Originally Posted by kane

I do see how they could tighten things up and maybe limit the things you can buy. Like you shouldn't be able to buy Papa Murphy's Pizza, but the reality is for every one person who takes advantage of it and buys frivolous things there are many who are thankful for the basic food they help put on the table.

When I was about 12 years old my mom lost her job. The company she was working for continuously bounced their paychecks. After several incidents she complained to the owner that this was a burden because she never knew if her paycheck would bounce or not so she couldn't pay the bills. He fired her. She was denied unemployment because he lied and told them that he didn't realize it was a hardship on her and she overreacted in an unprofessional way.

She quickly got a new job, but didn't make nearly as much so for about 12 months we were on food stamps. It was tough and it tore me up seeing my mom stress like that. This was back when they would actually mail you the food stamps. She would worry that they might come late or get stolen and then she didn't know what she would do.

After about a year she got a better job and went off of them. We never went back on them because my mom was hellbent to never be put in that situation again.

So when I see someone using food stamps I have compassion, but there have been some instances where I see them buying things that simply should not be allowed.