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Farmer-Rick

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38. Was she advertising breaking the law????

Reply to questionseverything (Reply #37)

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 03:38 PM

Oct 2025

I guess the government will have to prove if she was declaring the income or NOT. If she didn't advertise using SNAP benefits to purchase ingredients for her sale items, then the government will have to prove that too.

Food is fungible, prove that egg is a SNAP benefits egg, or did it come from a food bank, a friend, another source of income? The burden of proof is on the government. Innocent until proven guilty.

A good lawyer would chew the prosecutor up and spit him out.

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Black woman in Michigan faces 10 years in prison for selling baked goods made with food stamps [View all] littlemissmartypants Oct 2025 OP

I can understand that would be against the rules Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #1

OK, explain it to me. ananda Oct 2025 #15

For pulling herself up by the bootstraps... Trueblue Texan Oct 2025 #2

The person who wrote that headline cloudbase Oct 2025 #3

Yes absolutely. Srkdqltr Oct 2025 #8

Why? Because of bad grammar? Wednesdays Oct 2025 #25

Untrue, elleng Oct 2025 #26

Baked goods made with food stamps probably aren't very tasty, cloudbase Oct 2025 #28

That's idiotically disproportionate jfz9580m Oct 2025 #4

You're right! In our case the penalty is far in excess of the cost of doing it right dickthegrouch Oct 2025 #31

Well, the narcotics war jfz9580m Oct 2025 #42

I think this attached to the wrong thread dickthegrouch Oct 2025 #43

Prosecutors should have to PROVE where the butter and flour came from NewLarry Oct 2025 #5

How can they know? Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #18

And we have a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapists in the WH. Ferrets are Cool Oct 2025 #6

A a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapist who is OUT ON BAIL after being indicted for election interfereance in GA! Attilatheblond Oct 2025 #17

Ruin somebody's life, Turbineguy Oct 2025 #7

So, a black woman gets a little government money, adds labor & makes something... CaptainTruth Oct 2025 #9

No explanation as to how she was caught Layzeebeaver Oct 2025 #10

She was advertising on facebook questionseverything Oct 2025 #30

And who caught her? Layzeebeaver Oct 2025 #32

Advertising what exactly? Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #36

Snap, Medicaid and cash assistance have very strict rules questionseverything Oct 2025 #37

Was she advertising breaking the law???? Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #38

If she's on snap how do you think she can afford a good lawyer? questionseverything Oct 2025 #39

There is legal aid Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #41

Jury nullification. @Michigan peeps nilram Oct 2025 #11

Although it's not hard to see why she can't do that... JohnnyRingo Oct 2025 #12

Trump's free plane is not so free for us tax payers. Emile Oct 2025 #13

Can't say she was too lazy to work. She added value to the food through her labor doc03 Oct 2025 #14

SNAP as it currently exists isn't really meant to help people but to keep them dependent and unempowered. cstanleytech Oct 2025 #16

There are other programs that provide those other benefits Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #20

As someone who is on SNAP, I can explain synni Oct 2025 #29

I see how it can be difficult Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #33

They should be expanded and made common place, that would keep the top 1%ers from demonizing them questionseverything Oct 2025 #40

Does this"profit" include her labor idahoblue Oct 2025 #19

To the letter of this law I believe the goods would House of Roberts Oct 2025 #21

Exactly Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #34

Can the country get any lower? I fear it can, but JFC this is getting beyond absurd. Bev54 Oct 2025 #22

How many maga take funds and use them for something else? GreenWave Oct 2025 #23

No worries, dumpie loves to pardon innocent people for free. KS Toronado Oct 2025 #24

For once, it's not racial profiling...just a little-known law synni Oct 2025 #27

Unless she posted on line claiming she used food bought with SNAP benefits Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #35