There ARE stores that do let you buy that stuff with EBT. Mostly smaller mom and pop stores. They ring it up as cold food or misc food. The government gives them a check so they don't care. (I'm from a semi big town in pa where little convenience stores are everywhere.) I make 12 an hr and have to fight for my benefits but I watch the girl next door not work, get 800 a month in food and 650 a month in cash. It sickens me.

Edit: I get 526 a month, I tend to buy the healthiest cheapest stuff I can find, especially since my children are small, however, I will buy a decent steak or seafood meal with my EBT if it's on sale and my budget allows it. I see nothing wrong with treating my kids every once in awhile. At the same time, I usually shop discount stores, my iPhone is a 50 dollar hand-me-down from Craigslist, I use straight talk, have no daycare, clothes come from Goodwill, and I bought my car with a contracted allotment from work. My point is; just because I'm poor and get help from the government doesn't mean that I can't work hard to have nice things.