• Maeve@kbin.earth
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          The cards accepted by restaurant are specifically coded. Anyone else’s card would be rejected when run.

          Pretty damned rough, to answer your question. Maybe cold packaged sandwich, tinned tuna, beans, maybe the homeless make a fire and heat the whole can, but now that homeless is illegal, maybe not. Maybe the mom working two jobs throws a frozen meal in the microwave before her next shift. How nutritious is that? But late to work and fired, no roof, no power. No running water maybe. Loses the other job for lack of hygiene. Kids are now wards of the state. That’s surely cheaper than $34/month for McDonald’s or Lance crackers, right?

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            Though tough, nothing you wrote is a good argument for someone using the SNAP benefits for McDonalds. The great thing tho, is that you are totally free to donate most (or even all) of your paycheck to people so they can buy McDonalds. No one is stopping you from doing that.

            The vast majority of states do not allow it. Even the democrat-run ones.

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              Yeah and that’s wrong. So are nooses and swastikas not being classified as hate symbols. That’s fine. Thanks for lmk who you are. I believed you the first time.

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                Be sure to write a harshly-worded letter to the govs in these states that don’t allow people to buy McDonalds with SNAP. Both Democrats and Republicans seem to disagree with you:

                Here are the ones that don’t allow it:

                Alabama Kay Ivey Republican

                Alaska Mike Dunleavy Republican

                Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders Republican

                Colorado Jared Polis Democrat

                Connecticut Ned Lamont Democrat

                Delaware Matt Meyer Democrat

                Florida Ron DeSantis Republican

                Georgia Brian Kemp Republican

                Hawaii Josh Green Democrat

                Idaho Brad Little Republican

                Indiana Mike Braun / Eric Holcomb* Republican

                Iowa Kim Reynolds Republican

                Kansas Laura Kelly Democrat

                Kentucky Andy Beshear Democrat

                Louisiana Jeff Landry Republican

                Maine Janet Mills Democrat

                Minnesota Tim Walz Democrat

                Mississippi Tate Reeves Republican

                Missouri Mike Parson Republican

                Montana Greg Gianforte Republican

                Nebraska Jim Pillen Republican

                Nevada Joe Lombardo Republican

                New Hampshire Kelly Ayotte Republican

                New Jersey Phil Murphy Democrat

                New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham Democrat

                North Carolina Josh Stein Democrat

                North Dakota Kelly Armstrong Republican

                Ohio Mike DeWine Republican

                Oklahoma Kevin Stitt Republican

                Oregon Tina Kotek Democrat

                Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro Democrat

                South Carolina Henry McMaster Republican

                South Dakota Larry Rhoden Republican

                Tennessee Bill Lee Republican

                Texas Greg Abbott Republican

                Utah Spencer Cox Republican

                Vermont Phil Scott Republican

                Washington Bob Ferguson Democrat

                West Virginia Patrick Morrisey Republican

                Wisconsin Tony Evers Democrat

                Wyoming Mark Gordon Republican