Restaurants accepting food stamps

[Fran101]

Oh jessie your gonna love this...

The newest craze here in college is signing up for food stamps!

because we are college students.. its very easy to sign up. in fact, we have our own program! Its called the SNAP program!
too bad they don't realize that 99% of us are getting allowances from our parents as well as having credit cards under our parents bank accounts.

the ONLY REAL requirement is being signed up for work/study or working 15 hours a week somewhere
Which really, is a joke. EVERYONE here has work study. The jobs are easy and ridiculous.
and many people here also have part time jobs..how else are we to earn money for all the crap the parents won't want us buying??

Oh and you can't sign up if you are getting a FULL MEAL PLAN. thats easy enough for students to get around. Our schools "FULL/REGULAR MEAL PLAN" is ridiculous and includes UNLIMITED swipes in the dining halls.

so you can sign up for the "custom plan" which at 3 swipes a day. (for breakfast/lunch/dinner) is just fine for a regular student and does not stop you from getting money from snap!
the meal plan is healthy though...

so you can go ahead and use your snap money on yummy junk food, chasers and energy drinks!! (yes you can buy all that with this money)

A quote directly from a boy in one of my classes
"Food stamps are F**cking awesome! then I can use the money my parents send me on partying!"

Many teachers encourage it.
and MOST students have the "Well..its their fault im eligible. might as well take advantage"

The average is $110 per student PER MONTH. this is even if you are living in a dorm..

One of the frat houses say that they have saved LOTS on food expenses for the house..
and it will of course be put toward a worthy cause!!
They are throwing a toga party! there will be a bounce house!

 

[Jules]

Oh jessie your gonna love this...

The newest craze here in college is signing up for food stamps!

because we are college students.. its very easy to sign up. in fact, we have our own program! Its called the SNAP program!
too bad they don't realize that 99% of us are getting allowances from our parents as well as having credit cards under our parents bank accounts.

the ONLY REAL requirement is being signed up for work/study or working 15 hours a week somewhere
Which really, is a joke. EVERYONE here has work study. The jobs are easy and ridiculous.
and many people here also have part time jobs..how else are we to earn money for all the crap the parents won't want us buying??

Oh and you can't sign up if you are getting a FULL MEAL PLAN. thats easy enough for students to get around. Our schools "FULL/REGULAR MEAL PLAN" is ridiculous and includes UNLIMITED swipes in the dining halls.

so you can sign up for the "custom plan" which at 3 swipes a day. (for breakfast/lunch/dinner) is just fine for a regular student and does not stop you from getting money from snap!
the meal plan is healthy though...

so you can go ahead and use your snap money on yummy junk food, chasers and energy drinks!! (yes you can buy all that with this money)

A quote directly from a boy in one of my classes
"Food stamps are F**cking awesome! then I can use the money my parents send me on partying!"

Many teachers encourage it.
and MOST students have the "Well..its their fault im eligible. might as well take advantage"

The average is $110 per student PER MONTH. this is even if you are living in a dorm..

One of the frat houses say that they have saved LOTS on food expenses for the house..
and it will of course be put toward a worthy cause!!
They are throwing a toga party! there will be a bounce house!

You have got to be kidding me!

I am sorry, but college is a privilege, not a right. If you have the money for college, you better have your own money for food. Oh, that makes me more mad than anything else!!!!!!!!

 

[Fran101]

You have got to be kidding me!

I am sorry, but college is a privilege, not a right. If you have the money for college, you better have your own money for food. Oh, that makes me more mad than anything else!!!!!!!!

Oh im not signed up for it!

Sorry i didn't make that clear in the post.
No I'm not signed up nor do I agree with the program.
I know there are a few examples of kids who could use the help, but mostly its just being abused and used for stupid reasons.

The most popular use is for party stuff. Jello for jello shots, juice for chasers, and energy drinks.
and those that I know who DO USE the money for food. get money from their parents for food..which they then use on fun stuff.

