I had a customer at my register the other day his bill was about $9 dollars and after he used his EBT card (we are not allowed to call it food stamps lest we shame the person heaven forfend) there was still a balance of $3 and change for a reduced price rotisserie chicken he said why isn’t that covered? I explained its a store prepared food so it is not covered by EBT he was so upset that he had to use his own money for this he argued that he had bought the same item with EBT before (untrue) and really kvetched about paying this amount from his own pocket.
The amount of money people get for FOOD STAMPS is enormous and truthfully most who use it don’t need it meaning they are able bodied and not destitute aka lazy.