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Discussion: Thoughts on Food Stamps
Member Since: 8/6/2012
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Originally posted by CoolestPerson12
As expected, there isn't even a Wal-Mart where I live. When I was in school before break, I had my own job trying to pay for my own food and I could not. Eating healthy is expensive, I was tempted to get the cheap stuff but I knew that's a bad idea.
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The nearest Walmart for me is Northeast Philly  its some ways off to reach one.
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Member Since: 3/5/2011
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I just think we spoil people with food stamps. There's no reason they should be able to splurge on all this indulgent food when people who work hard for the money they spend on groceries struggle to get the basic necessities like milk and bread.
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
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Originally posted by Wonda
I just think we spoil people with food stamps. There's no reason they should be able to splurge on all this indulgent food when people who work hard for the money they spend on groceries struggle to get the basic necessities like milk and bread.
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Member Since: 6/20/2012
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Originally posted by Wonda
I just think we spoil people with food stamps. There's no reason they should be able to splurge on all this indulgent food when people who work hard for the money they spend on groceries struggle to get the basic necessities like milk and bread.
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Just how do we spoil people who can't afford food by letting them get food? You do know they hardly get any money, right? Maybe a couple hundred dollars for the whole month. These people aren't living large, can you please stop it with this ********? Most people who are on food stamps are hard working and just need a some help to get them back on their feet. Quit it.
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Member Since: 4/6/2011
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As if people dont buy those types of foods with regular money as well 
maybe the government should limit what people can buy with them instead of letting people buy snacks. But most people use them to actually buy real food. im sure some abuse it though, like everything else in life 
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Member Since: 3/22/2012
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I can't with the BS in here. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Damn, some of you go so hard for food stamps. You all have your experiences we have ours.
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Member Since: 2/20/2012
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Bitches on food stamps need to get off their asses tbh.
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Member Since: 8/6/2012
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Food stamps is determined by income you can still work and get food stamps.
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Member Since: 5/24/2012
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Well this is exactly what they need to do in the UK!
Instead of getting food stamps poor people just get given money that they can literally spend on everything and anything!
Obviously it seems like a flawed system, but it's a lot better than the one over here. It's ****ing ridiculous over here!
PS what a great thread!
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Member Since: 11/20/2011
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Originally posted by Miguel.
I can't with the BS in here. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion. Damn, some of you go so hard for food stamps. You all have your experiences we have ours.
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Except your limited experiences are being used to make generalizations that denigrate whole swaths of people, and you’re not even coming in here with any objective information to back it up, but then again, that would be too hard. It’s much easier to arrive at conclusions based on anecdotes when you’re bagging groceries, part time at the supermarket. It’s times like these when I wished this was my field of expertise so I could brow beat people with stats, studies, and actual analytical data that doesn’t involved what one person supposedly saw at his local Kroger, but these aren’t the type of numbers that I crunch.
I’m gonna do what the OP and company are doing here and assume that based on these responses, none of you know what an economist is or does. You’re not familiar with public policy research. You don’t know what a think tank is. You’ve never studied John Rawls, the New Deal, or any type of social contract or political theory. Hell, you’ve never even taken Algebra 2 , let alone any type of statistics courses and know little to nothing about samples, studies, parameters, etc. because if you did, you would see the inherent folly in the OP.
Look, pouring through mounds of information isn’t for the faint of heart, but there are plenty of great newspapers and media outlets that condense information and present it to lay people. Try subscribing to one so you can at least pretend to sound vaguely knowledgeable about topics that don’t pertain to your pop-faves.
I’m not even going to bother to link to sources that require actual reading. I mean, what would be the point of that? Obviously based on so many of these “clever” remarks, ya’ll don’t read ish if aint on TMZ. So, I’m just gonna link to some television instead.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ican-families/
PBS Frontline just ran a documentary about two families in America and their struggles with unemployment.
There are like umpteen million shorter documentaries on poverty, the eroding middle class, the decline of the US manufacturing base, global economic competition, outsourcing, living wages, etc. on the net. If some of you are as interested in social welfare topics as you are pretending to be, the least you could do is better educate yourself about these issues.
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ATRL Contributor
Member Since: 8/2/2012
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Originally posted by uhoh-ohno
Except your limited experiences are being used to make generalizations that denigrate whole swaths of people, and you’re not even coming in here with any objective information to back it up, but then again, that would be too hard. It’s much easier to arrive at conclusions based on anecdotes when you’re bagging groceries, part time at the supermarket. It’s times like these when I wished this was my field of expertise so I could brow beat people with stats, studies, and actual analytical data that doesn’t involved what one person supposedly saw at his local Kroger, but these aren’t the type of numbers that I crunch.
I’m gonna do what the OP and company are doing here and assume that based on these responses, none of you know what an economist is or does. You’re not familiar with public policy research. You don’t know what a think tank is. You’ve never studied John Rawls, the New Deal, or any type of social contract or political theory. Hell, you’ve never even taken Algebra 2 , let alone any type of statistics courses and know little to nothing about samples, studies, parameters, etc. because if you did, you would see the inherent folly in the OP.
Look, pouring through mounds of information isn’t for the faint of heart, but there are plenty of great newspapers and media outlets that condense information and present it to lay people. Try subscribing to one so you can at least pretend to sound vaguely knowledgeable about topics that don’t pertain to your pop-faves.
I’m not even going to bother to link to sources that require actual reading. I mean, what would be the point of that? Obviously based on so many of these “clever” remarks, ya’ll don’t read ish if aint on TMZ. So, I’m just gonna link to some television instead.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ican-families/
PBS Frontline just ran a documentary about two families in America and their struggles with unemployment.
