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originally posted by: Kreatorkind
The opinions I'm reading in this thread are ridiculous. The average that comes out of "your money" is about $10 a YEAR from tax payers. That works out to $0.02739 (notice the decimal point) per day. That is how much say you get over this topic. The whole "it's MY money they're spending" argument is pure BS.
Suck it up and move on. There are more important things to worry about than how someone spends their $125 a month.
originally posted by: DarthFazer
These elitist vermin are all about control. It does not matter what it is just as long as they can control people and remind them thier bodies belong to the controllers.
If a person spends his food stamps on expensive steak that means he or she will have less to spend for the month. But they are still eating. So what is the problem ?
So this douche nozzle wants to punish people for being poor , as if poor people do not deserve to eat good food. He probably thinks food stamps should be spent on peanut butter and ramen noodles.
Im so sick of these a** holes passing laws against us off a whim simply because they dont like something
originally posted by: macman
a reply to: Spider879
I already offered a solution.
Remove EBT/SNAP cards. Stop giving people money.
Once a month, the US citizen can get a stipend of the following:
Bag of rice
Bag of beans
Block of cheese
Milk
Chicken
Beef
Those are items that can sustain life and allow people to feed themselves. All removing the need for money going to people and money in turn going to corporations.
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: ketsuko
1/3rd of the budget is way way way way way more than food stamps. If you're so upset why are you treating food stamps as if it's more a burden than military?
It doesn't matter in it's not the whole budget when in comparison the thing you're complaining about is infinitesimal.
originally posted by: ketsuko
a reply to: DarthFazer
No, no, of course not. They should be free to spend the money they take from the tax payers on anything and everything and live it up while we scrimp and pinch pennies to feed ourselves.
originally posted by: caladonea
a reply to: proob4
I just sit here wondering...why do too many politicians always go after the poor...I think some of them must really hate the poor.
Missouri Lawmakers Don't Want Food Stamp Recipients To Buy Steak
originally posted by: Puppylove
a reply to: ketsuko
1/3rd of the budget is way way way way way more than food stamps. If you're so upset why are you treating food stamps as if it's more a burden than military?
It doesn't matter in it's not the whole budget when in comparison the thing you're complaining about is infinitesimal.
originally posted by: ketsuko
I don't care. I'm sick of being taxed at near 40%. It seems to me if I wasn't subsidizing so many people in so may different ways, I wouldn't have to lose near half of my families' income.
And don't tell me it's all military spending. That is less than 1/3 of the budget, and it is also a function of the COTUS where welfare IS NOT.
You really think 'doesn't want to acquire skills to better themselves' describes low-income workers?
www.pewresearch.org...-264094
Almost a third of the overall adult workforce makes within a couple dollars of the federal minimum wage. You suppose that if we were all super motivated, 30% of the workforce wouldn't be needed? People say 'those jobs aren't intended to support you, they're for teens lookin to make a few bucks.' You think 'teens lookin to make a few bucks' should make up a third of the job slates taken up by the current adult work force? This idea is so ill-conceived, yet so often repeated.
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
a reply to: TheJourney
You really think 'doesn't want to acquire skills to better themselves' describes low-income workers?
www.pewresearch.org...-264094
Almost a third of the overall adult workforce makes within a couple dollars of the federal minimum wage. You suppose that if we were all super motivated, 30% of the workforce wouldn't be needed? People say 'those jobs aren't intended to support you, they're for teens lookin to make a few bucks.' You think 'teens lookin to make a few bucks' should make up a third of the job slates taken up by the current adult work force? This idea is so ill-conceived, yet so often repeated.
I can see that, while you may have read my words, the comprehension of what you read didn't seep-in past the filters of what you wanted to see.
You should try re-reading my post until it all becomes clear.
originally posted by: hillbilly4rent
Missouri Lawmakers Don't Want Food Stamp Recipients To Buy Steak
Boy I'm glad some can eat well while I work, pay taxes and eat fried taters, pinto beans and corn bread 6 nights a week. Sunday's we just scrounge around.
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
a reply to: TheJourney
You really think 'doesn't want to acquire skills to better themselves' describes low-income workers?
www.pewresearch.org...-264094
Almost a third of the overall adult workforce makes within a couple dollars of the federal minimum wage. You suppose that if we were all super motivated, 30% of the workforce wouldn't be needed? People say 'those jobs aren't intended to support you, they're for teens lookin to make a few bucks.' You think 'teens lookin to make a few bucks' should make up a third of the job slates taken up by the current adult work force? This idea is so ill-conceived, yet so often repeated.
I can see that, while you may have read my words, the comprehension of what you read didn't seep-in past the filters of what you wanted to see.
You should try re-reading my post until it all becomes clear.
originally posted by: LewsTherinThelamon
They honestly believe that poor people have the incentive to stay poor, and can't fathom why someone wouldn't try to acquire skills to better themselves.