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this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2023
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You could be mad at both.... why is this a black and white issue? EBT abuse is real.
I have seen people literally sell the milk they get from EBT that was intended to be used for their baby. They bragged about being able to get the new iphone with it. I have seen homeless who buy bottled water on SNAP only to dump and resell the bottles so they could get cash for their addictions. Why would i not be mad at that just as I am at how corporate bailouts didnt help anyone except the top .01% of society?
Edit: so many hexbears. I dont care to respond to Kremlin bots.
Scale. The amount that the capitalists steal from you is orders of magnitude larger than whatever infinitesimal amount of tax dollars (well, more accurately, cents) you lose because an unhoused person used a loophole to buy drugs. Personally I can't even imagine being angry at the two people you mentioned. Nor is there a realistic way to prevent those things that wouldn't punish the 99% of people who just use EBT to buy food like its intended.
(I also really don't care if people find a way to use EBT money to buy something else in general. Like I can't think of a single reason to be bothered by that. And I life off EBT and only ever use it the "correct" way.)