Food stamp nation: Should this woman qualify for SNAP benefits?
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/397437013991124992
[Update: @_EatMyTweets13 locked down her Twitter account just before noon ET on Saturday. Twitchy has added screenshots of photos to this post so that they can still be viewed by our readers.]
Think the food stamp system isn’t broken? Meet @_EatMyTweets13.
According to her Twitter feed, @_EatMyTweets13 called to check her food stamp balance earlier this month. She was surprised to learn that she’s still getting assistance and the balance has grown to $400.
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/397437169998237696
Many of our elected officials caw about how food stamp fraud, illegal sale of EBT cards and benefits that exceed need are the stuff of myth. Oh, and of course nasty conservatives hate the poor because they won’t increase entitlements.
But evidently @_EatMyTweets13 doesn’t exactly need SNAP benefits to meet her nutritional needs.
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/397438013737033728
Hey, guys, she’s got a cable bill to pay.
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/397444145314537472
There’s no evidence that this young woman committed food stamp fraud. All we know is that according to her tweets, she receives benefits she doesn’t seem to use. But D.C. pander-bears continue to protect a system in which people who do just fine without food stamps look forward to a taxpayer-funded payday each month.
What else do we know about @_EatMyTweets13?
She has an iPhone. (Service plans don’t come cheap.)
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/394887733979918336
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/393562216911622144
And she likes to use that iPhone to tweet about her surprisingly high food stamp balance.
She has WiFi:
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/376839950450188288
And she seems to have money for weed.
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/393559440898949120
https://twitter.com/_EatMyTweets13/status/393561509441568768
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/394256775786274816
She cranks up her air conditioning like it’s going out of style.
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/393563722796765184
And she likes to hit IHOP, Hooters and TGI Fridays for grub.
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/380510612876709888
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/383782449442217984
So … what’s on her agenda for next week?
http://twitter.com/#!/_EatMyTweets13/status/403533570150776832
Previously:
FreedomWorks’ Kristina Ribali: Weaning people off food stamps is real SNAP challenge
Entitled Obama supporters rejoice that they can keep their food stamps
Food stamp fraud all the rage on Twitter
Obama’s food-stamp nation: ‘We accept EBT’ signs are everywhere
It’s a SNAP: 7-Eleven now marketing pizza with food stamp logo [photos]
Read more: http://twitchy.com/2013/11/23/food-stamp-nation-should-this-woman-qualify-for-snap-benefits/