The Glade 4.0

Who was talking about black market dealers. I was just talking about two friends. Hey I need to eat too and i'm your friend and will help you out.

Disclaimer: Hypothetically speaking. I wouldn't buy booze for anyone. I was just trying to prove a point.

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

No actually I am pretty sure it is illegal. At least it looks like it.

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I know it's illegal. I was pointing out that it works in the sense that you can get away with it. No system is going to render fraud impossible; it has to be enforced.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Sorry I misunderstood what you meant by "that's the point of food stamps".

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What I meant was that it's the point of food stamps to free up money for use elsewhere. That elsewhere, however, is supposed to be rent, toiletries, clothing, etc., not booze, cigarettes, or drugs.

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"Hysterical children shrieking about right-wing anything need to go sit in the corner and be quiet while the adults are talking."

Actually, they are. Here is how the system works.

"Bob" is an oxycontin dealer. People go to "Bob" with both money and or food stamps (or anything else they think "Bob" might want, like electronics, vintage guitars, sex, ect.) "Bob" only gives half of face value on the food stamps for the drugs. Thing is, not all of "Bob's" customers are on welfare, and everyone eats food. "Bob" hangs onto the food stamps, and sells them to someone else for 3/4 of their value, turning tidy profit on those as well, while "Ed" from the suburbs, making 90K a year, has saved himself a bunch on money on his grocery bill.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

I understand that.

"Bob" can resell food stamps. What are the odds he's going to resell food, which is what was advocated.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

Your hypothetical involves exchanging groceries for booze. That exchange, being illegal, is thus part of a black market.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

It is much less likely, but as former restaurant owner, I can't begin to tell you how many people would show up at my back door every week offering tenderloin and rib for $2ish per lb. Anecdotal? Absolutely. Necessarily related to drug exchange? Impossible to tell. But, it does happen.

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Ezekiel 23:19-20 

Fair enough, but I'll point you to specifically to "generally" in my original statement.

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“The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.” - Thomas Paine

My ex's friend used to trade haircuts and manicures for food stamps. If someone called her up and said I'll give you $XX in food stamps for $XX-YY in beer (or drugs) she'd do it in a heartbeat. It is extremely common, though to your point it typically does not happen in the grocery store.

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