 

[Jules]

Oh im not signed up for it!

Sorry i didn't make that clear in the post.
No I'm not signed up nor do I agree with the program.
I know there are a few examples of kids who could use the help, but mostly its just being abused and used for stupid reasons.

The most popular use is for party stuff. Jello for jello shots, juice for chasers, and energy drinks.
and those that I know who DO USE the money for food. get money from their parents for food..which they then use on fun stuff.

Oh.... I didn't think you did :lol-sign: I meant it as a general you! Sorry, I should have specified!

ETA: I have always gotten bashed for it... but I was always furious that some military families got food stamps- or WIC. They may not have a lot of money, but believe me, enough to live very well with it. I know several wives that traded their things around how they wanted to. Always made me mad.

 

[GipsyQueen]

Oh jessie your gonna love this...

The newest craze here in college is signing up for food stamps!

because we are college students.. its very easy to sign up. in fact, we have our own program! Its called the SNAP program!
too bad they don't realize that 99% of us are getting allowances from our parents as well as having credit cards under our parents bank accounts.

the ONLY REAL requirement is being signed up for work/study or working 15 hours a week somewhere
Which really, is a joke. EVERYONE here has work study. The jobs are easy and ridiculous.
and many people here also have part time jobs..how else are we to earn money for all the crap the parents won't want us buying??

Oh and you can't sign up if you are getting a FULL MEAL PLAN. thats easy enough for students to get around. Our schools "FULL/REGULAR MEAL PLAN" is ridiculous and includes UNLIMITED swipes in the dining halls.

so you can sign up for the "custom plan" which at 3 swipes a day. (for breakfast/lunch/dinner) is just fine for a regular student and does not stop you from getting money from snap!
the meal plan is healthy though...

so you can go ahead and use your snap money on yummy junk food, chasers and energy drinks!! (yes you can buy all that with this money)

A quote directly from a boy in one of my classes
"Food stamps are F**cking awesome! then I can use the money my parents send me on partying!"

Many teachers encourage it.
and MOST students have the "Well..its their fault im eligible. might as well take advantage"

The average is $110 per student PER MONTH. this is even if you are living in a dorm..

One of the frat houses say that they have saved LOTS on food expenses for the house..
and it will of course be put toward a worthy cause!!
They are throwing a toga party! there will be a bounce house!

Thats rediculous!!
If they did that here though, I don't think it would be all too bad, honestly. I wouldnt use it, but I know some people who would be better off if they could. I have a friend who comes from Chemnitz and her parents pay for her apartment, but thats it. They can't afford anything more than that. She doesn't qualify for Bafög (basically a monthy loan the state gives you) because her parents earn a little over the highest amount. She has to work her butt off to even eat. Foodstamps for people like that I wouldn't have a problem with.

 

[milos_mommy]

too bad they don't realize that 99% of us are getting allowances from our parents as well as having credit cards under our parents bank accounts.

I should start off by saying obviously if kids are using food stamps and still have the ability to spend money on partying/alcohol/bounce houses, this is a completely mismanaged and appalling program.

But Seriously? You think 99% of college kids get an allowance from their parents? I know some do, but 99% is a ridiculous estimation...and I don't know where you go to school where most kids have credit cards from their parents. Most of my friends are upper middle class, wealthy kids, and I only know one with a credit card.

A lot of college kids forgo eating so they can get an education. It's a privilege, but unless you want to make minimum wage and live either in poverty or just above the poverty line for the rest of your life, you need to go to college. Working 15 hours a week doesn't pay the bills. It hardly pays for food. When you've got to pay rent, pay the tuition, pay for transportation to get to school, pay for supplies, etc, how are you supposed to buy groceries?

I've noted no one who is against welfare/food stamps/etc. has ever NEEDED welfare, food stamps, etc. Yeah, you (general you) work hard for your money, but you also got to go to college because mommy and daddy paid for it, or you got to take the higher paying job 10 miles away because you had the means to get there. You never worked 80 hour weeks just to pay for rent and groceries. You never had a medical crisis that cost $10,000 without having insurance. A lot of people take advantage of the system, but a lot of people need it and take only what they need.

