Food Stamps

March 1st, 2010
money, politics
Not surprisingly, when people have food stamps as their only source of income, they convert food stamps to cash at a (70%) discount. Why don't we just give people money? The recipients are in the best position to decide what (clothing? housing? soap? food?) is most needed; what is gained by restricting them?

Worse, there's lots of money used in making sure that food stamps are only spent on food. Stores need special machines to accept food stamps, stores need to apply to be in the program, enforcement against stores that break the rules, etc.

Comment via: facebook, substack

Recent posts on blogs I like:

On Apologizing To Kids

Everyone is so weird about apologizing to children.

via Thing of Things August 25, 2025

Against the Teapot Hold in Contra Dancing

The teapot hold is the most dangerous common contra dancing figure, so I’ve been avoiding it. The teapot hold, sometimes called a "courtesy turn hold,” requires one dancer to connect with their hand behind their back. When I realized I could avoid put…

via Emma Azelborn August 25, 2025

Little Puppy

She's very little and she likes to do stuff with me. She also likes to bark around and run around and jump around. She also likes to go to places with me and that's all I have.

via Nora Wise's Blog Posts August 23, 2025

more     (via openring)