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I<\/span>n case you didn’t know, “IL Link” or “Illinois LINK” is a way of distributing food stamps via debit card. <\/p>\n

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Normally, I would stop right here having stated a fact and provided a picture. Heck, this picture practically wrote itself for a Midwestern Meditation.<\/p>\n

Instead, this issue highlights this writer’s own shortsightedness (again) and not just that of the establishment in said photo.<\/p>\n

See, my state-health-field professional fiance told me about this sign and described it as follows: “Honey, on that road across from the store, there’s a gas station advertising a sale on Crown Royal under a sign for the Illinois LINK card being accepted there…”<\/p>\n

(Here is where I immediately took a wrong turn in the conversation.)<\/p>\n

I suddenly broke in with, “Oh, sure I’ll pick up a bottle or two.”<\/p>\n

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Not correct. <\/p>\n

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As it turns out, that was not the intent of her statement. Rather, she was bringing to my attention an obvious conflict between government run social programs and the purveyors of spirits.<\/p>\n

Woopsie-daisy!<\/p>\n

Oh well, it won’t be the last time I stick my foot in my mouth. <\/p>\n

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In case you didn’t know, “IL Link” or “Illinois LINK” is a way of distributing food stamps via debit card. Normally, I would stop right here having stated a fact and provided a picture. Heck, this picture practically wrote itself …<\/p>\n