Thread: Tell me this doesn't upset you

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This makes my blood BOIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It's horrible. Some States issue welfare recipients debit cards that work anywhere regular bank debit cards are accepted. The idea was to not stigmatize food stamp users and let them go through the checkout lines like people who actually earn money and have real debit cards. But they were finding people were using these cards to go to casinos, cruise ships, and amusement parks ! Some people were even trading the cards for illegal drugs and alcohol.

I just heard another farce thought up by some pinhead who works for the Florida Unemployment Dept. They spent $ 14,000.00 to buy red capes to issue to people who were out of work so they could feel like a Super Hero and have more self esteem ! Not saying anything about people who are out of work, just the idiots who dream up these stupid programs.

Don't get me started !

Don

it sure dose all that lobster and no butter

My ex-wife qualifies for and gets food stamps. She lives in Wisconsin and vacationed for 2 weeks this winter in Phoenix. Air fare, hotel, rental car, restaurant meals, entertainment? Go figure.....
We need a better government!!!!!!!!!!!!

I can see why your blood boils. Deposit on cans! Geez!
I miss lobster.

It doesn't upset very many apparently..................the number of "beggar thy neighbor" programs keeps expanding. As does the power of those who control them.

I'll probably get flamed for this, but I don't think any able bodied person should get food stamps. Stamps should be reserved only for those unable to do physical work. All others should work for what they get. It could be neighborhood cleanup or any number of jobs that would improve the community. They might not be very fun jobs, but wouldn't that be incentive to get out & find a better job?
The current welfare system is breeding a culture of entitlement. Not only the people that are actually on welfare but also those looking at the welfare system and saying to themselves, Why should I work so hard while "they" (welfare recipients) are getting something for nothing? Kind of brings society as a whole down a notch.
When I was a kid I was taught, work hard, be honest & treat others as you would have them treat you. It seems these days it's How little can I do to get by and who, or what system, can I take advantage of to make my life easier.

I absolutely don't think we should let ANYONE go hungry, that's not my point. But, I don't think the current system is helping people improve themselves. It's rewarding people for doing nothing. That's a drain on society in the form of taxes, and it's a disservice to the recipients as it rewards them for being less than they could be.

Climbing down now & getting back to work.

This is no different than any other "freebie" Gooberment program that
starts off with the majority thinking it's a pretty good one but then after the
abuse and corruption sets in, it's "Life as Usual" - the working man pays
taxes that takes care of the non-worker/non-taxpayer. S.O.S. nothing more

I'll probably get hammered on this too but food stamps (if you qualify) should be distributed as commodities. It's glaringly obvious that the current system doesn't do anything for the truly needy. Years ago (and I still believe it today) we should have used the empty school houses (another stupid government move) vacated buy the bussing program and used them to house the needy: ie."poor houses." When I was a kid, I watched welfare people line up to get cans of food that were delivered in semi trucks by the state. It was humiliating for those people but at the same time it encouraged them to stay off the public dole. Every decent citizen doesn't want anyone to starve but
handing out my money so someone can live or at least eat better than me is infurating. We need responsibility in government and SOON. If this administration continues through 2012 we are all sunk!

If this gets nasty I'm sure Mr Mustang will lock it down, therefore my only comment is get out and vote.

We have here a thing called a "Bridge Card" suposed to bridge the gape ?? like X number of dollars to use till your back on your feet.... About all I've seen and heard is it keep people off there feet and on there BUTTS. One guy here won the state lotery for over 1 million... He had a card before that NOW he still uses it and brags about it He bought a new home new car and put the rest in investments so he has nothing in the bank HE qulifies Our Government SUCKS. They know this is going on yet they do nothing about it. Others use the Bridge card for vacations the government say they can't control where they are used "theam parks out of state ARE YOU kidding me Banks can control where you use there debit cards but the Statte can't figure out how to This is one Topic I get real P Oed about but then you'd never know it

Abuse of well-intentioned government programs is really nothing new, and certainly nothing that just started with this administration. I do consider it somewhat ironic that the receipt is from a store in Wisconsin, I figured with their most recent "bust the unions" fiasco they had all of their public programs well in hand!!!!!!

Welfare fraud, and fraud within all the government programs has been rampant for many years. If you think the reciept for the lobster and steaks is outrageous, how much money do you suppose is wasted in administering and maintianing the system?

As Ken said, the answer is in the hands of the voters. Don't expect the current batch of politicians from either party to do a dang thing about the system that was put together under their "watchful eyes" over the last three or 4 decades.... This isn't anything new, it's just another sign of "business as usual" in government. Just the way things have been for the last 30 or more years since the people of this country allowed the government to run things instead of being our duly appointed representatives. Want to point the finger of blame??? Try complacency and apathy on the part of the general public........

The problem around here with the welfare system is simple, welfare payments are higher then the minimun wage earned, so why work when you can stay home,look after your kids,instead of costly daycare and transportation, something has to change!

Food stamps and other welfare should be administered on a local level by volunteers and run by churches. If you have ever watched a church group operate, they are extrememly sympathetic to those in need but very harsh in handling those trying to buck the system......they would clean the system up in a heartbeat.

Just my opinion, but food stamps are for making sure kids get a healthy meal every day and a mom who is caring for a baby. Like I have read on here and believe myself, any adult can help clean up a park or street so the at they at least attempt to 'work' for the guvernment hand out.