re: #422 calochortus

From whence did this receipt come? Did the ebil food stamp recipients highlight the “food stamps” part, copy it and put it on the internet, laughing all the while?
Or did someone fake it?
In any event, it looks like a party to me and even poor people should get to party occasionally. Would it make any difference to the wingnuts if this was part of an enormous church picnic celebrating some socially acceptable event?

According to Snopes, some guy stole his girlfriend’s card and used it to buy the steak & lobsters, then was arrested for trying to sell the food he bought.

Wingnuts love to circulate these images (there is another one showing something like $84 spent on candy) to claim that EVERYBODY ON FOOD STAMPS IS BUYING THIS STUFF.

The fact is that EBT card can be used to buy any food items, it’s not limited to rice & gruel.