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To: BenLurkin

When I was in L.A, I was shocked to see food stamps redeemed at the local Wendys.
The advertisement for them was right in the window.

Never heard of such a thing.


8 posted on 02/12/2011 5:25:05 PM PST by bill1952 (Choice is an illusion created between those with power - and those without)
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To: bill1952
In the mid 1970’s I was working in the Cleveland, OH area.
Even then, there was a black market for food stamps. Recipients would sell the stamps for cash-30 to 40% of face value and use the cash for whatever they wanted to buy.
19 posted on 02/12/2011 5:37:01 PM PST by Maine Mariner
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To: bill1952

>>”When I was in L.A, I was shocked to see food stamps redeemed at the local Wendys.”<<

Please tell me you’re kidding. Is this only in CA or nationwide?


20 posted on 02/12/2011 5:37:13 PM PST by panaxanax (*Memo to Jim DeMint: Check your mail. Your DRAFT NOTICE will be arriving soon!)
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To: bill1952

See post #2.


21 posted on 02/12/2011 5:38:20 PM PST by BenLurkin (This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
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To: bill1952

I saw a woman at Safeway buy 7 cases of Pepsi with her food stamps card.

The clerk did not blink.


22 posted on 02/12/2011 5:38:47 PM PST by Selene
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To: bill1952

It’s statewide.

They use EBT cards, looks like an ATM card. They can use them at any location that accepts them.

The liberal argument is that the poor shouldn’t be denied fast food.


23 posted on 02/12/2011 5:40:22 PM PST by SZonian (July 27, 2010. Life begins anew.)
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To: bill1952

When I was in L.A, I was shocked to see food stamps redeemed at the local Wendys.
The advertisement for them was right in the window.

Never heard of such a thing.


Most in CA also receive cash every month, which is loaded on the same card. That ‘money’ has been used in every ATM in las vegas.


25 posted on 02/12/2011 5:42:43 PM PST by maine yankee
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