• Zoboomafoo@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It just means that the goverment will give you money to buy food if you’re poor.

    They used to be stamped paper cards, hence “Food Stamps”, but are now distributed via debit cards. The name stuck, even though current programs have different names