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since this whole ordeal seems like a fixed poker game or a crap shoot anyway ... i'll raise ya ... one pkg noodles on bbq (talk about luxury ) ... to eggs & bacon cooked in a paper bag over a burning street barrel
all of you complaining about food stamps you haven't experienced life until you cooked a package of noodles on a barbeque pit because the lights were off
Originally posted by sheepslayer247
reply to post by beezzer
Government regulation and taxes are not the reason business' aren't hiring.
Let me put it this way: If a business has a ton of extra cash...will they hire more people if they are meeting demand with their current staff?
No, of course not. That is silly and the business will sit on the money.
Now if the patrons of that particular business have extra cash, they will spend it. In doing so, they increase demand and create the need for the business to hire more people.
That's how jobs are created. Supply and demand, not trickle-down silliness.
That's one reason why foodstamps are good because the money is guaranteed to be put into the economy and in doing so creates demand for supermarkets.
Originally posted by jaymp
Here's something I just sent out:
I voted for you Mr. President, but my 85 year old grandmother should get more than a 12 dollar raise on her SS check. But, apparently, she should get less according to the government. So, to compensate for the 12 dollars the government doesn't want to give up, you all are taking 5 dollars away from her on food stamps. That's asinine. Let's see. Should we cut defense spending or deprive an elderly woman that manages to get buy on 700 dollars a month her necessities?
Originally posted by NavyDoc
Originally posted by jaymp
Here's something I just sent out:
I voted for you Mr. President, but my 85 year old grandmother should get more than a 12 dollar raise on her SS check. But, apparently, she should get less according to the government. So, to compensate for the 12 dollars the government doesn't want to give up, you all are taking 5 dollars away from her on food stamps. That's asinine. Let's see. Should we cut defense spending or deprive an elderly woman that manages to get buy on 700 dollars a month her necessities?
Why is your grandmother on food stamps? I pay all of my 75 year old mother's bills. Why don't you buy her some groceries?
you pay ?? with what exactly?
I pay all of my 75 year old mother's bills
Originally posted by Thepump
That is ridiculous frankly...
Private charity is not going to be able to feed 48 million Americans, period.
You go to places like Haiti after their earthquake, and they struggle to feed several million, despite
international support from over 80 governments and several hundred charities.
I don't know if some of you are stupid (as in mentally retarded), just naive or selfish...
Your cases sounds like you are naive -
So do you honestly think American charities can pump out 144 million meals a day? Or do you reckon
one meal a day suffices?
If you are so kind as to admit that most people should eat three times a day do you think
HONESTLY think American charities can pump out the 5,256,000,000 meals a year that
would constitute feeding 144 million people three times a day?
5,256,000,000
Originally posted by macman
reply to post by JibbyJedi
Yeah, except the whole fact you left out that his charitable givings are how much more then the Lordly 0bama?
Think 10% of his yearly income.
Plus his outside the Church charitable givings and donations.
Yeah, the evil rich guy. Sure sure.
Originally posted by sirhumperdink
reply to post by macman
if you serve in the military many people feel the same about their money being "stolen" to pay for you to play cowboys and indians out in the desert so defense contractors and corporations can receive multibillion dollar no bid contracts and set up shop in a market that would otherwise be closed to themedit on 11-12-2012 by sirhumperdink because: (no reason given)
Originally posted by macman
Originally posted by sirhumperdink
reply to post by macman
if you serve in the military many people feel the same about their money being "stolen" to pay for you to play cowboys and indians out in the desert so defense contractors and corporations can receive multibillion dollar no bid contracts and set up shop in a market that would otherwise be closed to themedit on 11-12-2012 by sirhumperdink because: (no reason given)
Yep, Cowboys and Indians.
All Military members run around with cap guns, on stick horses, pretending to shoot the evil Indians.
Sure sure. Sure sure.
Originally posted by Thepump
Originally posted by LewsTherinThelamon
reply to post by projectvxn
They really do. They are proud that 48 million people are on food stamps. They measure success by how many are on welfare rather than how many are not.
That's because it is a form of power. If you cripple the independence of people and make them dependent on you, you hold power over them.
It's so simple that it's brilliant.
I do think most people enjoy being dependent and nearly destitute, that is not a very pleasant
way to exist.
You guys have a poor view of your fellow Americans
Originally posted by sirhumperdink
Originally posted by NavyDoc
Originally posted by jaymp
Here's something I just sent out:
I voted for you Mr. President, but my 85 year old grandmother should get more than a 12 dollar raise on her SS check. But, apparently, she should get less according to the government. So, to compensate for the 12 dollars the government doesn't want to give up, you all are taking 5 dollars away from her on food stamps. That's asinine. Let's see. Should we cut defense spending or deprive an elderly woman that manages to get buy on 700 dollars a month her necessities?
Why is your grandmother on food stamps? I pay all of my 75 year old mother's bills. Why don't you buy her some groceries?
he could be in financial trouble himself
would that be hard to imagine?
Originally posted by Honor93
reply to post by NavyDoc
you pay ?? with what exactly?
I pay all of my 75 year old mother's bills
one has to wonder, would that be with your government/taxpayer provided paycheck or pension ??