Quote Originally Posted by JackofDiamonds View Post
I don't know a lot about markets, bubbles, or what it's like to have 14 kids (heck, I don't even have one) but I have worked years in retail and have seen gov't aid cards pay for a lot of product. It warms my heart when I see those cards buy bread, eggs, milk, ect. And because of that, I think the system has a purpose.

But that only happens here every once in a while. Throughout my work day I see those gov't cards buy Mountain Dew, Snickers, Doritos, Lays classic with Lays ranch dip. And then I get chewed out by some people when they can't buy a Redbull or Monster energy drink with those cards...

Last year I had a customer spend $120 dollars on junk food and drinks for a Superbowl party.

Some people use the system as it is meant to be, God bless em' for it. But a lot of people use it as a "coke and a candy bar" card. I don't blame them, I blame the system. If they wanted they could ban those items like they ban energy drinks. There's a concept!!! Only allow gov't aid to buy healthy and nutritious food? Like that will happen. Bet Frito-Lay and PepsiCo would have a field day in court if that happened...
And who will decide what is a healthy and nutritious food???

We keep having these discussions about how folks abuse the system and how folks are sick and tired of it. Well, yes folks will abuse any system. Do you think more abuse it then benefit from it like it was intended?

I don't recall to many threads concerning corporations who have paid off politicians to pass laws allowing them huge tax breaks or subsidies or low interest loans or the outfits ripping off the govt billions in outright fraud through overcharging and abuse. Yea, every now and then one unlucky outfit gets hauled out for display purposes and repays a pittance. Then they go right back with another contract.

When I was working my agency had a policy that all purchases be made from a small business and minority owned business. If you wanted to go elsewhere you needed to do a ream of paperwork. How many millions in my agency alone were wasted through that policy?