Should you be able to pizza delivery with EBT?

[UK2K]

Cause you can in Indianapolis apparently.

Saw an advertisement in one of those big piles of coupons you get in your mailbox... Noble Roman's pizza now accepts Hoosier Works cards as payment for pizza delivery...

If you're not familiar with Hoosier Works:


In Indiana, participants in SNAP and TANF access their EBT benefits using the Hoosier Works card. The card works like a bank debit card. Indiana cardholders can use their Hoosier Works card at any store in the United States that accepts food assistance.

The Hoosier Works EBT card is light blue, with gold and dark blue lettering. It has a unique sixteen-digit account number, a magnetic strip on the back, and will only work with a four digit Personal Identification Number (PIN).

I feel like pizza delivery is one of those 'life luxuries' you should only be able to get if you can actually afford it. instead of encouraging healthy eating habits for those using EBT cards, we allow them to buy greasy ass pizza, that's delivered.

I need to get me one of these.

[Norcaliblunt]

I'm okay with it, if the ebt is spent at a local family owned pizza joint. **** giving money to Dominos or Pizza Hut though.

[Thorpesaurous]

How's the tip for the delivery handled?

[HitandRun Reggie]

Why not? You can order it while you're standing in line at the Starbucks, which you can also buy with your EBT card, so you can get home right before the pizza guy gets there.

[UK2K]

I'm okay with it, if the ebt is spent at a local family owned pizza joint. **** giving money to Dominos or Pizza Hut though.
I think Noble Roman's is a chain, not entirely sure.

I don't know if the big chains are doing it too. If not, they will be soon.

[Dr Seuss]

i dont see a problem with it. im sure pizza delivery cost much more than grocery shopping - value wise - so if they hit their max sooner than they would by going to the grocery store, well thats there problem that they can add to their already huge list

no reason to police them about their eating habits.

[Bless Mathews]

You can get any pizza that ain't "prepared" aka cooked on ebt in Seattle.

Like Papa murphys.


Maybe that's what it is

[Bless Mathews]

Cause you can in Indianapolis apparently.

Saw an advertisement in one of those big piles of coupons you get in your mailbox... Noble Roman's pizza now accepts Hoosier Works cards as payment for pizza delivery...

If you're not familiar with Hoosier Works:



I feel like pizza delivery is one of those 'life luxuries' you should only be able to get if you can actually afford it. instead of encouraging healthy eating habits for those using EBT cards, we allow them to buy greasy ass pizza, that's delivered.

I need to get me one of these.


You can get steak king crab lobster on ebt too.

People struggling gonna struggle.

They wanna be dumb and spend they food stamps on that, that's their choice.

[Akrazotile]

How's the tip for the delivery handled?


I assume from the welfare check that is provided separately from the EBT card.

[Akrazotile]

Honestly though, fvck it. Let people buy cigarettes, booze, greasy pizzas, MSG-laced fried chicken, whatever unhealthy shit they want.

The shorter lives these people have, the better off we all are in the long run.

[UK2K]

i dont see a problem with it. im sure pizza delivery cost much more than grocery shopping - value wise - so if they hit their max sooner than they would by going to the grocery store, well thats there problem that they can add to their already huge list

no reason to police them about their eating habits.

What about alcohol?

If it were me, and I were in charge, I would turn it into a point system, where every dollar is a point.

Every dollar that goes to something shitty, like ****ing cake and ice cream, is 2 points.

Every dollar that goes to vegetables and fruit, is half a point.

Since they are eating on my dime and likely to have poor hygiene and dietary habits anyway, why not encourage healthy eating? Especially when many of these families have young children who (because we live in lib lala land now) don't do physical activity anymore.

[Godzuki]

i heard inner city yogurt shops can accept food stamps. apparently they make a killing off of them :confusedshrug:

thx obama :applause:

[Norcaliblunt]

It would be cool if there were skyscraper size fully automated vertical hydroponic farms in the center of every community providing organic produce for everyone.

[HylianNightmare]

You can get subway with ebt too. Shit blew my mind

[stalkerforlife]

I get 600 a month in food stamp benefits.

And even though I can't get pizza delivery, I think I should be able to once or twice a month. Just because I am pathetic and unable to support my family, that doesn't mean my kids shouldn't have the luxury of a delivered pizza once in a while.

[stalkerforlife]

And NO, you cannot get hot food with food stamps. It cannot already be prepared and hot.

All this BS about starbucks and whatever is stupid.

