should people on food stamps be shopping at farmers markets or own homes?

#76
#76
droski said:
anyone else notice that she's getting $606. are you really going to tell me she needs that much money to feed her kids? i don't spend a 1/3 of that on groceries a month.
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How much do you eat out...

I'd say for my family of four, it's about 800 bucks a month in grocery's
 
#79
#79
droski said:
your finances aren't relavant if you owe far more on the house more than it's worth. many bail in that situation even if they can afford the mortgage.
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And that's the risk side of being a lender. Them eliminating their risk by placing it on the borrower is the scam part.
 
#80
#80
UT IE 95 said:
And that's the risk side of being a lender. Them eliminating their risk by placing it on the borrower is the scam part.
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since when is the lender supposed to take 100% of the risk? would you think that is a good investment?
 
#81
#81
vol_in_il said:
How much do you eat out...

I'd say for my family of four, it's about 800 bucks a month in grocery's
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There is no reason a family of four would need to spend $800 per month in groceries. If they have it to spend then that is their business. I have an 18 year old son, 3 year old daughter, my wife and myself and on occasions my sons friends to feed. I spend nowhere even approaching $800 per month. For those families that are, they are getting much more than the basic needs.
 
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KB5252 said:
There is no reason a family of four would need to spend $800 per month in groceries. If they have it to spend then that is their business. I have an 18 year old son, 3 year old daughter, my wife and myself and on occasions my sons friends to feed. I spend nowhere even approaching $800 per month. For those families that are, they are getting much more than the basic needs.
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let's also keep in mind that food stamps only pay for food. so if you have $100 a month on beer and that merlot your wife likes that isn't getting paid for.
 
#84
#84
I regurally make a soup or stew that would feed 6 for under $25. and i eat very well.
 
#85
#85
KB5252 said:
There is no reason a family of four would need to spend $800 per month in groceries. If they have it to spend then that is their business. I have an 18 year old son, 3 year old daughter, my wife and myself and on occasions my sons friends to feed. I spend nowhere even approaching $800 per month. For those families that are, they are getting much more than the basic needs.
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When I get my kid out of diapers and baby wipes it will go down...
 
#87
#87
If my wife and i were to receive $606 per month for groceries we would eat as well as we do now and probably $50 to $100 per month better than we do now. And we don't do without, we have the basics and the luxury stuff to boot. If you need food stamps you certainly shouldn't be eating better than my family is, you should deal with the basics!
 
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UT IE 95 said:
Credit card companies and department stores do it very lucratively.
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i very much doubt you are going to buy a house if your mortage rate is 10-15% like most credit card are. and obama is already going after the credit card companies from doing that. can you imagine if they did that with your house how congress would go ape crap? the horror!
 
#94
#94
droski said:
i wouldn't have a family of 4 if i only made $580 a week.
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There is a lot of families living on $580.00 per week( $30,000 per year) .
They work hard and have a pretty good life. They do not have the best but they manage to survive, provide a roof over their head and put food on the table.

In my little east TN town, there's a lot more people making $30,000 per year than people making $100,000 per year.
 
#95
#95
Vols378 said:
There is a lot of families living on $580.00 per week( $30,000 per year) .
They work hard and have a pretty good life. They do not have the best but they manage to survive, provide a roof over their head and put food on the table.

In my little east TN town, there's a lot more people making $30,000 per year than people making $100,000 per year.
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if the second he gets fired he has to go on public assistance i'd argue he isn't making enough money to have a family. being employed is not a god given american right.
 
#96
#96
droski said:
i very much doubt you are going to buy a house if your mortage rate is 10-15% like most credit card are. and obama is already going after the credit card companies from doing that. can you imagine if they did that with your house how congress would go ape crap? the horror!
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KB5252 said:
And the interest is much higher.
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But the principle is typically much lower. And default, write-off, and fraud is much higher in the card industry. But I've never had Visa ask me to front them $1000 on a $10,000 credit line.
 
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UT IE 95 said:
But the principle is typically much lower. And default, write-off, and fraud is much higher in the card industry. But I've never had Visa ask me to front them $1000 on a $10,000 credit line.
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And because of that fraud, poor decision making in issuing credit cards to anyone with a pulse, even children, they have increased the interest payments over the years, so much so that lawmakers felt the need to step in and try to cap it.

The home finance companies in some ways modeled their lending practices after the credit card companies and look what happened!
 
#98
#98
Thats really the problem, everyone shouldnt be given credit cards, only those responsible enough to own them. It would be nice not to get credit card offers in the mail every week in their mass mailings.
 
#99
#99
KB5252 said:
And because of that fraud, poor decision making in issuing credit cards to anyone with a pulse, even children, they have increased the interest payments over the years, so much so that lawmakers felt the need to step in and try to cap it.

The home finance companies in some ways modeled their lending practices after the credit card companies and look what happened!
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Not to mention the fact credit loans with cards carry no assets. If you default on a mortgage, for whatever reason, you lose the down payment, principle, and asset.

The down payment is nothing more than a scam I tell ya.
 
#100
#100
I can deal with someone using food stamps for fresh fruits and vegetables.

What wears my ass out? To be behind someone with a cart full of steaks, filet mignon, lobster tails, etc. Then you watch them whip out the food stamp card.

I've seen this happen more times than I care to think about. :furious3:
 
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