 

[Romy]

Ugh. Fran, that's ridiculous! Energy drinks should NOT be something you can buy with foodstamps. Or candy. It's just not food. :wall::wall::wall:

When I was attending a four year college I lived in my car and ate out of dumpsters (you would not believe the food people throw away!). At night I worked in a corn processing plant and collected beer cans from the dumpster by the freshman dorm so I could buy a "hot" meal and gas for my car once in a while. I would have loved for there to be a program like that. Even $30 would have gone a looong way toward eating food.

Instead of being taxpayer funded, it would be kind of cool if the money came from a really low tuition fee everyone paid (like, $5-10 or something) and then was distributed to students on federal aid for being low income.

Edit: Any kind of assistance for people working hard to finish school doesn't really bother me. The more educated people in society are, the better our society is. Right? Right?!? That's my hope anyway.

 

[ACooper]

EBT cards are more than just food stamps now aren't they? Unemployment, child support, and of course welfare benefits all come on a card now. (at least in Indiana)

I'm pretty sure when I was collecting my unemployment each week, the card they gave me to use was also considered EBT. (electronic benefits transfer) The name on the front was "Visa Debit" through Eppicard---> https://www.eppicard.com/inedcclient/# I have never actually seen an EBT food stamp card, so I could be completely wrong about them being the same.

Either way, NO........I do not think dining out should be covered by welfare. But if the EBT cards loaded with your welfare, child support or unemployment are the same, then how do you (businesses/government) differentiate between them?

I agree with Beanie. You make stupid choices, you deal with the consequences.

I quoted you instead of beanie because you compacted it, LOL I just want to say that YES, I agree when it's the only the one MAKING the stupid choice, but more often than not it's the children who suffer with nothing to eat because their stupid parents made those stupid choices. It was no different when it was in stamp form either.........sell them for drugs, beer, or new clothes, whatever, then you still have no food. The only food most of those kids got were during school........too bad for the weekend kids, mommy has no money

 

[Fran101]

I should start off by saying obviously if kids are using food stamps and still have the ability to spend money on partying/alcohol/bounce houses, this is a completely mismanaged and appalling program.

But Seriously? You think 99% of college kids get an allowance from their parents? I know some do, but 99% is a ridiculous estimation...and I don't know where you go to school where most kids have credit cards from their parents. Most of my friends are upper middle class, wealthy kids, and I only know one with a credit card.

A lot of college kids forgo eating so they can get an education. It's a privilege, but unless you want to make minimum wage and live either in poverty or just above the poverty line for the rest of your life, you need to go to college. Working 15 hours a week doesn't pay the bills. It hardly pays for food. When you've got to pay rent, pay the tuition, pay for transportation to get to school, pay for supplies, etc, how are you supposed to buy groceries?

I've noted no one who is against welfare/food stamps/etc. has ever NEEDED welfare, food stamps, etc. Yeah, you (general you) work hard for your money, but you also got to go to college because mommy and daddy paid for it, or you got to take the higher paying job 10 miles away because you had the means to get there. You never worked 80 hour weeks just to pay for rent and groceries. You never had a medical crisis that cost $10,000 without having insurance. A lot of people take advantage of the system, but a lot of people need it and take only what they need.

Ya.. 99% is an exaggeration. I obviously don't know EVERYONE that goes to school here.
I go to school in Connecticut. and I don't personally know anyone here that doesn't have a credit card from their parents. or at the very least an "emergency" credit card
and everyone I know gets an allowance/help of some sort.

Colleges have meal plans for a reason.. so its not like the majority of students are going hungry. its MUCH cheaper to have a meal plan than buying food, and with 3 meals a day provided even in the smallest plan.. so if somebody was REALLY starving, it would be the cheapest option. not buying groceries and stuff..

but even if they needed to buy groceries (they lived off campus or w/e) why would anyone NEED energy drinks? candy? cookies? cakes?.. this isn't a fruit, veggies and meat program. you can buy anything!

