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And blowing it on unnecessary items. these are programs that are supposed to be giving people a hand up, temporary assistance and it s becoming a way of life of people. you made the point that there s no standards, there s no checks and balances that nothing like this could happen, but raised the point of retailers. do they need to be more on guard? in other words, if she somehow used her ebt card, the food stamp credit card for stereo system upgrades and for cosmetic surgery, so, that should also have been caught. well, it should, and like i said, what people do, they sell their cards. it s a huge industry, it s a criminal ring in this country and right here in boston, at quincy, there was a raid and one store obtained $700,000 worth of fraudulent food stamp money. they set up shop and they come in, people sell their cards and they leave and retailer gets the other half. there s got to be severe ....