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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed! This thread is specifically following that "cash in hand" is not what guarantees people quality of life - housing and food are. If someone has all a reasonable quality of life provided for free, "extra cash" is less urgent.

I mentioned elsewhere that I think a government run supermarket would do a lot of good for grocery pricing. My thought was that we'd all get EBT (no means-testing) and the government could save money by running its own supermarket, while simultaneously forcing down the prices of private supermarkets. That is a good compromise that lets us keep a cash basis for food stamps (like everyone seems to prefer over vouchers) while still preventing any concerns people have with EBT affecting prices.