last night i witnessed a man paying for sushi with food stamps

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I feel the same way with section 8 housing. I have some friends who intentionally work less so that they can stay in their government subsidized apartment-and it is far from what you would think...nice place. They both have masters degrees, and he turned down a full time job making 60k so that he could work part time as a concierge and still stay downtown for 400 bucks a month. I live farther away and pay more than 3x that.
 
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crazyguy said:
I feel the same way with section 8 housing. I have some friends who intentionally work less so that they can stay in their government subsidized apartment-and it is far from what you would think...nice place. They both have masters degrees, and he turned down a full time job making 60k so that he could work part time as a concierge and still stay downtown for 400 bucks a month. I live farther away and pay more than 3x that.
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In a few months, they'll be getting health insurance too :dance2:
 
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volinbham said:
In a few months, they'll be getting health insurance too :dance2:
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and that leads to my other rant....
Both couples get pregnant at the same time....I had been paying our insurance (and out the ass I would add), they had not. So, they get everything for free while I'm paying the OB 700 bucks a month on top of my insurance payments....
 
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crazyguy said:
and that leads to my other rant....
Both couples get pregnant at the same time....I had been paying our insurance (and out the ass I would add), they had not. So, they get everything for free while I'm paying the OB 700 bucks a month on top of my insurance payments....
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God bless super government!
 
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which is not as uncommon as you think crazyguy. A family member just had a kid with his g/f and they are not going to get married so she can stay home and keep her food stamps. I know he is making enough to support them but they figure it's easier than getting her a job and paying for childcare. I was amazed when I found out because I know he wasn't raised that way.
 
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crazyguy said:
I feel the same way with section 8 housing. I have some friends who intentionally work less so that they can stay in their government subsidized apartment-and it is far from what you would think...nice place. They both have masters degrees, and he turned down a full time job making 60k so that he could work part time as a concierge and still stay downtown for 400 bucks a month. I live farther away and pay more than 3x that.
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That's what bugs me. There are people out there that really know how to work the system. If they spent as much energy being productive in society as they do figuring out how to work the system, we all would be much better off. There are churches in my county that have classes on how to use the welfare system. I can understand one or two families that are on hard times needing help navigating the system; but having a significant portion of your congregation attending classes, learning the ins-and-outs of the system is absurd. They could spend the same effort teaching skills needed for employment.
 
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red butler said:
I used to work at a grocery store in high school. The stuff people bought with food stamps was pretty eye opening. First of all, they usually bought garbage food (chips, coke, little debbies) instead of healthy food. But what really pissed me off was when they bought boatloads of steaks. I was pretty poor growing up and we only had steaks that were reduced in price, you know, the ones that have a bluish tint because they're close to the expiration. I'll never understand why my folks who worked so hard, could barely made ends meet, while others got handouts for doing nothing. I'm sure my folks qualified for food stamps, but they had too much pride to take them. Times are definitely changing.
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I can vouch for this. I also used to work in a grocery store (food city to be precise). I saw abuse much more often than "people scraping by with a little government help to survive".
 
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wbailey7 said:
I can vouch for this. I also used to work in a grocery store (food city to be precise). I saw abuse much more often than "people scraping by with a little government help to survive".
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I've made a comment before, when the person in front of me was clearly abusing tax payer money. I got a dirty look and a vulgar new title, but if it ruined their day it was worth it.
 
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IPorange said:
I've made a comment before, when the person in front of me was clearly abusing tax payer money. I got a dirty look and a vulgar new title, but if it ruined their day it was worth it.
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I'm all for saying something.
 
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utvolpj said:
TN inroduced a bill for just that. They also want to limit lottery winnings for those on assistance to $600. I like both ideas
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I have no problem with someone on assistance winning the Powerball. They should simply have to repay every dollar of state money they've received as an adult before they see the first penny of winnings.
 
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droski said:
that's why i am for completely eliminating the program. give food directly to people in need. no more of this food stamp bs.
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That's far too rational a solution for government to even consider doing it.
 
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hatvol96 said:
I have no problem with someone on assistance winning the Powerball. They should simply have to repay every dollar of state money they've received as an adult before they see the first penny of winnings.
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I like that idea.
 
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nickknx865 said:
First one, I like. Second one is utter shite.
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cause playing the lottery is a great retirement plan?

hatvol96 said:
I have no problem with someone on assistance winning the Powerball. They should simply have to repay every dollar of state money they've received as an adult before they see the first penny of winnings.
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I have a problem with them playing the lottery when they need my tax money to feed their family/have an apt/etc. And they'd have to repay it first since it will be gone in a few years
 
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