Quote Originally Posted by Deborski View Post
I have no idea what your friend told you, or what you understood of what your friend told you.
All I do know is my own experience. I LIVED there and received the coupons, and I don't remember having to also spend money. I thought it was cool that even those of us who were employed received them, as a sort of protection so we would not run out of food! So, yeah, I think it was a very good thing.
As you put it, I think it was a good thing too... It's just I heard a different story; but the commie empire was big, so who knows, maybe both stories are true