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isnt it past time we get rid of welfare

1,217 137 March 23, 2012 at 08:06 PM in Chat
the whole system is a scam

if you need food get a job

its simple


people get on welfare, get comfortable and have 12 kids all while my tax money feeds them

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MintJulep
03-28-2012 at 05:39 PM.
03-28-2012 at 05:39 PM.
Cereal choices aside, I think the food stamp program is the one welfare program that gets the most complaints.

Before EBT's and the food stamps/monopoly looking food stamp money to purchase food at grocery stores, people received commodities. You would go to a central distribution center and pick up your commodities consisting of dried milk, powered eggs, rice, beans, peanut butter, canned meat, cheese and canned vegetables.

Go back to that type of food distribution program and no more complaints about what recipients buy. No more bitching about frozen pizzas, prime meat, and junk food purchases.
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Iaaaiws
03-28-2012 at 06:09 PM.
03-28-2012 at 06:09 PM.
Quote from handyguy :
A gal with a child gets about $550 a month cash & $80 food stamps In Calif.. Try to live on that.
She shouldn't have to. She can get a farking job like everybody else who takes responsibility for their actions.
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larrymoencurly
03-28-2012 at 08:16 PM.
03-28-2012 at 08:16 PM.
Quote from handyguy :
A gal with a child gets about $550 a month cash & $80 food stamps In Calif.. Try to live on that.
Quote from Iaaaiws :
She shouldn't have to. She can get a farking job like everybody else who takes responsibility for their actions.
With just $630 a month she'll have to, but how is she supposed to take care of the kid while she works? The husband or boyfriend is probably unreliable, and American mobility results in relatives not commonly being nearby.

Think of a real solution instead of just austerity and punishment, the favorite solutions of the very people who caused our current economic mess.
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ALVSGIRLY
03-28-2012 at 08:27 PM.
03-28-2012 at 08:27 PM.
Quote from larrymoencurly :
With just $630 a month she'll have to, but how is she supposed to take care of the kid while she works? The husband or boyfriend is probably unreliable, and American mobility results in relatives not commonly being nearby.

Think of a real solution instead of just austerity and punishment, the favorite solutions of the very people who caused our current economic mess.
Do they not have head start anymore?
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LC2
03-28-2012 at 08:32 PM.
03-28-2012 at 08:32 PM.
Quote from MintJulep :
Cereal choices aside, I think the food stamp program is the one welfare program that gets the most complaints.

Before EBT's and the food stamps/monopoly looking food stamp money to purchase food at grocery stores, people received commodities. You would go to a central distribution center and pick up your commodities consisting of dried milk, powered eggs, rice, beans, peanut butter, canned meat, cheese and canned vegetables.

Go back to that type of food distribution program and no more complaints about what recipients buy. No more bitching about frozen pizzas, prime meat, and junk food purchases.
So... give poor people unhealthy food? In this era the canned meat would be pink slime, and Lord only knows what would be in the rest of it. It would cause health problems that taxpayers would have to eventually end up paying for. Cool Have you seen what passes for food at a food bank? People give moldy outdated crap.
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Iaaaiws
03-28-2012 at 08:43 PM.
03-28-2012 at 08:43 PM.
Quote from larrymoencurly :
With just $630 a month she'll have to, but how is she supposed to take care of the kid while she works?
The same way that every other single parent with a job and a kid does I guess. Dontknow
Is there something special about this one that makes her more special and entitled to a free ride? If she isn't able to provide an adequate life for her child maybe adoption would be a better option for all.
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MintJulep
03-28-2012 at 08:46 PM.
03-28-2012 at 08:46 PM.
Quote from LC2 :
So... give poor people unhealthy food? In this era the canned meat would be pink slime, and Lord only knows what would be in the rest of it. It would cause health problems that taxpayers would have to eventually end up paying for. Cool Have you seen what passes for food at a food bank? People give moldy outdated crap.
How is rice, dried beans, peanut butter, powered milk and eggs, cheese, and canned vegetables unhealthy? And the canned meat from the commodity days was far from pink slime.

Yes, I've seen what they give out at my local food bank. It is far from moldy outdated crap. There is a limited section of fresh vegetables and meat inadditon to the usual fair of cereal, dried beans, canned goods, bread etc.
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someone28624
03-28-2012 at 08:56 PM.
03-28-2012 at 08:56 PM.
Quote from handyguy :
A gal with a child gets about $550 a month cash & $80 food stamps In Calif.. Try to live on that.
I'd love to see a source for this.
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jmang
03-28-2012 at 09:03 PM.
03-28-2012 at 09:03 PM.
There was a EBT card that had a balance of over $1000... The kid had a family of 5. mom, dad, 2 bros, and 1 sis.

My family of 4 can usually live off of spending around $250 worth of food every month... to get 1k is insane. I would be eating steaks every night, lol
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DougS
03-28-2012 at 11:06 PM.
03-28-2012 at 11:06 PM.
Can someone tell me why I'm paying for other kids' lunches at my daughters elementary school?

/boggle
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Curtieson
03-29-2012 at 06:30 AM.
03-29-2012 at 06:30 AM.
Quote from larrymoencurly :
With just $630 a month she'll have to, but how is she supposed to take care of the kid while she works? The husband or boyfriend is probably unreliable, and American mobility results in relatives not commonly being nearby.

Think of a real solution instead of just austerity and punishment, the favorite solutions of the very people who caused our current economic mess.
Why don't we ever ask "Why did she have the kid if she couldn't support herself?"

3 minutes of gratification that I have to pay for the rest of MY life? Buck up b*tch...you made your choice...live with it. And just another case of a couple of bad apples ruining it for the other ladies that married young have two kids, no secondary education, get abandoned by a d*ckhead, and can't get anything to support their children.
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cupcake42
03-29-2012 at 06:39 AM.
03-29-2012 at 06:39 AM.
I'm poor, but I support my family without welfare. nod If I needed it and was doing every thing I could to make ends meet, then and only then would I take welfare. I feel it has its place.
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square_one
03-29-2012 at 06:52 AM.
03-29-2012 at 06:52 AM.
Quote from Legionnaire :
+1.
sorry, but f*ck you free lancers. Yes for those who get so deathly ill due to cancer etc, but ABLE WORKING BODIES. No. one month max, get a job or starve.
hey! i'm a freelancer! i think you mean freeloader...
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Curtieson
03-29-2012 at 07:41 AM.
03-29-2012 at 07:41 AM.
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hey! i'm a freelancer! i think you mean freeloader...
No, he meant freelancer! FARK YOU!




laugh out loud
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ikonoklast
03-29-2012 at 07:44 AM.
03-29-2012 at 07:44 AM.
Quote from square_one :
hey! i'm a freelancer! i think you mean freeloader...
No welfare for freelance maniacs. The least you could do is rob your victims after killing them.
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