[stalkerforlife]

EBT cards can come with food benefits AND CASH for some...those with cash can use the cash how they see fit. However, the cash is limited.

With EBT FOOD benefits, there are restrictions.

[Smoke117]

I get 600 a month in food stamp benefits.

And even though I can't get pizza delivery, I think I should be able to once or twice a month. Just because I am pathetic and unable to support my family, that doesn't mean my kids shouldn't have the luxury of a delivered pizza once in a while.

Or you could go get a job and ****ing support your own god damn kids. Don't make them if you can't support them.

[stalkerforlife]

Or you could go get a job and ****ing support your own god damn kids. Don't make them if you can't support them.

I have incredibly strong and unstoppable sperm.

And I am disabled and can't work.

[Smoke117]

I have incredibly strong and unstoppable sperm.

And I am disabled and can't work.

You're not disabled. You got problems? EVERYBODY HAS THEM. Not everybody hides away from the world because of them though. You are a prime example of how weak human beings have become with modern comforts. One Hundred years ago you'd be on the corner begging for pennies or dead like you should be. Your mental and emotional weakness is not a "disability"...it's just you being a worthless coch roach.

[Norcaliblunt]

You should be able to go to the strip club with the EBT card.

[stalkerforlife]

You're not disabled. You got problems? EVERYBODY HAS THEM. Not everybody hides away from the world because of them though. You are a prime example of how weak human beings have become with modern comforts. One Hundred years ago you'd be on the corner begging for pennies or dead like you should be. Your mental and emotional weakness is not a "disability"...it's just you being a worthless coch roach.

Didn't read.

But I can only assume you're mad.

[Norcaliblunt]

They should just give people Aderall, that way they are not lazy or hungry.

[ALBballer]

I get 600 a month in food stamp benefits.

And even though I can't get pizza delivery, I think I should be able to once or twice a month. Just because I am pathetic and unable to support my family, that doesn't mean my kids shouldn't have the luxury of a delivered pizza once in a while.

How many people are you supporting with $600 a month?

I always get annoyed bc that seems like a ridiculous sum and food stamps should be used to assist you not completely pay for your food shopping.

Between the personal and corporate welfare it makes you feel like **** it what's the point of being middle class and not getting any benefits while paying into the system at an unfair rate. Get a cash paying job and get $50k in welfare benefits from the government.

[UK2K]

You should be able to go to the strip club with the EBT card.

You can...


At just one Black Hawk casino welfare recipients accessed the ATM 328 times, withdrawing $19,000. Not to mention withdrawals at marijuana shops and strip clubs.
http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27/cbs4-investigation-finds-welfare-recipients-spending-at-strip-clubs-liquor-stores/

April 2015

[QUOTE]According to the Department of Agriculture, illegal food stamp use costs the public upward of $750 million a year. A report by the Government Accountability Institute last fall revealed that

[Take Your Lumps]

Let's not pay poor people a living wage and then shame them for accepting public assistance and applaud the deadbeat corporation that shifts that financial burden on the rest of us. :applause:

[UK2K]

Let's not pay poor people a living wage and then shame them for accepting public assistance and applaud the deadbeat corporation that shifts that financial burden on the rest of us. :applause:

Do you think its possible for "poor people" to become not 'poor people' at some point?

If not, what's stopping them?

[Take Your Lumps]

Do you think its possible for "poor people" to become not 'poor people' at some point?

If not, what's stopping them?

Wages, genius. Low wages are stopping poor people from not being poor. And lack of higher education, again, due to low wages and skyrocketing costs.

Not sure where this utopian view comes from where everyone is supposed to be rich and there are no toilets to clean and restaurants to run. Talk about out of touch.

Look around you next time you go for a drive. What do you see? Retail store. Restaurant. Hotel. Department store. Phone shop. Gas station. Shoe store. Walmart. Shitty jobs, paying shitty wages. The bots haven't taken over yet so are we supposed to look down upon the people who happen to work at these places?

But no, the corporations who "create" these jobs are GREAT. The poor people who will those entry-level jobs are lazy good for nothing leeches of society.

Yet, soon we'll have machines doing most of the work that poor people do now. Just imagine how much uglier things will get once those people can't even find work to just barely scrape by. It won't be pretty.

It seems our only saving grace will be finding ways to tap into virtually unlimited renewable energy and beginning to tackle the scarcity problem. Then you naturally transition over to a resource-based economy in the next 20-40 years. Otherwise, there will be brutal uprisings in the west from increasingly poor, and very desperate people.

