02-05-2012, 09:48 PM
I wasn't expecting this discussion to go much differently than the last one (I think it was about New York State and soda) but I struggle with this one so appreciate hearing thoughtful arguments from both sides.
I certainly understand that people on assistance should not be stripped of their dignity, however I shop at food stores where people not using food stamps (here it's the "Link card" ) are very much a minority, and I see mind-boggling amounts of total worthless crap predominantly from aisles in the grocery store I personally haven't been down in months or years; being purchased with my tax money, and I see what these folks are driving every single time I hit a grocery store. And something there is fundamentally broken.
So I guess that makes me a tea-partier on this issue . . .
(Edit to correct WIC card to Link card)
(Edit #2 to kill damn smiley)
I certainly understand that people on assistance should not be stripped of their dignity, however I shop at food stores where people not using food stamps (here it's the "Link card" ) are very much a minority, and I see mind-boggling amounts of total worthless crap predominantly from aisles in the grocery store I personally haven't been down in months or years; being purchased with my tax money, and I see what these folks are driving every single time I hit a grocery store. And something there is fundamentally broken.
So I guess that makes me a tea-partier on this issue . . .
(Edit to correct WIC card to Link card)
(Edit #2 to kill damn smiley)