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		ceejayoz on Sept 21, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Uber Eats will start accepting food stamps for gro... > Ask any grocery clerk; it’s very common to see someone use SNAP to buy the listed items and then immediately afterwards spend their cash on the other things. Funds are fungible, after all. Why is this at all surprising? SNAP doesn't cover anything non-food, like cleaning supplies; people still need toilet paper and soap. It's called "Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program". "Supplemental" seems to perfectly describe that behavior.

bombcar on Sept 21, 2023 [–]

The "stereotypical" is someone buying food with SNAP and then spending their own money on liquor and junk food.

But that's an acceptable price, imo. You will always have scofflaws and people who just want to be fat, but that's part of the price of a society.

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