[Norcaliblunt]

You can...


http://denver.cbslocal.com/2015/04/27/cbs4-investigation-finds-welfare-recipients-spending-at-strip-clubs-liquor-stores/

April 2015



And yet, some think we should give MORE money to our wasteful government, and some believe the people using EBT deserve more money.

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:

Lol. You know what though, as irresponsible as it may be, I rather have those local businesses receive the EBT money than say 711, Wall Mart, or McDonald's. Its basically swapping the cash from a poor person to a legit hardworking small business man.

[Norcaliblunt]

Wages, genius. Low wages are stopping poor people from not being poor. And lack of higher education, again, due to low wages and skyrocketing costs.

Not sure where this utopian view comes from where everyone is supposed to be rich and there are no toilets to clean and restaurants to run. Talk about out of touch.

Look around you next time you go for a drive. What do you see? Retail store. Restaurant. Hotel. Department store. Phone shop. Gas station. Shoe store. Walmart. Shitty jobs, paying shitty wages. The bots haven't taken over yet so are we supposed to look down upon the people who happen to work at these places?

But no, the corporations who "create" these jobs are GREAT. The poor people who will those entry-level jobs are lazy good for nothing leeches of society.

Yet, soon we'll have machines doing most of the work that poor people do now. Just imagine how much uglier things will get once those people can't even find work to just barely scrape by. It won't be pretty.

It seems our only saving grace will be finding ways to tap into virtually unlimited renewable energy and beginning to tackle the scarcity problem. Then you naturally transition over to a resource-based economy in the next 20-40 years. Otherwise, there will be brutal uprisings in the west from increasingly poor, and very desperate people.


Peter Joseph?

[UK2K]

Wages, genius. Low wages are stopping poor people from not being poor. And lack of higher education, again, due to low wages and skyrocketing costs.

I paid my way through school (community college, which is very affordable for everyone) with student loans and 40 hours per week at $10.50 per hour. Nobody from my family gave me a dime. Next?


Not sure where this utopian view comes from where everyone is supposed to be rich and there are no toilets to clean and restaurants to run. Talk about out of touch.
That's what kids in school are for. Next?


Look around you next time you go for a drive. What do you see? Retail store. Restaurant. Hotel. Department store. Phone shop. Gas station. Shoe store. Walmart. Shitty jobs, paying shitty wages. The bots haven't taken over yet so are we supposed to look down upon the people who happen to work at these places?
I see Help Wanted signs every 50 feet. Next?


But no, the corporations who "create" these jobs are GREAT. The poor people who will those entry-level jobs are lazy good for nothing leeches of society.
Those jobs aren't meant for a 40 year old to raise a family on. Obviously. Next?


Yet, soon we'll have machines doing most of the work that poor people do now. Just imagine how much uglier things will get once those people can't even find work to just barely scrape by. It won't be pretty.
It's not pretty now. But at the very least, my order won't be ****ed up. Next?


It seems our only saving grace will be finding ways to tap into virtually unlimited renewable energy and beginning to tackle the scarcity problem. Then you naturally transition over to a resource-based economy in the next 20-40 years. Otherwise, there will be brutal uprisings in the west from increasingly poor, and very desperate people.
Everyone can be anything they want if they put their mind to it. There's no law stopping anyone from being a doctor, agree? So then, while it may be difficult, you do agree it can be done if one chooses, yes?

Glad we cleared that up.

[Norcaliblunt]

Lol at the military guy crying about large government and people living off it. Lmao.

[UK2K]

Lol at the military guy crying about large government and people living off it. Lmao.

People who drive on public roads can't complain about big government either I guess.

I served 5 years in the Marine Corps making LESS than minimum wage, working more hours than any regular person works in a week.

And people at McDonalds think they deserve to be paid more? Hahahahahahahaha. K.

Wanna know a secret? 99% of people alive right now under the age of 35 can follow the same path I did. It's hard, it's not fun, but it works. Will they though? **** no, nobody wants to work that hard for so little pay. That's why kids go to college instead. Funny now though, isn't it?

[Norcaliblunt]

People who drive on public roads can't complain about big government either I guess.

I served 5 years in the Marine Corps making LESS than minimum wage, working more hours than any regular person works in a week.

And people at McDonalds think they deserve to be paid more? Hahahahahahahaha. K.

Wanna know a secret? 99% of people alive right now under the age of 35 can follow the same path I did. It's hard, it's not fun, but it works. Will they though? **** no, nobody wants to work that hard for so little pay. That's why kids go to college instead. Funny now though, isn't it?

