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kane · 05-17-2016, 09:14 PM

They allow this as a favor to the store. Every product that they don't allow EBT to be used for costs stores money because they either have to take the time, effort, and money to program their checkout systems to discard non-EBT items or if it is a small store with just a register they have to ring things up differently and they run the risk of getting in trouble if they screw up. There is also the situation where if someone can't buy it with EBT they may not buy it at all.

At its core, EBT is a decent thing. Sure, there is a tiny bit of fraud and there are some people who use it for things they really shouldn't, but for the most part the people on it are using it properly and trying to stretch every dollar they can from it.

People shouldn't get their panties in a wad because some poor family is getting a few dollars a month to help them buy food. They should be pissed off at things like the US government is giving oil companies around $37 billion dollars a year in subsidies.

05-17-2016, 09:14 PM
kane Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: portland, OR Posts: 20,684	They allow this as a favor to the store. Every product that they don't allow EBT to be used for costs stores money because they either have to take the time, effort, and money to program their checkout systems to discard non-EBT items or if it is a small store with just a register they have to ring things up differently and they run the risk of getting in trouble if they screw up. There is also the situation where if someone can't buy it with EBT they may not buy it at all. At its core, EBT is a decent thing. Sure, there is a tiny bit of fraud and there are some people who use it for things they really shouldn't, but for the most part the people on it are using it properly and trying to stretch every dollar they can from it. People shouldn't get their panties in a wad because some poor family is getting a few dollars a month to help them buy food. They should be pissed off at things like the US government is giving oil companies around $37 billion dollars a year in subsidies.