I think welfare is fine for those who need it. I'm not against it. I just honestly DO NOT see the need for this program. I have not seen/heard of a SINGLE student who was using this who really needed it.

In state tuition for my school is $22,000 yearly. Now, if someone was really that low on money. WHY WOULD THIS BE THE SCHOOL THEY CHOSE?
Im not saying "don't go to college" im saying.. pick a school that you can go to as well as support yourself without government help.

out of state is nearly 40.. lol so needless to say.. not to best option if you can't afford to go here as well as eat.

No. I've never dealt with any of that stuff.. and I'm not against help for those who need it.
I just think smart decisions and better watch on who is getting help should be there.

In my opinion, Colleges for the most part are a luxury. and if you choose an expensive school then you should deal with the consequences of that.

Ugh. Fran, that's ridiculous! Energy drinks should NOT be something you can buy with foodstamps. Or candy. It's just not food. :wall::wall::wall:

When I was attending a four year college I lived in my car and ate out of dumpsters (you would not believe the food people throw away!). At night I worked in a corn processing plant and collected beer cans from the dumpster by the freshman dorm so I could buy a "hot" meal and gas for my car once in a while. I would have loved for there to be a program like that. Even $30 would have gone a looong way toward eating food.

Instead of being taxpayer funded, it would be kind of cool if the money came from a really low tuition fee everyone paid (like, $5-10 or something) and then was distributed to students on federal aid for being low income.

that would be an idea I agreed with. Like free meal plans for those who needed it instead of giving them money to go buy..whatever.

 

[milos_mommy]

My college (4 year university) doesn't offer a meal plan.

Community colleges don't offer meal plans.

A lot of college cafeterias have extremely limited hours. It's much more practical to cook your own meals or stop somewhere than have to work your schedule out so you have time to use the meal plans IF you can afford to put $500 for your semester's worth of groceries up front.

Plus, every college I've ever been to, the food is borderline unedible. McDonalds HAS to be healthier than a lot of the food served in college cafeterias.

Maybe if you go to a private university, it's different, but at state schools, community colleges, and public colleges, no one carries an emergency credit card around. My friends from better financial backgrounds than me do have debit cards for bank accounts that their parents put money into, but they are a small group of the many college kids I know who DO eat out of dumpsters or skip multiple meals a week to come to school.

For example, they're planning on raising the subway fare (it's now 2.25$/ride). A lot of kids are already asking professors if they can skip classes once a week to make up for. The professors are saying "skip breakfast". Sorry, but if you're working 24 hours a week and going to school full time, that should be enough to get you a bowl of cereal in the morning and a bus ride to school.

 

[Romy]

The university I went to had AMAZING food, but I kept ending up in the hospital and finally found out I was really allergic to everything they served. So, no meal plan for me.

University's that make their first year students live in dorms or offer dorm living tend to make the students buy a food plan of some sort. Ours didn't allow anything other than a microwave in your dorm room. No hotplates, nothing. Too high of a fire risk.

 

[JessLough]

I've noted no one who is against welfare/food stamps/etc. has ever NEEDED welfare, food stamps, etc. Yeah, you (general you) work hard for your money, but you also got to go to college because mommy and daddy paid for it, or you got to take the higher paying job 10 miles away because you had the means to get there. You never worked 80 hour weeks just to pay for rent and groceries. You never had a medical crisis that cost $10,000 without having insurance. A lot of people take advantage of the system, but a lot of people need it and take only what they need.

Ok I am sorry, but this pisses me off. I am against Welfare for most people, cause they abuse it. I know not one person who uses it for the right reasons. We have been on Welfare.

I have gone to college. *I* paid for college. No money was coming from mommy and daddy, I had NO means of personal transportation. I went to college because I WANTED to go to college. I made it work, no matter what. DO NOT assume under a blanket statement that mommy and daddy paid for it.

