I wonder if the EBT cards could bear the recipient’s name, and then require photo ID when it is used? That might at least eliminate the sale of the cards.
Whether and how the EBT cards are limited is a little harder question. On one hand I am for liberty, but in the case of EBT cards, the recipients have proven that they cannot handle liberty, at least as to financial matters, especially when they want to use the cards for tobacco, alcohol and other luxuries.
My family had to receive welfare assistance for a very short time after my mother left my father (she kept children in our home as our only income). I remember going downtown monthly to get the government cheese, etc. It was embarrassing— as it should be. It was the impetus for hard work in school and a desire to do what was necessary to earn a decent living.
I remember going downtown monthly to get the government cheese,....The retired cops and firemen in Erie,PA used to show up on free cheese days in Barrila’s bar. They would map out where six would go to the distribution points, at what time and which bars/restaurants they would sell the cheese to. At that time, you couldn’t buy a cheeseburger without welfare cheese. One restaurant even had a “Welfare Cheeseburger on it’s printed menu.