The rampant increase in the number of food stamp recipients under the Obama administration has been unconscionable, but wait until you hear what recipients are doing with their funds. The New York Post details how Americans are sending food to relatives and friends in the Caribbean countries Haiti, the Dominican Republic and Jamaica.
“Everybody does it,” said a worker at an Associated Supermarket in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, Brooklyn. “They pay for it any way they can. A lot of people pay with EBT.”
Customers pay cash for the barrels, usually about $40, and typically ship them filled with $500 to $2,000 worth of rice, beans, pasta, canned milk and sausages.
Workers at the Pioneer Supermarket on Parkside Avenue and the Key Food on Flatbush Avenue confirmed the practice.
They said food-stamp recipients typically take home their barrels and fill them gradually over time with food bought with EBT cards.
When the tubs are full, the welfare users call a shipping company to pick them up and send them to the Caribbean for about $70. The shipments take about three weeks.
Latest posts by Richard C. Young (see all)
- Welcome Back Glorious Hotel Lutetia in Paris - February 20, 2019
- Is Crazy Bernie Radical Enough for Today’s Democrats? - February 20, 2019
- RIP Karl Lagerfeld - February 20, 2019