ETA: I know a few people whose parents are very well off, and they were still struggling to pay for college, because mommy and daddy would not. If they wanted it, they had to work for it.

 

[JessLough]

University's that make their first year students live in dorms or offer dorm living tend to make the students buy a food plan of some sort. Ours didn't allow anything other than a microwave in your dorm room. No hotplates, nothing. Too high of a fire risk.

Yep, my college makes you get a meal plan if you are staying in the dorms, for your first year.

 

[Izzy's Valkyrie]

I'd venture a guess that most live in institutions offer a meal plan. I have known people attending a variety if different college, state, private, and Community and every single offered a meal plan. I would say that a school that doesn't might actually be the exception. I know not all community colleges are residential (In fact most aren't as far as I know) but any place with dorms should offer some sort of meal plan. In my experience (So basically before Milo said hers didn't) all do. The better universities (read: the ones with enough money to pay their staff and not show up in red) have a sort of subsidized dining plan where a certain level of aid means you get your dining at a discounted price or its covered by a financial aid grant. It's sort of like the free lunch program at grade schools.

As for the food stamps and restaurants? No, I do not believe it should be allowed. If EBT cards are access to other money such as child support, that is entirely different but food stamps really aren't for unhealthy fast food. At least in my opinion. Yes it is a person's right to make bad decisions but I sure as hell don't want to be paying for it. If buying groceries is so impossible to accomplish in the amount of food stamps given, the amount should be adjusted according the the prices of the area or there should be a sort of low cost place to buy food for EBT carriers (Maybe a sort of food bank that takes food stamps?)

 

[Saeleofu]

Food stamps in our state can only be used for cold food, and nothing pre-prepared from the deli (so no sushi or potato salad either).

Oddly enough you can buy a Papa Murphy's pizza here, but that's because it's uncooked. So it's looked at as buying a frozen pizza from the store. Still odd though, I guess their uncooked pizzas are about the same price as a frozen Freschetta or Red Baron.

That's how it is here, too. Papa Murphy's is about $5 for a large pizza last time I saw an ad. That's about the same as a frozen pizza anyway (well, name brand) so maybe that's the logic behind it? Even though I can go to the store and get a frozen pizza for under $2 ($1.69 at Aldi), they do have pizzas at the store for more than that.

I don't think foodstamps should be used at restaurants/fast food places. Heck, I think there should be a limit of some kind as to what foods can be bought with them. Like no soda/candy/ice cream, etc but right now as long as it's cold, it's fair game. I do get a small amount of foodstamps every month right now, and I use them for healthy things (like today, fresh mushrooms on sale for 99 cents, WOO HOO!)

The other thing that annoys me is when people get foodstamps and think they can just do whatever now. When I started getting them my roommate laughed because I still buy things as cheaply as possible. I found eggs for TEN CENTS A DOZEN! and she thought it was weird that I'd buy them, instead of name brand extra large eggs for $5+ a dozen. Um, yeah, there's eggs for less than a penny a piece, I'm buying them (well, now that I started liking scrambled eggs again...before I wouldn't buy eggs for any price except to give to the dogs). Just because I get food stamps doesn't mean I'm going to start wasting money. It's still money.

But Seriously? You think 99% of college kids get an allowance from their parents? I know some do, but 99% is a ridiculous estimation...and I don't know where you go to school where most kids have credit cards from their parents. Most of my friends are upper middle class, wealthy kids, and I only know one with a credit card.

I never got allowance, not when I lived with my parents, not after I moved out. My credit cards, debit cards, bank accounts are mine alone. In fact, I actually give my parents money almost every month because my dad just doesn't make enough (he makes about $20,000 a year to support 3 people, I make about $10,000 a year for me and the dogs). And this was BEFORE I ever moved back in with them.

