Liberal mecca salon.com article on hipsters with food stamps

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#27
That link reminded me of a show I saw on television the other day. The show featured a young, twenty-something from a relatively well-off family with a shopping addiction. She would go out and spend $200 on pairs of jeans and $100 on shirts nearly every day. Finally, after spending something like 50K in a few months on just clothes, defaulting on her rent, and having various pieces of furniture repossessed that she had rented, she decided to get professional help. Surprised would be an understatement to describe my thought when she mentioned that she was using Medicaid to see her psychiatrist. I mean, this girl just spent more on clothes in a few months than I have probably spent on them my entire life. Medicaid, really? My wife looked at me and said, "isn't that just for the poor?" I was so shocked, I didn't even respond.

Since then, I have tried to figure out what was so different between that situation and the several people I know who are scraping the bottom of the barrel collecting government benefits but do nothing to get ahead. I think it comes down to the fact that I tend to picture those who take advantage of government assistance as living well below the average person. Thus, even though they are taking advantage of the system, they sacrifice a decent life to do so. In fact, even though I don't accept it, I've come to expect this to be common. I guess when I see or hear of someone taking advantage of government assistance but living well in the process, I am more shocked because it doesn't fit the stereotype I have formulated in my mind.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
And this who opt for guv'mint cheese are on a very slippery slope to worthlessness. Once that choice happens and there is no longer personal pride, done.

Those in immediately irreparable need should partake. Those making a willing choice are in trouble.
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Well put Papa!! It can become a never ending cycle of living off the government, if one chooses too. It is seen nationally, with generation after generation living off of government assistance.

This is a huge reason this country is in financial decay.
 
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Funny story on talk radio yesterday.

The SEC basketbally tournament was recently held in Nashville and one guy who had a ticket for sale was approached by a Kentucky fan and when he found the guy wanted $400 for the ticket said; "damn, I've only got $300 but I've got a hundred dollars worth of food stamps, will you take them??"
 
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gsvol said:
Funny story on talk radio yesterday.

The SEC basketbally tournament was recently held in Nashville and one guy who had a ticket for sale was approached by a Kentucky fan and when he found the guy wanted $400 for the ticket said; "damn, I've only got $300 but I've got a hundred dollars worth of food stamps, will you take them??"
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that just proves the stories about mortgaged single wides true.
 
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oklavol said:
World needs dishwashers, janitors, etc too.
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droski said:
hell i probably had less than $2K in my bank account for most of my 20s.
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I hear you on that one. Of course, part of the problem is that I am too damn lazy to go to the bank, making cash tips has it's benefits, but I spend more when I have cash than when I put it in the bank.
 
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BigPapaVol said:
that just proves the stories about mortgaged single wides true.
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I had a guy who looked like he just got kicked out of Fall Out Boy or some other crappy emo band try to sell me 75 dollars in food stamps for 60 dollars. As a true progressive, I told him to eff himself. I later saw him at the bar where he tried to hand me a bank card to open a tab. He was shocked and angered when I told him that homey don't play that.

Edit: Left part of that out, when I said no to the card, he said that he had intended to pay cash at the end of the night.
 
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#36
We are paying people not to work, and have illegals come over the border to pick vegetables, fruit, and do landscaping and construction. Brilliant.
 
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