for Food only. I am not one of those that receive money from their card

After hearing this news- I called to cancel my EBT card, because I was afraid of getting in trouble. I asked the guy on the phone as I was just about to have it canceled if I could use it in another state...and his reply. YES... you can. I told him if I could use it in another state( because I am, and I told him where I was) than I do NOT want to cancel it..I just don't want to be in trouble for using it. He assured me I wouldn't be. I am thinking I should of got his name. ...

10 posted on 10/07/2010 5:10:02 PM PDT by IRAHI (For someone who actually uses it as a means of survival.)
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