With $7.25 being the minimum wage in Pennsylvania and many other states, not having a job at all is basically the same
Poverty is correlated with obesity in the US and has been for the last 100 years.
Yes. Cheap food is, and always has been, food that is unhealthy, carb-loaded and fattening. I never denied in my post that a lot of folks prefer food like that, especially due to environmental factors, lack of proper education regarding nutrition, or even just being gluttonous, but for a lot of people (especially those who don't fit the thin margin of eligibility for EBT in the first place), it's really their only option. Like I said, enabling this pattern of junk overconsumption is bad for all sorts of reasons, and cornering the average poor person only enables it.
In any case, the U.S has become less obese over this past decade overall, and I think that's partially due to healthier foods becoming a bit more accessible. for example, grocery stores like Whole Foods becoming easier to come by, and they take EBT nowadays.
some minor injury they used to get full-time disability on a technicality, or w/e, they are the vast majority on the system, and they take the most, just as you say.
I won't disagree with you on any other point, but to be eligible for SSDI, you must attend court and hire an attorney to plea your case with mountains of evidence from multiple professionals documenting your disability. From there, the SSA conducts regular mandatory check-ups (once every 1 through 4 years) requiring updated medical information to investigate if one has become ineligible for benefits. They even contact medical providers for further proof. You can argue all you like about EBT being illegitimate, or learned helplessness, as it has tons of anecdotal evidence, but I genuinely have no idea where this myth of people abusing SSDI comes from. Throughout research, I easily came to the conclusion that if people are doing it, they must be very few