Damn it must be tiring mentally jerking yourself with every post.

[imdaman99]

It sounds wrong but if they ration it out than I see no reason why not.

Back in the day when I used to commute through the trains to get to and come home from High School, my mom used to give me a buck to get through the day :lol If I didn't waste it on those stupid tropical fantasy drinks throughout the week + chips, I could go all out on Friday and get 2 slices of pizza :roll:

[longtime lurker]

People who drive on public roads can't complain about big government either I guess.

I served 5 years in the Marine Corps making LESS than minimum wage, working more hours than any regular person works in a week.

And people at McDonalds think they deserve to be paid more? Hahahahahahahaha. K.

Wanna know a secret? 99% of people alive right now under the age of 35 can follow the same path I did. It's hard, it's not fun, but it works. Will they though? **** no, nobody wants to work that hard for so little pay. That's why kids go to college instead. Funny now though, isn't it?

Yes because everyone's circumstances are all the same :rolleyes: I'm sure 99% of people should aspire to be a complete moron that spends his time ranting on a messageboard :applause:

[Jameerthefear]

Yes because everyone's circumstances are all the same :rolleyes: I'm sure 99% of people should aspire to be a complete moron that spends his time ranting on a messageboard :applause:
in his defense, pretty much anyone could join the military and get a shit load of benefits. like a ton. you don't even have to be in there that long. if you want to go to college after that it's definitely possible too. for instance since my dad served in the marines, i got 100% off tuition at Mississippi state university.

[UK2K]

Yes because everyone's circumstances are all the same :rolleyes: I'm sure 99% of people should aspire to be a complete moron that spends his time ranting on a messageboard :applause:

I bet those same people would sure like to have my paycheck vs their food stamps though.

:lol :lol
:roll:

You can call me whatever names you like, but obviously, I am doing something right, while they are not.

[UK2K]

in his defense, pretty much anyone could join the military and get a shit load of benefits. like a ton. you don't even have to be in there that long. if you want to go to college after that it's definitely possible too. for instance since my dad served in the marines, i got 100% off tuition at Mississippi state university.

While that may true, that's not the whole story. They don't hand out free college.

If you used your father's benefits, I can say with 99% certainty that he did not. Had he used them, you wouldn't have been able to.

I do know Texas gives free college to veterans, though.

[Jameerthefear]

While that may true, that's not the whole story. They don't hand out free college.

If you used your father's benefits, I can say with 99% certainty that he did not. Had he used them, you wouldn't have been able to.

I do know Texas gives free college to veterans, though.
it's actually just something certain schools do. it's no benefits involved, he has already been to college. he just sent in his little military thingy and i got 100% off tuition :confusedshrug:

[UK2K]

it's actually just something certain schools do. it's no benefits involved, he has already been to college. he just sent in his little military thingy and i got 100% off tuition :confusedshrug:

Doesn't mean he used his benefits... but

Yeah some schools do it. Secondary education in Texas is free for veterans.

Which is why I say to all the bum defenders on this board....

It takes very little ****ing effort to join the chAir Force reserves, get paid to play boy scouts for a few months, get free on the job training, then come out, get an education, and go get a job.

Truth is, people are too ****ing lazy, and to do the above requires effort. And nobody wants to give effort these days.

Oh well, hope your record label works out.

[stalkerforlife]

How many people are you supporting with $600 a month?

I always get annoyed bc that seems like a ridiculous sum and food stamps should be used to assist you not completely pay for your food shopping.

Between the personal and corporate welfare it makes you feel like **** it what's the point of being middle class and not getting any benefits while paying into the system at an unfair rate. Get a cash paying job and get $50k in welfare benefits from the government.

4.

600 a month for 4 people is not nearly as much as you think.

But we are very grateful.

I wouldn't be in this position had I not been disenfranchised, though. I'm ugly and not very smart...so the middle class and upper class shits on me to get to where they're going.

[Akrazotile]

You're not disabled. You got problems? EVERYBODY HAS THEM. Not everybody hides away from the world because of them though. You are a prime example of how weak human beings have become with modern comforts. One Hundred years ago you'd be on the corner begging for pennies or dead like you should be. Your mental and emotional weakness is not a "disability"...it's just you being a worthless coch roach.


Don't bother with stalker. He IS a real life loser, but he trolls about it when people ask him why he doesn't get a fukking life.

It's just a waste of time.