my response would have been something like "well, if you don't like the food stamps program, i can always start a riot and burn your house down and steal the food out of your fridge instead.".

welfare isn't charity. it's a way to prevent class warfare and ensure that the property rights dictatorship is not overwhelmed with sheer force. it was understood some time in the last century that the best way to stop the poor from taking what they are entitled to, by force, is to give them enough to survive on. it's a bribe.

if people like her want to get cocky about it, they'll eventually have to deal with the consequences of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iwrNiRngMhc