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When SNAP Became a Side Business

At a local market, I noticed a man buying the same items with SNAP every day—chicken, rice, oil, snacks—far more than a household would consume. Later I learned he repackaged the food and sold it as “cheap home-style bundles” to construction workers and students. He wasn’t selling SNAP itself—just the food. Technically allowed. But public aid had turned into private income. He still complained that SNAP wasn’t enough. #SNAPAbuse #BenefitLoopholes #FoodAid #CommunityTension