Aldi is great! I wish there was one closer to me. And Lidl is coming

It's a benefit, not a right. ** -- ConnHoo 12/05/2017 10:59PM

Some politician's relative is in the drug testing business -- NJHoo 12/05/2017 3:51PM

Certainly some folks who donate to the politicians who decided this. ** -- KCHoo 12/05/2017 9:21PM

Wouldn't it be more efficient to give away free meals -- Faz d. Hoo 12/05/2017 3:38PM

Debatable -- Beerman 12/05/2017 4:33PM

Each dollar of SNAP benefit produces $1.83 in economic activity.according -- Tuckahokie 12/05/2017 3:50PM

...to the USDA. -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 3:59PM

How do we have any deficits? :>) ** -- Tuckahokie 12/05/2017 4:00PM

Buying too many F-35s? ** -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 4:14PM

Defense spending is certainly a huge part of it. ** -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 4:21PM

Shouldn't every Billion spent on the F-35 return 1.79 Billion?** -- Tuckahokie 12/05/2017 4:16PM

Only if you use your power to pillage like the barbarians ** -- HoozOnTop 12/05/2017 4:54PM

I think it ends up costing the 1.79 when you add the interest on the debt.** -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 4:17PM

Sadly...our fifth largest expenditure is debt service, and getting worse ** -- Tuckahokie 12/05/2017 4:19PM

Meh...it's just money. Use all you want, we'll make more. ** -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 4:22PM

Good news, I bet you their overall spend drops ** -- TomKazanski 12/05/2017 3:32PM

And, it goes without saying, you'd lose that bet. -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 3:56PM

Just curious how are they measuring the people who dont show up -- TomKazanski 12/05/2017 4:42PM

Drug test elected officials. They take GovCo $$ fraudulently. ** -- WaxHoo 12/05/2017 2:48PM

Let's go whole hog -- Beerman 12/05/2017 2:36PM

I vote for anal probes for everyone. ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 2:38PM

With or without KY/Vaseline? ** -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 4:39PM

Any Gubmint Cheese left? It is Wisconsin, after all (pic) -- Tuckahokie 12/05/2017 2:21PM

Won't the drug tests cost more than the food stamps? ** -- HokieDelNorte 12/05/2017 2:20PM

who cares? ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 2:32PM

If you get to that point, you've probably thought about it -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:28PM

Scrap the test. Limit the food that can be purchased -- Stimp 12/05/2017 2:15PM

Such an obviously good idea, yet seemingly unachievable. -- Joey Wahoo 12/05/2017 10:20PM

Make em shop at Aldis. End of problem. -- GoochlandHoo 12/05/2017 2:28PM

Aldi is awesome. Same owners as Trader Joe’s. Between those 2 stores -- HoozOnTop 12/05/2017 5:00PM

Aldi is great! I wish there was one closer to me. And Lidl is coming ** -- Hoo TV 12/05/2017 2:37PM

Where do you live? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:31PM

Sorry,,I didn't intent to mean you can't buy beer at Aldis...just someone . -- GoochlandHoo 12/05/2017 2:57PM

We sell produce. One of our regular customer pays with food stamps. -- Joey Wahoo 12/05/2017 10:25PM

If someone is going on an all-egg diet... -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:58PM

Here, have another -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 3:38PM

I've gotten beer from Aldi's before. Don't recall if they sell steaks. ** -- Faz d. Hoo 12/05/2017 2:30PM

They do. And wine. Just not good. And forcing someone to shop exclusively -- Hoodafan 12/05/2017 2:41PM

Wine and beer not good. Steaks OK. Eggs, $ -- GoochlandHoo 12/05/2017 2:54PM

Wait, what?? -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:29PM

Better yet, get the government out of the charity business. ** -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 2:26PM

I'm a believer in the program, but it's way too expansive -- Stimp 12/05/2017 2:34PM

It is virtually impossible to spend money like that wisely at the -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 6:20PM

Let's say the government identifies a drug user -- Faz d. Hoo 12/05/2017 2:03PM

Requiring treatment to stay on public assistance seems fair to me ** -- CharlestonSC 12/05/2017 2:12PM

