Prescriptions for Produce

[MedPR]

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Pretty cool.

http://eatocracy.cnn.com/2012/07/23/doctors-write-a-prescription-for-produce/?iref=obnetwork

 

[nicolemsm]

isn't this why we have WIC and welfare?

 

[411309]

isn't this why we have WIC and welfare?

I was a produce manager for two years, know often I saw people using food stamps to buy produce?

 

[nicolemsm]

I was a produce manager for two years, know often I saw people using food stamps to buy produce?

Same, in high school i was a courtesy clerk aka slave aka bagger


The amount of junk food I saw being bought using food stamps was ridiculous! Now restaurants (where I live) have posted on their drive thru windows they even accept EBT- smh! What an abuse of the system.

Not to say some people aren't using the money for good - to feed their families- but the lack of disregard for people's taxed dollars from those who abuse it is sickening.

 

[NeuroLAX]

Same, in high school i was a courtesy clerk aka slave aka bagger


The amount of junk food I saw being bought using food stamps was ridiculous! Now restaurants (where I live) have posted on their drive thru windows they even accept EBT- smh! What an abuse of the system.

Not to say some people aren't using the money for good - to feed their families- but the lack of disregard for people's taxed dollars from those who abuse it is sickening.

I've seen some gas stations here in Florida advertise "EBT Accepted Here!"... how sad.

 

[411309]

Same, in high school i was a courtesy clerk aka slave aka bagger


The amount of junk food I saw being bought using food stamps was ridiculous! Now restaurants (where I live) have posted on their drive thru windows they even accept EBT- smh! What an abuse of the system.

Not to say some people aren't using the money for good - to feed their families- but the lack of disregard for people's taxed dollars from those who abuse it is sickening.

thought this was illegal?

and i come from a poor town so i know how that goes..id say half of my customers were on food stamps at least. I remember one guy bough 50 candy bars with food stamps Lol

 

[nicolemsm]

thought this was illegal?

and i come from a poor town so i know how that goes..id say half of my customers were on food stamps at least. I remember one guy bough 50 candy bars with food stamps Lol

nah, not that I know of?

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/ebt-now-stands-restaurant-meals (this article says "El Pollo Loco, Dominos and Jack in Box are part of L.A. county's Restaurant Meals program")


50 candy bars.... he should have gone to Costco. Damn shame, he got ripped off.

 

[411309]

nah, not that I know of?

http://www.marketplace.org/topics/economy/ebt-now-stands-restaurant-meals (this article says "El Pollo Loco, Dominos and Jack in Box are part of L.A. county's Restaurant Meals program")


50 candy bars.... he should have gone to Costco. Damn shame, he got ripped off.

crazy, i didnt know some restauraunts could accept ebt. and yea, people just dont understand they are being given a gift, they ened to use it wisely..

 

[NeuroLAX]

crazy, i didnt know some restauraunts could accept ebt. and yea, people just dont understand they are being given a gift, they ened to use it wisely..

Neither did I. I'm up the road a ways from you, and I've seen it at McDonald's and a few gas stations now.

 

[MedPR]

EBT, Wellfare, whatever, should be eligible for bread, water, eggs, and cheap meat. People can get almost anything with my taxes. It's ridiculous.

 

[NightGod]

isn't this why we have WIC and welfare?

I've never been to a Farmer's Market that took EBT, which is what this program provides for. Of course, at my local Farmer's Market you can buy things like homemade pies and pastries, so I sense a flaw....