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Free and low cost delivery has been a godsend for the fixed income mobility impaired, and should be encouraged.

Large companies vacuuming up government benefits is an issue that needs to be examined and watchdogged.

Its not free nor is it low cost. The bill is paid by the taxpayer and costs are very high hence why food delivery is correctly perceived as a luxury.

Large companies vacuuming up benefits is the rule not exception hence why its a bad idea to create blank check situations. To give an example many of you may* sympathise with, look at military contracts. Its structured as costs plus so these contractors are incentived to increase the costs to increase their profit. This would be upside down in a free market where your heavily incentived to decrease costs.

P.S. "fixed income mobility impaired" Sirs you have outdone yourselves with the euphemisms this time.

>Large companies vacuuming up government benefits is an issue that needs to be examined and watchdogged.

Are you equally upset at Walmart or Safeway "vacuuming up government benefits"?

When they're providing the desired result (food) for a reasonable sum, it's most likely fine. After all, if Walmart charged SNAP cards more for bread or whatever, we should be up in arms.

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