If you can afford a Mazda RX-8..

I went to the grocery store this afternoon to get some lunch. When I came in I noticed a brand new Mazda RX-8 sitting in the parking lot. Now I drive an older model Mazda RX-8 so i happen to be a fan of this particular car. I stopped to have a look and admire all the bellls and whisles that the new models have to offer. Once I had my fill I went in and began my hunt for the right lunch food. Having finally found it I went to the only line that was open at the checkout. As I set my items up on the counter I couldn't help but notice that this other patron was purchasing very expensive items such as lobster and steak. I didn't think to much about it and continued waiting in line. When the clerk had finished ringing up her order she reached for what i presumed was a credit card out of her bag and swiped it. The clerk asked her if it was debit or credit, and her answer caught both the clerk and myself offguard. Her card was neither credit or debit, no her card was EBT. For those of you that are not familiar with EBT it is the means through which welfare is distributed. I stood there for a second stumped, hardly able to believe that this women was using government food stamps to pay for high end foods that normal working people like you or I rarely treat ourselfs to. Still in disbelieve of what I had just seen I walked out to my car only to get another shock. The women that had just used government food stamps to pay for her grocieres was getting into the brand new Mazda RX-8 that I had seen before entering the store. Now I don't know if the readers are familar with the Mazda RX-8, but a brand new model with all of the premium features usually runs for roughly $30,000. So do the math here. This women is so "poor" that she needs assitance from the government for food, but is somehow able to afford a brand new sports car that cost more than a large percentage of Americans make in a year. I would sure like to say that this is an isolated incident but it isn't. When I was in high school I worked in a grocery store and saw this kind of event transpire. Now the liberal side of the political alignment says that these are rare cases and that the welfare system is a very helpful entity. The conservatives are always in favor of reforming the policy but rarely do anything to actually chagne these kinds of problems. The true of the matter is that just like the immigration system there are far too many people using the welfare system for problems like this one to be caught all the time. So instead of reforming the entire system why hasn't anyone thought of a simple solution. I've got one how about tracking assets of people that are granted welfare and tracking the items purchased on the food stamps card that they issue to people in need of assitance. Doesn't seem like an unfair or unreasonable solution. In fact the only people that would be oppose to these changes would be the people that are abusing the system. If this simple change were made fraud and abuse would be curbed and more money would be available for people who actually need it. The simple fact here is that if you can afford to own and operate a brand new Mazda RX-8 then you do not need my tax dollars to pay for your steak and lobster, and that is just Common Sense.