Food stamps are given to families at need or families with low income, but are they being used properly? I remember growing up my family used food stamps just to get groceries for the month. It doesn't seem right to use the food stamps wrongfully knowing that people are actually hungry and in need of a bite to eat. Eligible food items for food stamp include: breads, cereals, fruits and vegetables, meats, fish, poultry, and dairy products. Using them any other way is just taking advantage of the little help the government is giving you.
Senator Tom Coburn writes about people using food stamps for pretty much anything from Taco bell, bathroom luxuries, alcohol, and even condoms. If you are buying condoms with food stamps, you should find a different hustle. The government is giving people free food, why wouldn't you buy food to feed your family? Or your kids? I'm not opposed to people buying alcohol or condoms, but the least you can do is buy them with your own money. Not money that could be spent on a child in need. People wrongfully using food stamps is what has the government convinced that nobody should be receiving help. Wrongful users give rightful users a bad name. Government spending money on those wrongful users is a waste of government funds. The senator also talks about people getting more benefits simply because they smoke marijuana. I am not oppose smoking marijuana in any way shape or form, but I know people who smoke marijuana and work hard on there own to support there family. And they support well. Smoking marijuana doesn't give you the right to take someone else's food away. Neither does being lazy and expecting the government to pay for your own wants.
http://www.coburn.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?a=Files.Serve&File_id=b7b23f66-2d60-4d5a-8bc5-8522c7e1a40e
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