Let Them Eat Sushi (On Food Stamps)

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Every now and then, something small comes along and reminds me how being poor in America can be better than being poor in many other places.

For instance, I bet this would never happen in, say, Mexico …

That photo was taken at an HEB grocery store in Austin, Texas.

The Lone Star Card is Texas’s food stamp benefit, which pays out to over 2 million people each month, according to the state.

Though I’ve always managed to barely scrape by as a writer, I’ve never been so unfortunate as to need food stamps. Should that day ever come, I’ll take at least a little comfort knowing that sushi apparently isn’t off the menu.

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