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Shouldn't Costco Take Food Stamps?
I am a mother of three and due to the economy my husband and I have had to get on the food stamp program to help. Due to our income we only get a small portion of foodstamps and it would go much further if Costco accepted food stamps. Just like most on Food stamps we do have jobs we just need a little help getting by so yes $50.00 can seem so high when times are tough the benefits of a Costco card and cheap prices on food in bulk out way that cost by far. So COSTCO GET OFF YOUR BUTTS DO A LITTLE PAPERWORK AND TRY TO GET QUALIFIED TO ACCECEPT FOOD STAMPS! FURTHER MORE STOP THE DISCRIMINATION!
Shouldn't Costco Take Food Stamps?
My family is on food stamps. We qualify for about $300 a month. Why would we want to buy bulk? Because buying a flat of 12 cans of refried beans (a staple, by the way) at Costco is much cheaper than buying 12 cans at Safeway. Bread is cheaper and can be frozen. Milk and eggs are cheaper. Meat is usually cheaper.Canned fruits and veggies are cheaper. And yes, occasionally I'd like to buy my children a little treat, and at Costco I can buy a big box of cookies far cheaper than a bag of cookies at Safeway. A lot of people think because you're on food stamps you have to prepare and eat food that is the absolute least expensive possible. Well, we're human beings. We want to have choices. We try to be responsible with those choices, but sometimes, especially if you're a parent, you want to treat your children and the most cost effective way to do that is to buy in bulk. Yes, I can buy all the ingredients to make cookies, but I also have to make most of our meals from scratch to save money, so having a prepackaged treat is a treat for all of us. We don't have a Walmart in this town, the closest is almost 30 miles away.
Am I some kind of degenerate who is cheating off the system and taking advantage of the tax payers? No. I am your sister. I am your neighbor. I am your best friend. I am your co-worker (when I can find a job). You sit next to me in church. You stand next to me when we help at the soup kitchen. Our children run and laugh and play together. Our husbands watch sports and fix the car in the driveway. You don't even know that times are so tough for us, that we have to be on food stamps in order to survive the month. You don't know that I no longer eat three meals a day, just so there is extra food for the kids. You don't know how many nights I've gone to bed hungry so my kids don't have to. You comment on how great I look now that I've lost weight, but I don't tell you how I've been forced to do it.
You invite us over for potluck, and we have to kindly decline your offer. Food stamps. That is why. That is why the kids don't have cupcakes to bring to the school bake sale. That is why the neighborhood kids are no longer invited to share cookies after school. That is why I can no longer bring a casserole or even a loaf of bread to a sick neighbor.
Every day I make sacrifices to keep healthy food on my table for my family. Every night I go to bed praying there will be enough for just one more day. Every day as the month rolls on, portions get smaller and smaller.
Would it help if Costco accepted food stamps? Hell yes.
Shouldn't Costco Take Food Stamps?
just a point...have any of you ever done any grocery shopping at a bodega, korean deli, food emporium,grisetede, red apple or whatever cockamamie store that call itself a supermarket in nyc? telling people what to buy and how and where to buy it isn't the point of the food stamp program. Saying that cash strapped or poor people should not be able to shop at costco because they wouldn't be able to save money anyway is ridiculious at best; demeaning and rascist at worst.
Shouldn't Costco Take Food Stamps?
Furthermore, this cheap food you want me to be buying at walmart? It is loaded with trans fats and preservatives, and devoid of actual nutrition. So thanks also for assuming that since I need assistance, I should also get less nutritional benefit for more calories, thus shortening my life-span.
Shouldn't Costco Take Food Stamps?
Hi, I joined this website just so I could give some sorely needed information to the entirely classist individuals commenting on this.
Perhaps, before saying: "People on food stamps can't spend 50% of their allocated dollars to "stock up" on something that will last them several months... ", "Would it really be economically feasible for people on food stamps to afford Costco?" "If you would even say that you thought food stamp incomes could shop at a Costco I think you have not been to one." "If you go and apply for assistance it is your responsibility to use it responsibly." You could actually talk to someone on food stamps, and find out if it WOULD be feasible for them.
'Cause I AM on food stamps, and YES I've been to a costco before, and yes it would be economically FEASIBLE to me to be able to use my foodstamps to get the staples costco sells. Interestingly, I feel a little more qualified to answer the question of feasibility than you all put together.
Oh also, I think I'm more qualified to answer whether I'm being "responsible" with my money than you. Thanks for the condescension. (And for implying that I'm a low class hick who doesn't deserve to have quality or "higher grade" items)
Oh. And I don't shop at Walmart for the good reason that a) it treats their workers as disposable, and I have a class consciousness, b) it treats their WOMEN workers as even more disposable and I have a feminist consciousness, and c) after driving out all the competition in an area it jacks it's prices up, and is therefore NOT cheaper than other places, it is just more ubiquitous. So thanks to all the commenters who believe that I should abandon all of my feminist, anti-classist ideals and shop at walmart since you don't want to have to stand behind me buying something that you think is too EXPENSIVE for a poor person like me to have.
Giving to "those less fortunate" is great, but how about educating yourself about how to not be a classist jerk? 'K folks?
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I am a mother of three and due to the economy my husband and I have had to get on the food stamp program to help. Due to our income we only get a small portion of foodstamps and it would go much further if Costco accepted food stamps. Just like most on Food stamps we do have jobs we just need a little help getting by so yes $50.00 can seem so high when times are tough the benefits of a Costco card and cheap prices on food in bulk out way that cost by far. So COSTCO GET OFF YOUR BUTTS DO A LITTLE PAPERWORK AND TRY TO GET QUALIFIED TO ACCECEPT FOOD STAMPS! FURTHER MORE STOP THE DISCRIMINATION!