About this episode

The episode discusses a personal encounter that highlights issues of fraud and the misuse of food stamp benefits in America.

July 20 America's Suicidal Tolerance of Fraud A while back I was in a grocery store, a guy came up and said, "I notice you have celery and tomatoes, lettuce, and milk in your cart. May I buy it for you?" I said, "No, I'll buy my own grocery." He said, "I'll buy your food with my food stamps and you buy me cigarettes and beer with cash. It won't cost you anything to help me." I said, "You're messing up the food stamp system for everyone." (He called me a bad name and walked away!) Every ...

People in this episode

Hosts: George Caylor, Diane Gruber, Steve Putney

Topics covered

• fraud
• food stamps
• grocery shopping
• social systems
• personal responsibility

Keywords

• fraud
• food stamps
• grocery
• cigarettes
• beer
• personal responsibility
• social systems

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Places: America

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