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In NL it is no different, you actually need to prove you have insufficient income. I actually wonder where it would be more relaxed.
by the-dude 5y ago
In NL it is no different, you actually need to prove you have insufficient income.
I actually wonder where it would be more relaxed.
- chrisseaton 5y agoIn the UK I think you just turn up and say you need food and they trust you. I'm very skeptical of the idea that rich people are putting themselves through the humiliation of saying that they aren't able to support themselves in order to get free grocery basics.
- suction 5y agoMaybe well-educated, upper class rich people wouldn't. But your new-money-types totally would do that to save a couple of Euros they could spend on booze / drugs / their luxury car lease.
- the-dude 5y agoI don't think the problem are rich people. I think the problem is probably poor people who try to extract more from the system ( by touring all food banks for example ). But you can always ask them ( the food banks ) if you are so skeptical. 2 other anecdata's : In the US, people are converting their food stamps into soda, because soda is more tradeable ( more liquid ) than anything else. They sell it to SMBs to convert foodstamps into money. I frequent the second hand stores which are partially aimed at the same group. They sell stuff, furniture, electronics and clothes for very low prices ( think € 3 to € 5 for a pair of pants, € 20 for a TV etc ). These shops use very very very adhesive price tags, to the point I need solvents to remove them. I asked them about it : do people really try to switch price tags on € 3 items? Yes they do.
- dekken_ 5y agoDo you think anyone has checked if it's cheaper to have the bureaucracy/administration rather than just not check people?