This is what so-called “food stamps” now look like.
They are technically called “electronic benefits cards” and they are debit cards for people who receive any and all forms of state and federal aid. They work at ATMs like regular bank cards, and also on the self-service credit card terminals at most grocery stores.
They first started as a way to help senior citizens who were being robbed, and now they are used primarily to shield benefit recipients from being outed and shamed by dicks like “The Gay Republican.”
If you think you’re spotting a food stamp family, you are absolutely not. You are probably looking for one and seeing someone who clipped a bunch of coupons from the newspaper.
Check your skewed opinions before you speak, G.R.
You are flat-out lying to your readers about “welfare mothers,” you clearly have no idea how hard it is to apply for and receive said benefits (or the microscope used on all applicants) and your hateful bias is pretty disgusting.
There is an interview that I have to have with my grandmother’s case worker every six months in order for her to keep her benefits, and yes — these people get really in depth, like 20-minute conversation in depth and she has known me by my first name for over ten years now. So, yes to everything Erik said.
