Don’t forget meth users who take their EBT card to Walmart and roll out several carts loaded with soda, which they then “fence” to convenience store owners for 50 cents on the dollar. The proceeds of which buy them several days of oblivion.
What is particularly laughable is the amount of time it took the Department of Agriculture to recognize this. They should ask Walmart, Publix and others to help them out a bit. These are incredibly data intensive businesses, they could produce information in real time about EBT user purchasing patterns.
Companies like that are huge beneficiaries of the EBT program. They probably don't want anyone to know how much tax money they reap via redistributive programs.