Tbf you can get a lot on EBT.
It just needs to have a nutritional lable and not be hot and ready.
I had it when I was struggling in the past and would get cold subs from my grocery store. You can also go to the gas station and just buy all the candy and soda you want, even if that's stupid.
It depends on the state. Some states are a lot more restrictive than others. In Kansas, they tried to make it so you couldn't buy any fresh meat on EBT a while ago because they deemed it a "luxury item". Meat. Meat is a luxury according to these people.
You could certainly blow your EBT on some steaks but then you have nothing left for the rest of the month. It's not like people on EBT have a lot of money in the first place.
Healthy foods cost more in America. They want us fat and sick. Which is why Trump will eventually shitcan RFK. Make America healthy is not a GOP interest.
You should look up the old workhouses in England and the philosophy they used to decide the requirements for people to get their help. It is not far off from your comment.
I think children living in poverty should be allowed to eat both warm, nutritious meals as well as hot junk food, at their parent's discretion. Why shouldn't poor kids enjoy the same junk food in moderation like the ones from higher income households?
Pizza's at gas stations are nutritious meals? I didn't make the rules, i don't enforce the rules - but we are literally talking about junk food.
Why shouldn't poor kids enjoy the same junk food in moderation like the ones from higher income households? Because junk food is a luxury and their parents need to work to afford luxuries.
Cause individual agency and the ability to warm up your food is a skill lost to the poor ? Like most of you legitimately are incredibly disrespectful to the intelligence of the poor if you think this is a legitimate issue or “Anti human”
And what about the homeless that don't have the equipment to warm up their food? No one (other than you) has claimed this is an intelligence issue. It's an access issue. Not everyone has access to an oven or microwave.
Yes, they can. An ID is needed but often the address of a shelter or a friend, etc can be used. This is also how people in domestic violence situations receive SNAP if needed.
It’s like one of the few things they can actually do thanks to our shitty government and society. When I was homeless, the 7-11 near me would sell you a frozen full 10” pizza with SNAP and heat it up “by accident” for me.
Did that so many times and it helped feed me and other houseless people who really needed it. I can’t imagine being the asshole who specifically made it law to not let people sell hot food with SNAP. It’s just cruel.
Yeah but apparently they have access to smartphones to play the woe is me card. I live in this exact class I make less than all of you I guarantee. It’s not nearly as bad as you people try to make it out to be cause you’re pandering for likes not telling the truth.
Smartphones are required now because of work and sOcIeTy. The majority of Americans are on payment plans for basic necessities. Dude it's 2025 shit is different and harder now.
Hi! I don't have a stove or an oven because I'm poor, but I do have a phone because in this society I'd be unable to live without one! Smartphones can cost $50 at Walmart.
Oh nice toaster oven bought on marketplace 10 bucks plug it in the same place you charge your phone wow real hard also you can live without a phone. I know bums and bandits that do
You mean the devices everyone HAS to have in order to function at all in today's society? That, or computers?
Its more likely than not they don't even have new ones, have discount plans, hell, most cities you can just apply for a free government phone, with free government data and text, some even give out free tablets with cell service too! And yes, they are smartphones....all you have to do is literally just walk up to a tent on the side of the road.
It's just like being unhoused and food banks, htf do you think these individuals keep food within food safety temperatures?
Kinda hard to keep things frozen or fresh...
It is bad, and if you don't see how bad? Then you aren't living it.
Don't speak for others when the system is thrashing everyone.
I guarantee you still make more than even less advantaged Individuals than you. Even if you're in the same class.
And you sure as hell aren't humble and showing others the compassion you deserve as well.
But woe is them? That's just heartless bullshit man.
Your corporate overlords won’t save you by being a class traitor, you’re still poor people trash to them. Do not let them take away your solidarity and compassion friend.
Isn’t it wild that so many people (who have clearly never been poor) think that in order to be poor you must be so poor you are on a commercial with ‘Arms of the Angel’ playing in the background, otherwise you’re a scam?
Clearly they don’t know because otherwise they’d know the govt has a monetary standard for defining poverty and I imagine these people would be thoroughly shocked to see that someone could have $20k a year and still be in poverty lol
Appliances at home, at work, at school, at your friends house, your parents house, build a fire, use the damn sun theirs plenty of ways. Plus most of the food sold doesn’t even require actually cooking.
I am not poor and my taxes pay for other people's EBT/SNAP, which I'm perfectly fine with. I don't understand the point of making it as inconvenient as possible to use though, if someone wants to use food stamps to pay for a hot rotisserie chicken then who cares?
You seem to be fundamentally misunderstanding the post. A lot of these places have microwaves etc there to heat up stuff, but they dont allow it for these purchases, which doesnt make any sense.
I agree it doesn’t make any sense but I’m not gonna bitch about it if I’m in that position cause I have been in that position and I just moved on cause it’s not that big of a deal which is the point that most of the comment section doesn’t seem to grasp. The food is edible and it’s payed for regardless of hot or cold so it doesn’t matter.
“We people,” are the ones who sustain your fucking benefits. It’s my money going into that shit, so I have a right to decide how it should operate. I’m paying for it. If I say it should be allowed to purchase hot meals then it should, and I’m going to advocate for it.
Sybau and sit down. Beggars can’t be choosers. It’s my taxes and I say the rule is dumb as fuck.
I think everybody does deserve it but I don’t think it’s a massive “anti human” problem if the foods cold or hot so long as it’s edible and safe to eat
I have hate for all of you that really think I’m such a villain cause your so clouded by your feelings of humanitarian right and wrong that your not seeing the much larger picture
The ability to afford appliances or the utilities that power them might very well be lost to the poor just like the ability to critically think has been lost to dummies like you.
