It can be hundreds of dollars per month. Depends on how many kids you have, etc.

I had a black sheep family member that shouldn't have had it and would use it...liberally. You also get discounts on some things...so you can "sell" those cheaper purchases to others and make a bit of money.

The system is bullshit. Some folks can profit from poverty.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Sounds like Capitalism to me.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Not by the poor. Then it's theft and fraud from a typical hypocritic republican.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Ask the congressmen who are pushing the Choice act or looking to cut financial regulations to aid the Wall Street types in pushing legal loansharking of the poor.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

How much are these people really ripping the government off for? A few grand a year? Pocket change compared to contractors charging a million dollars to repaint a drawbridge.

The system is bullshit. Everyone involved is into some shady shit one way or another. Politicians aren't philanthropists. Wall Street lobbyists are bullshit. Social activists are bullshit.

The federal government is simply too involved and has too much power. It will never be a transparent entity with the sole goal of improving the lives of the average American.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Similarly to ripping fares off to the tune of $5 a pop, two wrongs don't make a right.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Worked for years down in a heavy link card dependant area of town. We would have to bring in 4 or 5 cases (each holding 4 large containers of vanilla Hagan Dazs) each delivery for the first of the month. $12.99 a pop for ice cream and we'd sell through it all. So yeah there should be a line.

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Maximum amount is based on family size. For 2017 (monthly max):

1 $194
2 $357
3 $511
4 $649
5 $771
6 $925
7 $1,022
8 $1,169

Now in fairness, these maximums apply to families with zero reported income -- and obviously we don't want people starving. But it is easy to imagine massive fraud with under-the-table incomes and other ways to game the system.

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This may shock MANY, but I generally don't disagree. I just question the motives of the most ardent hardliners in this area

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

I don't think one has to be considered a hardliner for pointing out waste or fraud in a program like EBT. They shouldn't have to also be required to point out every other fraud like Wall st. People should be able to discuss this without automatically being thrown into the evil pile of the subject.

You can be upset that fraud happens even if it's only a couple grand a year. It doesn't necessarily mean you are spouting the typical they have jordans and get their nails done crap. I'm sure the vast majority of welfare recipients are white anyway and they use their fraud for cowboy boots and country music cds.

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Elections have consequences.

I just find it hilarious that many who profit by premium or snack food purchases have negative thoughts about a substantial portion of their client base.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Yeah well that is funny. It I was replying in general not for Chris.

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Elections have consequences.

Maybe this could be good for the city because maybe the drug dealers will start a pop business. If you remember history the organized crime in Chicago really took off with the start of Prohibition.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

If you are buying illegal soda you need to reevaluate your life.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Al Capone
Nucky Thompson
Soda Popp

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10% of the USA weighs more than 300 lbs, these are people who needed to reevaluate their lives a long time ago.

Drake is a junkie. He is hooked on that dangerous, street sugar. Sad.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Immoral soda.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Jerry's got nothing. Newman's got nothing. You're the only one I know

who's got the good stuff, and I need it bad, baby, cause I feel like I got bugs

crawling up my skin. Now you gotta help me out.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

Mike's Hard Lemonade.

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

Mike Rowe
Mike Ditka
Mike & The Mechanics

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Alcohol is not immoral.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Big fan knows people buying illegal expired salad dressing !

You mean like rubbing alcohol?

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God is the uncaused cause of the universe. He had no beginning and has no end. He is not bound by the laws of the universe he created.

Work in that area and deal with the everyone on a daily basis and get back to me on how I should feel.

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What are your supporting stats ?

I live downstate. Country cocksucker. Fuck Cook County and you city slickers.

I worked the area I was talking about for 10 years and I was out there on a daily basis 5 to 6 days a week for 10 years. I sold more high dollar products when link card be refilled. It was something that happened every single month for 10 years.

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Philly now revising their budget as they expect to come up very short of projected sugar tax revenues; however, they are blaming it partly on people stocking up prior to the tax going into effect which seems a little hard to believe... I doubt the Johnsons have a six month supply of Mountain Dew stocked in the cellar.

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"All crowds boycotting football games shouldn't care who sings or takes a knee because they aren't watching." - Nas