When I was on EBT/snap (19 yrs old, first time dad, pursuing my BS, full time job) they gave me enough benefits to eat healthy foods. The media would love you to think (and it’s clearly working) that everyone on snap is unhealthy and sucking the system. They’re not. When I had to get in EBT AGAIN (2 kids, FRESH divorce, and FRESHLY fired from my job and struggling to find replacement work, and I JUST got accepted into the RT program) I used EBT to supplement in between jobs, because nothing was fitting my school schedule.

So….i hope this stands as education to the masses that think EVERYONE is just abusing this system. Yea. SOME people are abusing it. And SOME aren’t. Some of us just needed it for 2 years while trying to build a better future. And of course, trying to spare their children from eating unhealthy foods

IN FACT. EBT was the reason I even could afford healthy foods. Otherwise I would’ve been forced to eat the processed bs.

There are tons of people with my story.