What are your thoughts on EBT/Food stamps.

[Pseudo Enigma]

Honestly I would've rather been pushed into a certain fate instead of this "middle-zone" where nothing happens and you expect your parent to get a job. I know exactly what I am supposed to feel in terms of empathy towards this situation, but I really don't think she should've been coddled for so long. Either that or the government could've helped her get a job instead of actually just allowing her to procrastinate for years on getting into school or into a job.

p.s. nothing feels worse than being the kid who saps off the govt while everyone's parents are complaining about taxes and whatnot. Productive lives etc.

edit: and forget about it when people ask what my parents do. Both of them are leeches. Can't even say "oh my father builds computers for a living" when he just builds fat.

[Reincarnate]

I am afraid to read past the first post of this thread because I am almost positive most of the responses in here are going to be batshit retarded

[alloyus]

You can buy lobster meat (uncooked) with food stamps, can be anywhere from $30-40 a pound. Not saying this happens all the time, or how often the same people are getting it because I have no idea, but it's just a little odd seeing such a luxurious item being put up for grabs with food stamps.

[A2P]

>clicks on thread
>reads first post

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[Reincarnate]

Fun to read but also very true, in my experience:

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things...ut-being-poor/

http://www.cracked.com/blog/4-things...t-poor-people/

[Razor]

Originally Posted by ELRayford

The fact that they are spending money is a good thing regardless of what they purchase. There are taxes on said items. Specifically Alch/Tobacco is taxed much more than other products. Honestly, It is none of your business what people purchase with their money. There is nothing that will be gained from crying about it on the internets.

Do not be butthurt because the system is broken. Go out and do something about it. Talk to the correct government officials and let them know how you feel. They are only in power because of the voters. Pick up the phone and call your local reps. A reform is needed, that is for damn sure, It will not happen by QQ'ing on FFR Forums.

Take the amount of energy and time you have spent in this thread and talk to your local of age voters/representatives/etc. You will be amazed at the time they will give back to you. Even if it is a simple email to their offices. More than likely you will reach some who actually gives a fuck.

best post in this thread

[Nullifidian]

Originally Posted by Reincarnate

http://www.cracked.com/blog/5-things...ut-being-poor/

That's life in a world with no financial margin for error. It's like trying to climb out of a dick pit but the ladder is also made of dicks.

I lol'd

[dragonmegaXX]

Originally Posted by A2P

>clicks on thread
>reads first post

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Care to elaborate? I feel my first post was a reasonable reaction to have.

[Jerry DB]

the picture is probably not related and he just wants gingers to kill themselves

[Reincarnate]

Originally Posted by dragonmegaXX

Care to elaborate? I feel my first post was a reasonable reaction to have.

Because it's confirmation bias -- you're only paying attention to what confirms the hypothesis you want instead of looking at all the relevant data and examining what that suggests.

It's sort of like saying "I know a girl who cheats on her boyfriend -- man all girls are such dishonest bitches." or "I know a college kid who gets plastered every time he drinks -- people who drink alcohol are irresponsible fuckwits" etc.

Most people don't abuse the welfare system. Maybe some 4% of the population uses it -- 20% are off it in a few months, another 15% off in a year, and another 15% are off in 2 years or so. It's peanuts compared to everything else.

Yeah, it sucks that some people are leeches on society, but come on:

http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3677


"Federal budget and Census data show that, in 2010, 91 percentof the benefit dollars from entitlement and other mandatory programs went to the elderly (people 65 and over), the seriously disabled, and members of working households. People who are neither elderly nor disabled — and do not live in a working household — received only 9 percent of the benefits. "

http://www.usgovernmentspending.com/...et_2012_4.html

http://www.motherjones.com/kevin-dru...onworking-poor

If you actually care about what reality has to say about all this, it is worth taking half an hour to read this stuff so you'll get an understanding for how it works.

A good example of what happens when this stuff gets irrational is when they tried to drug-test welfare recipients in Florida. Why would you do this? "Well, we don't want tax money to pay for drugs!" Except drug use isn't any higher (in fact, it's lower), and it cost more money to drug test everyone than it saved. So if the goal was to save money, it failed.

Anyways, is reform necessary? Of course. The system's still far from optimal in many ways and there are tons of things I would change about it, but it's silly to fall in line with the typical "Man I saw a poor person buying Mountain Dew, lobster, and steak once -- the entire system needs to be killed off! We can't have the poor getting too complacent!" view. It's very much ignorant of what being poor is actually like.

Also worth looking into is http://thinkbynumbers.org/government...re-statistics/

[Aldentron]

Originally Posted by dragonmegaxx

you do know that 85% of people who buy food with foodstamps from me also buy a pack of cigarettes or a 40 of beer right afterwards right? Whats stopping them from using that $5 to buy food instead of drugs.

they have food stamps for the food

duh

-exploit food stamps
-dumpster dive
-dont work
-eat for free
-fuck the profits

also, quit acting like your money is better than any one else's just because you ~work~ for it. you're going to die just like everyone else.

[Razor]

buying a bunch of junk food at 7-eleven was the shit back when we had food stamps