'Bama Nightclub Raises Eyebrows with "Food Stamp Friday Party"

[Dusty]

http://dailycaller.com/2012/03/30/alabama-nightclub-raises-eyebrows-with-food-stamp-friday-party/

A nightclub in Montgomery, Ala. is raising eyebrows by hosting a “Food Stamp Friday” party on April 6 that seems to glamorize life on the federal government’s food assistance program.

An invitation for the April 6 party obtained by The Daily Caller tells patrons of the Rose Supper Club in North Montgomery that the Friday night cover charge will be just $5 if a “food stamp card” is shown upon arrival.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) was designed for Americans living at near-poverty levels.

According to the flashy, postcard-size flier advertising the party, there will be “free shots at the door.” The announcement’s artwork mimics an Electronic Benefit Transfer card, the debit card used by Americans to redeem their SNAP benefits.

Glamorizing federal assistance bothers some who have seen the posters.

“I just don’t understand how they are promoting this without anyone saying anything about it,” Stephanie Pope, a Montgomery resident who has seen the fliers in gas stations, told TheDC.

Orlando Rogers, an employee who answered the telephone at the Rose on Thursday, confirmed that the “Food Stamp Friday” party is taking place at the venue next month.


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[Mustang Man]

Next week will be Welfare Wednesday.:rolleyes:

[tonyz]

I'll see your WW and raise you a tax cheat Tuesday !

Don't forget about man love Monday !

What a crock.

[s]

This food stamp party nonsense just raised the bar on stupid...:rolleyes::rolleyes:

[caveman]

Some people see a party glamorizing the welfare class. I see a shrewd businessman taking advantage of the misguided pride such people seem to have in getting over on the system.

I'll bet my paycheck that the club owner doesn't require federal aid.

[cbtengr]

Let me remind you all that the secy. of agriculture Tom Vilsak is very proud of the record number of Americans on food stamps, he said so himself. I also read just the other day how lower income people are more apt to buy lottery tickets and that low income people are more apt to smoke. Smoking is expensive, I gave it up 14 months ago not because of the cost, I could afford to smoke it was just time to quit. But when I see a panhandler smoking I tend to lose it. There is always money to be spent foolishly and these folks are masters at it, trouble is its not their money.