RedneckReject
Shooter
The thing that one needs to realize is that those EBT cards can pull from two different accounts. One is SNAP (food stamps) and one is TANF (cash). If she pulled from the SNAP account it will decline anything that is not food. It's automatic and there is no way around it. I've worked in retail and have had people come in to buy things and mistakingly hit the wrong button on the point of sale machine. There's nothing fraudulent about a mistake. On the other hand, I'm not entirely certain whether there are regulations on what you can and can't purchase with your TANF benefits. I know you can withdraw cash from that account at an ATM so if there are regulations they are obviously very lax. The worst part about this whole thing is that MOST people who are on assistance know that you can only buy food with food stamps and wouldn't even try to purchase anything else. So not only did this woman run from the store with items he hadn't paid for, she is a moron for thinking the card would work in the first place and then went to another store to try the same thing. That's a whole new kind of dumb and I am inclined to side with you on the drug problem she most likely has.