There are like umpteen million shorter documentaries on poverty, the eroding middle class, the decline of the US manufacturing base, global economic competition, outsourcing, living wages, etc. on the net. If some of you are as interested in social welfare topics as you are pretending to be, the least you could do is better educate yourself about these issues. |
Educate a bit
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Member Since: 5/14/2007
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My mom is a cashier at Meijer (Midwestern supermarket) and she says she sees most people buying crappy bad-for-you food than healthy stuff and she says it really pisses her off because they are buying total crap for them and their children.
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Member Since: 9/18/2011
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How did this conversation go from food stamps to Kroger?
Anyway, I'm sure every supermarket (Food Lion included) has some sort of healthy options.The debate about food deserts is for another thread
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Member Since: 8/6/2012
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It wasn't even really about kroger it was about the prices of foods.
At any rate thanks for the link uhoh-ohno but i for one like reading so a link with reading would be nice.
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
Posts: 1,415
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Originally posted by KESTER
Well this is exactly what they need to do in the UK!
Instead of getting food stamps poor people just get given money that they can literally spend on everything and anything!
Obviously it seems like a flawed system, but it's a lot better than the one over here. It's ****ing ridiculous over here!
PS what a great thread! |
WHAT? 
Imagine what would happen if the US did that for its citizens.
And thanks!
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Member Since: 6/30/2011
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There are people who literally depend on them, though. Single parents.
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Member Since: 6/26/2005
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I used to work at a small grocery store, and I can't tell you how many times people came in with their EBT cards.... the EBT receipt tells you how much they have on their card.... some people have over $1,000 (more than some people make at a job in a month) because they have like 8 or 9 kids.... whom they drag into the store and let them run amuck. I also can't stand the fact that some of them are driving around with $50,000 cars, have their nails done up and hair permed eloquently. If you can afford all that, you don't need to be on food stamps. There are people who don't qualify for food stamps who desperately need them, and many people abuse the system. We used to have this old man come in who rarely showered, no source of income, had a hard time getting around, lived off of Ramen, and was not considered eligible for food stamps. I overheard one woman say to the person with her one time.... "If I have another kid they'll give me more food stamps. I needa find another single man to make dat happen!" I think they need to check into people more before giving them out.... examine their home life, their possessions and assets.... it is common knowledge that a lot of people who apply for EBT lie on their applications.
So to answer, a curse, but a blessing for others who actually depend on them. (Not those spending money on perms, the best clothes, and BMW's) 
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Member Since: 6/15/2012
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Originally posted by kellyc2005
I used to work at a small grocery store, and I can't tell you how many times people came in with their EBT cards.... the EBT receipt tells you how much they have on their card.... some people have over $1,000 (more than some people make at a job in a month) because they have like 8 or 9 kids.... whom they drag into the store and let them run amuck. I also can't stand the fact that some of them are driving around with $50,000 cars, have their nails done up and hair permed eloquently. If you can afford all that, you don't need to be on food stamps. There are people who don't qualify for food stamps who desperately need them, and many people abuse the system. We used to have this old man come in who rarely showered, no source of income, had a hard time getting around, lived off of Ramen, and was not considered eligible for food stamps. I overheard one woman say to the person with her one time.... "If I have another kid they'll give me more food stamps. I needa find another single man to make dat happen!" I think they need to check into people more before giving them out.... examine their home life, their possessions and assets.... it is common knowledge that a lot of people who apply for EBT lie on their applications.
So to answer, a curse, but a blessing for others who actually depend on them. (Not those spending money on perms, the best clothes, and BMW's) |
I agree with all of this.
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Member Since: 8/29/2011
Posts: 18,282
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Originally posted by uhoh-ohno
Except your limited experiences are being used to make generalizations that denigrate whole swaths of people, and you’re not even coming in here with any objective information to back it up, but then again, that would be too hard. It’s much easier to arrive at conclusions based on anecdotes when you’re bagging groceries, part time at the supermarket. It’s times like these when I wished this was my field of expertise so I could brow beat people with stats, studies, and actual analytical data that doesn’t involved what one person supposedly saw at his local Kroger, but these aren’t the type of numbers that I crunch.
I’m gonna do what the OP and company are doing here and assume that based on these responses, none of you know what an economist is or does. You’re not familiar with public policy research. You don’t know what a think tank is. You’ve never studied John Rawls, the New Deal, or any type of social contract or political theory. Hell, you’ve never even taken Algebra 2 , let alone any type of statistics courses and know little to nothing about samples, studies, parameters, etc. because if you did, you would see the inherent folly in the OP.
Look, pouring through mounds of information isn’t for the faint of heart, but there are plenty of great newspapers and media outlets that condense information and present it to lay people. Try subscribing to one so you can at least pretend to sound vaguely knowledgeable about topics that don’t pertain to your pop-faves.
I’m not even going to bother to link to sources that require actual reading. I mean, what would be the point of that? Obviously based on so many of these “clever” remarks, ya’ll don’t read ish if aint on TMZ. So, I’m just gonna link to some television instead.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontl...ican-families/
PBS Frontline just ran a documentary about two families in America and their struggles with unemployment.
There are like umpteen million shorter documentaries on poverty, the eroding middle class, the decline of the US manufacturing base, global economic competition, outsourcing, living wages, etc. on the net. If some of you are as interested in social welfare topics as you are pretending to be, the least you could do is better educate yourself about these issues. |
Well said
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My family was on food stamps for most of my teen years. Without it I don't know how I would have had food. 
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Member Since: 10/1/2011
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The ignorance in this thread from the people against food stamps 
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