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In reply to the discussion: Where did the "poor folks buying crab legs with food stamps" thing come from? [View all]DeschutesRiver
(2,354 posts)foods with stamps and it created a big noise - here is a link to thst article, and then a google page of responses to it. I have seen these kind of articles since at least 2010, and remember one in the NYT that interviewed young people living on seafood, and expensive local artisanal foodie foods with food stamp money, saving their cash for other things. These adticles were picked up, spread around fast via email and kind of went viral in the "not with our money for those kind of people" circles.
The subtitle of the salon article om hipsters using stamps is "they're young, they're broke, and they pay for organic salmon with government subsidies. Got a problem with that?". I dont know if this is where all of this has come from, but it was at least a contributing factor given that it was a from the horses mouth sort of source for some people, ie it was not from Fox or the like, it was salon, the NYT, etc. I cant find the NYT article link at the moment, but i had come across it while researching the local slow foods movements progress in big cities like NYC awhile back.
http://www.google.com/search?q=hipsters+on+food+stamps+salon.com&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari
http://www.google.com/search?q=hipsters+on+food+stamps+salon.com&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en&client=safari