I'm tired of people putting down people on food stamps

welfare is not the problem Banksters are the problem.

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16 trillion.

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Keep on thinking that Tyrone getin a pack of Newports on his EBT is the problem.

Are you to determine where we need to spend this money?

When this big jenga game comes crashing down, it will not be pulled down from the bottom. The weight at the top will topple it.

yes, true.

yes, but also on the other hand, children that dont have to worry about where there next meal will come from, will pay attention better in school.

That's what I was saying.

This is why America is in trouble. Because ppl don't know (or care to know) the difference between the DEFICIT and the DEBT.

As it stands now, no kid goes hungry at school.

(Free lunch, and now... free breakfast.)

instead of projecting your fantasies volunteer at the Salvation Army kitchen and get to know some down and outers and their stories. Then see if you are still such a self righteous jerk.

Your right. Ill admit that. I know the difference, but either way, the poor do not have it, never had and never will. So, who does?
2.2% of the budget for food stamps and welfare is not the problem.

It's a problem because it creates a moral hazard.

You know, that whole teach a man to fish thing?

true, but what a sucky life.....yea, says the kid, i get to have breakfast and lunch when i go to school, but i dread going home to a home with no food. now i have to be depressed and hungry the whole weekend until i get to go to school and eat...what a life! living your life looking forward to going to school to eat...

awesome comment....i think we could all learn a little something from todays thread

I think people who can't get a job should be eligible for Disability payments. Not being able to GET a job is just as debilitating as not being able to work one.

So you're volunteering to pay for failures?

What world do you live in where those people aren't eligible for other handouts, anyway?

precisely the subject of this thread...not ALL people on food stamps are there to abuse them. yes, some people are prone to abusing them, but not everyone.

plus could there be some dshs workers that are corrupt...you know, like let people have them that shouldnt be getting them?

yes, it is...some people would love to be out there working, doing something they really love, but instead make themselves think they are worthless people because of their disabilities, sitting around doing nothing. it must be hell to be someone that wants to work but cant

Totally. I think that's where it starts.

I understand that argument.

But this economy is really sputtering along.

This massive jump in food stamps didnt just happen because people decided to all the sudden become lazy.

Sure there is abuse. Thats gonna come with any goverment funding.
Shady goverment contracting
Bailout money used to pay massive bonuses(I think that if you are not profitable, you deserve no bonus)
Tyrone getin some Newports with his EBT
Congressional earmarks to a nepotism nonprofits for millions
Goverment corporate subsidies
and on and on and on
So, we know welfare and food stamps is 2.2% of the budget.
If half are scaming. thats 1.% of the budget.
Looks like a bunch of deflection onto the little defensless guys to me.

failures?? so now innocent people driving along on their vacation with their family and are slammed head on by a drunk driver, children killed, and they are left a quadriplegic, are failures. you sir/madam are why this world is ready for God to come

I agree, but it's not like we can't discuss wiping out all that shit and welfare-abuse at the same time.

Not being able to work a job (e.g., your disabled ppl,) vs. not being able to GET a job.

If you can't qualify for ANY job--not even a dogwalker--sorry, you're a failure.

I'm not against food stamps and welfare completely. With that said, my neighbors are a great example of the type that shouldn't be allowed on these programs. The woman doesn't work, the man does, but it's cash construction work so it's "off the books". These annoying, constantly fighting adult children live in a 600 a month apartment comfortably, and any money they make is untaxed and kept. As someone who works my ass off and pays for my own school, I find that type of behavior rather unfair.

yes, i am sure it would make everyone feel good, only the true losers are the ones that abuse the system,,,i'm sure alot would much rather be self-sufficient, productive members of society

In 2008, I was in a car accident where a driver fell asleep at the wheel and didn't have but 25k in ins. I have had 6 surgeries and numerous medical bills due to health issues as a result from the accident over 2 MILLION DOLLARS in medical and he was allowed by law to file banruptcy and never be accountable for his actions.

Thanks to him I lost my career making over 100k a year, being debt free, a credit score of over 800, all my savings over 100K, my daughter had to live with her father because I couldn't care for her and can't see her much because I am too sick to travel and do not have the money to fly her home, a swim and tennis community home, all my furniture, and my quality of life being bedridden and in a wheelchair at 40 years old...not being about to hike, dance, go to beach, hang out with friends, etc.

I live on $188.00 a month and if you count the $200 I get in food stamps...a total of $388 a month!!!

BUT, I am so blessed...God gives me strength to get through the day..every day. I am in SEVERE pain 24/7! There are days the pain has been so horrific and excrutiating I wanted to end my life but through my prayers, God has given me the inner peace to go on and do my best to make a difference in this world...to give back to my community even if it is just an encouraging and kind word to someone on the internet.

I do not want to "use" the system...I want to give back and be a productive member of society as I once was. I didn't vote for Obama in 2008 prior to the accident and will not vote for him in 2012. Nor will I vote for Romney as both parties are on the same team. I will vote for someone who is mostly likely to cut all my food money because it is liberty and freedom are what I believe in.

We in America take so much forgranted and many are not grateful for all the blessings God Almighty has given us which could be taken away in an instant and I believe will very soon because of the greed and lack of gratitude by most Americans. Many will be humbled very soon.

Would you like to trade with me?

Your grateful scumbag leech :-)
Quoting: lymie 22892874

If that was what this thread was about, sure we could. But its not. This is a bash on some poor people thread.

Say that 2 guys rob a bank. One gets a bag with a dye pack, the other not

Do you chase the guy with no dye pack first?
That money is marked, you will find it

Poor people have the dye pack, while the bankers and such run off with all the unmarked money to never be seen again

You educational money went to Egypt in the form of aid.

true, but hopefully even people that are too ignorant to get a job can possibly be helped. they can get help to get educated and trained

Someone just told you how people abuse welfare and that's your response?

What education does one need for low-skill work? Is compuslory K-12 not good enough? How can you help someone who doesn't want to learn or to truly succeed?