Jon Stewart makes a few timely points as House Republicans introduced a bill today to prevent people from using food stamps to buy weed. (spoiler: you already can’t)
Yes, you do hear all these stories. Whether or not they’re true or indicative of widespread abuse is not really the point here because you hear them. And as a reporter on a news network it is your job to pass them along through your mouth hole.
What’s the right mixture of quality and class-based shame poor people should aim for in their meal planning?