The official "WTF" thread

[johnfitz]

As I was getting emotionally dragged around on this .. I finally put on my thinking cap and was wondering how on earth do some of these folks actually get $5-7k a week on SNAP .. and the soda and junk food ..

Turns out it really is not typically possible to do that, and a LOT of the videos we see are created by "influencers" to get video hits, and are not truthful.
( drama queens, emotional manipulators, fake news, call it what you will .. )

the stats and facts ..

SNAP benefits, looks like average is $188 per person per month .. and there is a cap.

I'm sure there are some who sell/trade their SNAP benefits for luxuries the benefits are not intended for... seems like it would be impossible to enforce full compliance... what can you do, throw the baby out with the bathwater? This video is hilarious, weaves LOL

 

[Arjun]