Treatment for what? -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:15PM

Well if they're spending money on pot instead of food, aren't they exactly -- CharlestonSC 12/05/2017 2:22PM

I don't see what one has to do with the other. -- WahooRQ 12/05/2017 3:45PM

It's about allocation of resources ... I understand somebody who is -- CharlestonSC 12/05/2017 3:56PM

That makes no sense though. Is someone prohibited from buying anything -- WahooRQ 12/05/2017 4:07PM

I don't necessarily agree with drug testing, but I think the logic is that -- BocaHoo91 12/05/2017 4:30PM

We've already drawn the line ... I don't have to agree with exactly how it -- CharlestonSC 12/05/2017 4:11PM

Is that the purpose of the food stamp program? -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:31PM

In general... -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:26PM

You get food stamps by being below a certain income level, not -- KCHoo 12/05/2017 2:24PM

The question to arises, though, are people unable to be more -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 2:49PM

So that settles it. She should starve. ** -- WahooRQ 12/05/2017 3:41PM

That's certainly not the way I read it -- Faz d. Hoo 12/06/2017 09:45AM

Yes, that's exactly what I said...smh. ** -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 3:49PM

It is because she doesnt want to or because she is an addict and now -- THECZAR 12/05/2017 2:57PM

It's some of both. This has been an almost 4 year trek now. -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 3:28PM

I hear you. I have a former sister in law who was a nurse. Same thing -- THECZAR 12/05/2017 3:52PM

I worry most for the daughter (our great-niece). -- Hokie5150 12/05/2017 4:05PM

And how, pray, would one do that with the food stamp or card? ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2017 2:23PM

Fairly long list of items already on the no-buy list..just add high sugar, -- Tuckahokie 12/05/2017 2:28PM

Who doesn't like carrots and celery? Dipped in blue cheese. :) ** -- Seattle .Hoo 12/05/2017 2:33PM

Weed rehab, man. ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:18PM

Reminded me of this classic cameo by Bob Sagat... -- WahooRQ 12/05/2017 2:22PM

Make them starve, I guess... ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:09PM

What if you really have the munchies? ** -- Guy LeDouche 12/05/2017 2:23PM

Potential to become a viscous cycle ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:27PM

So if they fail and get kicked off of food stamps, then what? ** -- WahooMatt05 12/05/2017 1:57PM

Who cares...amirite?!? ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:10PM

Don't they catch like, nobody, with this? -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 1:39PM

This isn't about catching anyone, it's red meat for the base -- Capital City Hoo 12/05/2017 1:59PM

Agree and a dumb idea IMO. Not just for the reasons you cite but also -- Hoodafan 12/05/2017 2:07PM

Nail on the head in your first paragraph -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:12PM

You won that bet. He lost his, though. ** -- HowieT3 12/05/2017 4:19PM

And apply it anywhere else on the economic spectrum and see how dumb it is -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 2:10PM

How much red meat do they need?? ** -- wahoo138 12/05/2017 2:07PM

That's correct, but it gets even better! -- Fuzzy Dunlop 12/05/2017 1:57PM

If it takes millions to 'catch' one person it is worth it ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 1:44PM

War on drugs, whatever it takes. ** -- NJHoo 12/05/2017 1:57PM

Other than pills. ** -- KCHoo 12/05/2017 2:22PM

Good, regardless of the cost we must do this ** -- FfxStationHokie 12/05/2017 1:34PM

Because naturally, why should poor drug addicts get to eat? ** -- WahooRQ 12/05/2017 1:34PM

Survival of the fittest, I guess. Let them die. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/05/2017 1:45PM

... and yes, my post is TIC, in case some didn't know. ** -- HoosWillWin 12/05/2017 1:46PM

No soul. ** -- hooshouse 12/05/2017 1:31PM

Goody. More government waste. ** -- Beerman 12/05/2017 1:30PM

Aldi is great! I wish there was one closer to me. And Lidl is coming

Insert a Link