At my college you have to live on campus the first year, and a meal plan is part of that. I had my first 2 years of college paid for 100% with scholarships and grants (cost of attendance is $12,000 to $18,000 per year including room and board, transportation, on or off campus, etc). Here, also, you HAVE to be working AT LEAST 20 hours a week if you are going to school at least part time to be eligible for food stamps.

I do agree it's wrong for college kids to get food stamps and still have money for partying/alcohol/etc, but it's not just kids. Grown adults do the same thing and spend their money on alcohol and drugs instead of necessities.

I've noted no one who is against welfare/food stamps/etc. has ever NEEDED welfare, food stamps, etc. Yeah, you (general you) work hard for your money, but you also got to go to college because mommy and daddy paid for it, or you got to take the higher paying job 10 miles away because you had the means to get there. You never worked 80 hour weeks just to pay for rent and groceries. You never had a medical crisis that cost $10,000 without having insurance. A lot of people take advantage of the system, but a lot of people need it and take only what they need.

Yeah, you can go take a flying **** at a rolling doughnut. As I stated I DO get food stamps, and I DO think there need to be MORE limits. Yea,h I work hard for my money. And yes, I pay taxes. But I do get food stamps too. I do go to college because I paid for it MYSELF and with HARD WORK, grants, academic scholarships, and loans. Believe it or not scholarships are hard work. You have to work hard to get them, and then to maintain them. I would have LOVED to go out of state for college, but I couldn't afford it, so I stayed here in town. I make less than $10 an hour and am lucky to get 25 hours a week (usually closer to 20 hours a week, since we all just got our hours cut) and honestly half of what I make goes right back into making sure I can get to work. I would LOVE to find a higher-paying job, but I've been looking since before I graduated and still don't have another job. I'd even be happy with a second part-time job, but there's just NOTHING THERE right now. I even applied at Walmart and fast food places. I would GLADLY work 80 hour weeks, but nobody wants to friggin hire me, so I take the 20 hours I can get at my current job and train dogs on the side.

 

[Fran101]

for the record. my mommy and daddy are not paying for me to go to college. I worked my ass off in highschool and got a full scholarship to attend here

Trust me, UCONN wasn't the only choice I had. I got into NYU, UCLA.. I had other choices. but you know what, I made the SMART CHOICE. I went to a good school that wouldn't put me into debt or drain my college fund.
and now my college fund money can go towards grad school or whatever else.

Now, if I was in a different situation and I didn't have a college fund or whatever, and I got into NYU with no scholarship. Honestly, I would expect NO PITY from ANYONE because I didn't have money to eat after paying tuition.
going to an expensive school or a college AT ALL is a CHOICE AND A LUXURY.

It is NOT that I'm against food stamps or welfare, I'm not. I just don't think it should be given to those who don't need it for stuff they DONT NEED.

Lower priced/free dining plans for students who need it? Sure. I totally understand that

We have 9 Dining halls. One of which is kosher and ALL ORGANIC, the other is vegetarian. no excuses there.
EACH dining hall offers (24/7) Cereal, milk, fruits/veggies, and a salad bar.

The other 7 dining halls have ALL FOODS ranging from pizza, to pasta, to barbeque, to deserts, to salads, pancakes, omelettes.

There is NO WAY in HELL somebody is allergic to ALL of the food offered.
and trust me, it is edible and although there are a few things I don't like, its mostly really good fresh food. but regardless, if your really hungry.. you are gonna eat it regardless of it being 5 star restaurant quality.

the dining halls ALSO offer "grab&go" selections of wraps, sandwhiches, cereals and chips that you can grab and leave with to go home.


SPARKNOTES VERSION: there is no excuse for any student living on campus here to be starving or NEEDING food stamps. NOBODY could be allergic to everything offered.
I don't know about other schools, but I think there is ZERO reason for this program being so popular on campus

but I know some schools don't have that many dining hall options and some students live off campus.. fine.
Im totally OK with Food stamps FOR ACTUAL FOOD? Sure. Fruits, veggies, etc..

but $110 a month so you can buy candy, energy drinks, cakes and chasers? I'm sorry but thats ridiculous.
that is NOT STUFF ANYBODY NEEDS.

