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Originally Posted by mongidig
You obviously think this list describes black people. What does that say about you?
My ex girlfriend spent $360 on a tatoo and then had to pawn her computer and borrow money just to pay rent. She bought coffee from starbuck every morning. She had an Iphone for her and her two girls. She bought a nice car she had no business owning. No problem though...the government gave her 500 dollars per month in food stamps which she sold to her sister or friends for cash.
Do you think she is the only person who does this?
I've played 20/40 holdem with a guy who locks up his seat with his food stamp card. He always has a nice pair of Air Jordans, smokes like a fish.
Do you think he is the only person taking advantage of the system?
My point is instead of having 43 million people on food stamps, how about focus on cleaning up the program. Take these entitlements away from those who are abusing the system. Maybe they will learn what a budget is.
Meanwhile, I work with a girl who has two jobs and gets no benefits. She has two little girls. Her sister is lazy and never has a job. She gets food stamps and has a house payed for by the government.
Ya, if these people stopped being stupid with their money and more importantly, were held accountable for their decisions, people who were doing the right thing would get the help they deserve.
the only instance of taking advantage of entitlements that you list is the selling of food stamps (tho this could even be debated.)
poor ppl spending money on personal items is not taking advantage of the system or abusing the system.
on the radio I heard that the food stamp program has one of the lowest rates of fraud and abuse. they said in ohio it was lower than 5%.
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Her sister is lazy and never has a job. She gets food stamps and has a house payed for by the government.
I take some issue with what this implies. the idea that someone can sit at home and live off the govt teat seems highly unlikely to me. I know plenty of ppl on "entitlements" and none of them are able to get by just on that. at least not in ohio. here, the monthly food stamp amount is like $185. it would be quite a struggle to eat on such a budget exclusively.
food stamps and other entitlements are not meant to fully take care of a persons needs and clearly they are not generous enough to do so. they are meant to supplement a persons income or other earnings so that they can live a normal life. a normal life in this society, in this era includes access to the internet, cable tv, a refrigerator, a microwave, decent clothes, and a smart phone.
the idea that a person should forego nearly all modern amenities to qualify for food stamps is completely absurd and cruel.
and, as an aside, I highly doubt you have spent much time around poor ppl. the vast majority that I know, and I have spent time and maintained relationships with quite a few, do not take advantage of the system and actually work orders of magnitude harder than even the comfortable middle class ppl that I know and certainly far harder than I myself have ever worked.