Welfare or independently wealthy?

noway2 said:
When I was in college, the friend who lived in the downstairs of the house we shared / rented qualified for it as he was a single father of a toddler. He received far more than he could use and willingly shared with us. I will say that when you're hungry and can't afford groceries, you become thankful for some peanut butter, eggs, milk, and generic cereal.
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oh, that was the old days when welfare gave you a box full of gubmint food instead of just a card full of digital credits...
we really should go back to that system. there'd be less fraud.
 
DrScaryGuy said:
oh, that was the old days when welfare gave you a box full of gubmint food instead of just a card full of digital credits...
we really should go back to that system. there'd be less fraud.
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Yep. I’ve said that for a long time. It’s frustrating to be in line with the bare essentials and the person in front of me has a full cart of everything paying with their American flag card.
 
DCGallim said:
Yep. I’ve said that for a long time. It’s frustrating to be in line with the bare essentials and the person in front of me has a full cart of everything paying with their American flag card.
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They probably have four or five kids to feed.

Did you ever think of that?
 
CHRIS_WNC said:
The system is messed up. I qualify for EBT. I probably shouldn’t. I don’t know if it is tribal related or that they just focus on certain aspects of income.

Edit: Not I. My family of three.

CHRIS
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Income.

With the number of child deductions we have and being on one income, my taxable income is so low we qualify for EBT and some other government bennies. With the way my wife wheels and deals with coupons., etc., we spend about $11,000 a year on food, which is below poverty level.
 
kcult said:
Wait. Who you talkin about?
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The ability to choose to NOT have children is something that is, for the most part, readily available these days. One should not choose to have children, which are expensive, that they can't afford to care for and expect the public to subsidize them for doing so.
 
noway2 said:
The ability to choose to NOT have children is something that is, for the most part, readily available these days. One should not choose to have children, which are expensive, that they can't afford to care for and expect the public to subsidize them for doing so.
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A lot of the people who should read this are frankly incapable of understanding it. And the ones who should read are stuck in the familial-societal cycle of having children and lifestyles that are largely dependent on being subsidized, and don't see the problem.
 
What bothers me is when they are on welfare and can't buy some items and they pull out a big ole wad of cash to pay for those items and then they go outside and get into a brand new looking SUV. Now I will admit that there are alot of people on welfare that need that help and I don't mind giving my share to those in need but the others that are using the system burns me up.
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teamglock2002 said:
What bothers me is when they are on welfare and can't buy some items and they pull out a big ole wad of cash to pay for those items and then they go outside and get into a brand new looking SUV. Now I will admit that there are alot of people on welfare that need that help and I don't mind giving my share to those in need but the others that are using the system burns me up.
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IMO, charity is a wonderful thing, but I don't think government should be in charge of it. You could do a lot more with a $1k donation than government can with $10k of your tax dollars. The problem is multi-layered.

I'm fairly young compared to many of you, but I still remember growing up in Chicago in a very blue collar Irish/Polish neighborhood. I remember going to my grandmother's neighborhood which was even more deep rooted; slowly over time the Muslim population came in, people started moving out. - Prior to that, people had each other, they had the Church, they had support. Taxes went up, community support went down.

People have stopped relying on each other and look to government. That's not good.

And thanks to Michelle Obama's efforts, those on gov assistance are milking organic cows and collecting organic eggs...who's gonna stop riding the gravy train now when they don't have to face the ones providing them support?

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teamglock2002 said:
What bothers me is when they are on welfare and can't buy some items and they pull out a big ole wad of cash to pay for those items and then they go outside and get into a brand new looking SUV. Now I will admit that there are alot of people on welfare that need that help and I don't mind giving my share to those in need but the others that are using the system burns me up.
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The careers I have chosen have allowed me to glimpse into the behind-the-scenes of some of these folks. Eight people living in a roach-infested 500 square foot apartment but have $50 nails and smoking the Kool or Newport, baby daddy with the BMW or Lincoln Navigator.... Or when I ask them to sign the insurance responsibility of payment form in the ambulance as I drive them away from their house with three cars, for the third time that week and them screaming "I ain't paying, I has the medicaid!"....or...the list goes on....
 
The original question was “welfare or independently wealthy”. It went on to say that the time is coming when you will be one or the other.
A chosen few closed their eyes to the question and remarked “how dare you” but didn’t take the time to realize the truth that is coming to America.

Inflation will cripple this country and bring it to a sudden stop. Seems thats what the democrats want along with certain select rhinos.

When you have no consiquences to your lack of motivation or poor judgment, how is there ever a learning curve? I can do as I please and the government will send me what I need, whether I really need it or not. Is it really fair to take one mans money by force or threat and give it to another? Or is each person responsible for themselves. (and before you cry foul, i realize there are some be it mentally or physically that are incapable of that care)
 
noway2 said:
The ability to choose to NOT have children is something that is, for the most part, readily available these days. One should not choose to have children, which are expensive, that they can't afford to care for and expect the public to subsidize them for doing so.
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We’ve had 3 beat birth control. We’re just fertile people. Hell it wouldn’t surprise me if some swimmers beat the snip I got.
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