Im not speaking of every school in the world. I know some schools that could greatly benefit from this SORT of program.
but I think certain things need to be fixed, ESPECIALLY what you can buy.

 

[Renee750il]

As I stated I DO get food stamps, and I DO think there need to be MORE limits. Yea,h I work hard for my money. And yes, I pay taxes. But I do get food stamps too. I do go to college because I paid for it MYSELF and with HARD WORK, grants, academic scholarships, and loans. Believe it or not scholarships are hard work. You have to work hard to get them, and then to maintain them. I would have LOVED to go out of state for college, but I couldn't afford it, so I stayed here in town. I make less than $10 an hour and am lucky to get 25 hours a week (usually closer to 20 hours a week, since we all just got our hours cut) and honestly half of what I make goes right back into making sure I can get to work. I would LOVE to find a higher-paying job, but I've been looking since before I graduated and still don't have another job. I'd even be happy with a second part-time job, but there's just NOTHING THERE right now. I even applied at Walmart and fast food places. I would GLADLY work 80 hour weeks, but nobody wants to friggin hire me, so I take the 20 hours I can get at my current job and train dogs on the side.

You know what would be amazingly common sense? If you could take that money that YOU EARN, and instead of cycling it into the system, KEEP IT so you can use what you've earned to take care of yourself instead of having it taken from you and redistributed back to you, a process which costs beaucoup bucks . . . all of which makes no sense at all. WHY is someone who is financially eligible for food stamps even LIABLE FOR TAXES????? :wall:

 

[Beanie]

I just want to say that YES, I agree when it's the only the one MAKING the stupid choice, but more often than not it's the children who suffer with nothing to eat because their stupid parents made those stupid choices. It was no different when it was in stamp form either.........sell them for drugs, beer, or new clothes, whatever, then you still have no food. The only food most of those kids got were during school........too bad for the weekend kids, mommy has no money

I don't disagree, but as you pointed out, the system is already broken and being abused. So I kind of have a problem going "Whoa whoa WHOA... sell your food stamps for drug money? Okay... but using it for CHINESE TAKEOUT? Now THAT'S where I draw the line!" LOL.
When it's already broken and there's far worse things going on and HAVE been going on, I guess I just have a hard time getting really irate about this one. You go into homes of low income families around here, and they're getting all kinds of government aid - and yet they ALL have monster flat screen TVs hanging on them. That's what is important to them. THAT they can manage. Food for their family? Eh. And to be honest, I would MUCH rather somebody spend their food stamps on takeout instead of drugs and alcohol.




WOW, lots of stuff going on here. Obviously welfare and food stamps is the least of it. Hello, class warfare is alive and well!

 

[Romy]

There is NO WAY in HELL somebody is allergic to ALL of the food offered.
and trust me, it is edible and although there are a few things I don't like, its mostly really good fresh food. but regardless, if your really hungry.. you are gonna eat it regardless of it being 5 star restaurant quality.

Try being allergic to gluten and everything it touches. Yeah, that includes all food that was cooked in the same skillet, fried in the same grease, or flipped with the same spatula. Anything with any sort of grain that has spray on vitamins or folic acid? Nope. Anything with modified food starch? Nope. The ONLY thing I could safely eat from our cafeteria was apples and bananas, which I am NOT paying $300+ a quarter to have access to.

Now try sorting through a dumpster to find everything that is not gluten or contaminated by it somehow, so you can find something to eat that won't make you puke or poop blood. And no that is absolutely NOT an exaggeration. That was my life for TWO MONTHS until a very awesome classmate noticed I looked more like a concentration camp survivor than college student and made me start sleeping on her couch. We became roommates after that and are still best friends to this day.

 

[Saeleofu]

But Renee, that would only make sense, and government doesn't do logical. In addition to what comes out of my check before I ever see it, I have to pay in for state taxes every freaking year. It makes absolutely NO sense.