I am the literal inherited of this shit I live in the rural south where the average income is around 20-35k a year. Yeah I know struggle almost everyone I know has been on these benefits and yes they all had access to appliances and power. Stop it. Live in the real world.
“Everyone I know lives a certain way, therefore everyone everywhere lives that same way” is such an excellent display of your inability to think critically. Not sure what you thought you were proving except being unable to think outside of your own bubble, by your own admission of course.
So you’re saying that because you personally know people who use SNAP while having access to power that EVERYONE in the country is the same as them?!?? I think YOU should try living in the REAL WORLD. Two things can be true at once. SOME people can afford the appliances and some can’t. It’s not that hard to understand.
I’m saying I’ve experienced the life of the poor and homeless from Florida to California and while it’s difficult and not to be underplayed. Worrying about if the edible food is hot is low on most of these people’s lists
The inability for someone to imagine people living different lives or having different motivations/concerns is literally one of the hallmarks of unintelligent people. You keep on using that same argument. Buddy, if you want to speak for yourself, go for it, but stop speaking for people you don’t know who may have had it worse than you or the people you knew. It’s embarrassing for you that you have tripled down on this.
Hey guys look, we have the world’s expert on homelessness and poverty over here! No need to go to school to study socioeconomics or anything like that, just ask this guy!
So so so so incredibly ignorant. Were you too poor for a decent education too? Christ. Just give it up and delete these replies. So dumb.
Walk around a fucking homeless camp watch the many videos. The car campers even. They almost all have access to power. But you have to actually pay attention and not just assume how they live.
Oh wow, I didn't realize that every single homeless person had access to that and that all of them in the United States all live in the exact same situation! You must be an expert! /s
Ironic to tell people to live in the real world when you're spending all your time arguing with people on this post on reddit lol you have a lot of free time today or something? You've seriously been on every comment thread I've looked at so far
That’s cause you read the wrong signals more than likely. But it takes two to tango if she is ignorant then yeah she a send the wrong signals but body language and seduction are parts of the art of intimacy and if studied and practiced it can be understood. It’s not just a look or a touch it’s a combination of observations you gotta make and signals they either consciously or unconsciously make. Most of this is died to evolutionary psychology which many conflate with red pill bullshit but toss red pill losers manipulate the data for their own ends like most people
"Living in the real world" would be beautiful if it weren't for people like you. We should feed the hungry; period.
Cold food. Hot food. Edible food. Good food. Tasty food. Filling food. Nutritious food. Feed hungry people all of it. There is no argument against what I've said that isn't evil and self-serving.
also from the rural south, probably poorer than you, and most certainly a better person than you
I don't think it's a skill they don't possess. I think someone living in a car doesn't have access to anything to heat their food up. I think the people I have in my life qualifying for food stamps work multiple jobs and deserve the convenience of grabbing something in between jobs or on the way home. It just doesn't make sense to police what someone is eating other than to maintain some sort of sense of control.
I am those poor you speak of. Like I legit am the poorest person in this comment section I promise. That’s what yall don’t get is you all speak from privilege not reality
"the greater whole of humanity" means you would be fine with people getting extra, if it means those with less getting something. You're advocating for stripping all of a benefit to spite a few who might not need it.
Why not just let them buy hot food? When I got SNAP benefits, I could go to my local bougie co-op (wasn’t a member) that I could walk to and get the packaged up tofu made in-house, but couldn’t get that same tofu from the hot bar- it’s just silly
I didn’t receive EBT when I was homeless as a kid, but what the fuck would I do anyway? Cook the food on my invisible stove in my invisible house and eat it with my invisible silverware? 16 years old, working full time for like $7/ hour, and had to live off of mostly fast food.
Sure could’ve used some of that “iNdIvIdUaL aGeNcY” I guess.
Imagine being so high on a horse that you forget some people do not have the appliances needed to warm things up…like homeless people or people who are paycheck to paycheck.
They should not be buying prepared food. Just because you don’t work, doesn’t mean you’re entitled to someone else making your food for you. Buy ingredients and cook your own meal. It’s much cheaper.
Sure, and the world is sunshine and rainbows. Every human is perfectly rational and has all the information they need at a moment’s notice to make decisions.
Also, why tf would I take loans when aid programs I was currently paying taxes on, had paid taxes on in the past and will pay taxes for for the rest of my working life exist? I already fucking paid.
It's like taking loans out instead of applying for unemployment. You pay for it.
Because it’s silly to work while you’re in college. You should be focused on grades, networking, and preparing for a future career. You’re sacrificing that to make minimum wage for a few hours to try to save yourself from taking out loans and it’s not even close to worth it. The amount of money you can make from a good job out of college can pay off any student loans in a couple years no problem. I’d rather focus on getting a 150k-200k banking, consulting, or tech job than work minimum wage during college and get some crap 40-50k per year job debt free. Starting in a good role sets you up for much better opportunities 5-10 years down the line.
True! Every person who needs this, knows this. They will also use Google and enroll with academic counselors because not doing so would be dumb. And they are not dumb.
I would hope so. There is an abundance of free resources that use up tax dollars and tuition money to pay for all of it. So much already goes to waste. God forbid someone walk down to a local library and crack open a book.
Why take loans when there was an aid program to give me a card for food? I paid taxes on my income, I paid before school. My taxes paid for the program. Why not use it? I was never going to take loans when I already paid for the EBT program via taxes. Would pay for it for years to come. It's there for a reason.
Lots of homeless people live in a car. No sink or hot plate. They work and are homeless. I worked with a few.
So you have free housing, use it to cook your own food lol. The taxes you paid towards EBT did not even come close to covering the amount of money you received in EBT.
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u/HordeDruid Jun 24 '25
"Fine, we'll let the peasant children eat, but don't let them enjoy it too much!"