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[Responding to another commenter, who "gets the stink eye at the check out" ....]

"I'm so sorry that you using the system exactly how it is intended to work is somehow seen as 'cheating' the system by other people.

"You met certain income requirements. You needed money for food. The state gave you money for food because collectively (for now) we have decided that there is no social benefit in having people starve to death. You used it to buy food. What food/how much food is pretty much your business. Shame and hunger make a pretty poor meal. Pretty much the whole 'science' of 'economics' is based on the idea that individuals will make whatever choices 'maximize utility.' Maximize away."

-- Captain Awkward, 2011-09-01 [ thanks to firecat for linking to the original essay this was a comment under]