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self serving psyco rant
Published Jul. 5, 2009Views: 1119
So I go to my local Foodlion to do a little shopping, when I say little, I have $50.00 left in my food budget and need to buy enough groceries to last till my next payday which comes on the 15th of this month, Not really an issue as we have become accustomed to it.
Anyway here is where it starts.
I got my stuff and standing in line with my handbasket with what I believe is about $48.00, 11 items, in front of me is a guy that has a screaming child a rolling buggy overflowing with goods, I'm thinking theres got to be over $300.00 in that buggy, so anyway, total comes to $347 and change and the dude pays with foodstamps, $347.00 in food stamps, I'm thinkin thats alot of foodstamps, my food budget is about $200 a month for me and my kid, anyway what happend next is what set me off,
The dude plunks down $80 cash for 2 cases of beer and a carton of cigarettes
Now I dont mind when a person needs a helping hand, but this made me furious, I dont know how this all works but I figured the 350 in foodstamps was for the whole month ?? but I figure the beer and ciggs wont last a week,
SO IF THIS GUY HAS GOT $80.00 A WEEK TO SPEND ON FREEKIN BEER AND CIGARETTES MAYBE HE SHOULD QUIT THAT $#!T AND FEED HIS FAMILY WITH HIS OWN FRIKKIN MONEY !!!!!!!!!!!!
THE MONEY ONE GETS AS A HELPING HAND SHOULD NOT ALLOW FOR FRIVOLOUS SPENDING OF MONEY THAT COULD OTHERWISE BE USED FOR SELF SUPPORT, I AM SO PISSED THAT THIS IS ALLOWED!!!!!!!!!!
PINS AND NEEDLES NEEDLES AND PINS A HAPPY MAN IS A MAN THAT GRINS :) :)
I FEEL MUCH BETTER NOW ... THANKS FOR LISTENING !!
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July 6, 2009 11:46 a.m.
July 6, 2009 11:45 a.m.
I feel that people should only be able to get welfare for a certain amount of time. And it should not be dependent on the amount of kids you have. You have 2 kids, and are on welfare, WHY do you need to be able to have any others on the Government dime? Sorry, but they need to just overhaul this system.
OH, and if you are illegal NO WELFARE, NO PROGRAMS, NO SCHOOLS FOR YOU. If you have kids that are born here, TOO BAD, they are NOT citizens. It is just stupid to give our services to people who are NOT citizen and are not here legally.
GOLO member since January 31, 2008
July 6, 2009 6:31 a.m.
Amazingly, they did not and in fact it reduced the welfare numbers substantially and many prior welfare recipients did go off welfare after gaining employment.
This link shows in depth coverage of welfare historically through charts and supported data:
http://www.neoperspectives.com/welfare.htm
GOLO member since July 11, 2007
July 6, 2009 12:25 a.m.
GOLO member since September 16, 2008
July 5, 2009 11:34 p.m.
;)
She has NEVER stopped complaining about it, and we've had a variety of elected leaders from both sides of the fence.
I think the issue needs to be addressed, but I'd hardly say it matters who is in the white house. It matters who is in congress, however.
GOLO member since December 4, 2007
July 5, 2009 11:18 p.m.
The people who have been laid off and cant find jobs, they can have more of that money
GOLO member since June 19, 2009
July 5, 2009 11:12 p.m.
I keep wanting to tell them that I want 1% of their winnings since my taxes just bought their groceries so they woudl have the cash to play that lottery
GOLO member since December 18, 2007
July 5, 2009 10:21 p.m.
My comment about this particular story is....
We do not know the 'other person's story' when we run into them out in public. We do not know who they were buying for and why they chose to buy what they did. It is hasty indeed to judge someone so harshly on one short encounter in the store. If they do not deserve to be on welfare and it has been documented over time... fine, rant away! Better yet, turn them in so something constructive can be done.
GOLO member since May 1, 2008
July 5, 2009 9:55 p.m.
GOLO member since July 28, 2008
July 5, 2009 9:49 p.m.
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