tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post1930807297796180998..comments2024-03-28T17:03:56.038-04:00Comments on Doug Ross @ Journal: About those "devastating" cuts to the food stamp program...Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-90390529027341189472013-12-12T21:21:29.968-05:002013-12-12T21:21:29.968-05:00Thanks, Doug, I appreciate that. And we're on ...Thanks, Doug, I appreciate that. And we're on the same side. Since beginning my slide into poverty I've been thrown in amongst the wolves who know how to game the system and who feel absolutely entitled to every dime they can squeeze out of others, even though they've never contributed a single penny. I began working at the age of twelve. Silly me ;-)<br /><br />Anonymous #1Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-51409821798157471932013-12-12T06:23:26.515-05:002013-12-12T06:23:26.515-05:00Anon made the point I was going to about frozen ve...Anon made the point I was going to about frozen veggies. And the time limit is also a good idea-I know several families in their 5th and 6th generation of welfare. HTF does that happen? Is it genetic?? Of course not.<br />MMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-33280121810363837622013-12-12T01:28:32.909-05:002013-12-12T01:28:32.909-05:00With few exceptions I wish you could justify to al...With few exceptions I wish you could justify to all of the poor stiffs out here working a 40 hour plus week why someone gets to get foodstamps for decades. Why isn't there say a three year time limit to prevent generations of vampires from sucking our the lifesblood of the productive class. How many people have waited online watching some joker buy lobster and steak while you had to make do with a lesser cut of meat.<br /><br />I want to see someone justify this to ,y face why my children should sacrifice so the feral yuths can be fed rather than have their "birth" persons go out and work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-85602188272228504072013-12-11T21:32:46.122-05:002013-12-11T21:32:46.122-05:00@Anon - I'm very sorry to hear that you're...@Anon - I'm very sorry to hear that you're in bad shape and obviously the system was designed to help those most in need like yourself.<br /><br />What I'm complaining about is not those like you... it's those able-bodied people who live year in and year out on the government dole.<br /><br />Unfortunately, I know firsthand that there are millions of such people and we are incentivizing more and more each year.<br /><br />All the best to you, Doug<br /><br />directorbluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00205733284944340787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6034478.post-48508754052810835852013-12-11T21:29:23.782-05:002013-12-11T21:29:23.782-05:00Hi, Doug. For some of us, those "devastating&...Hi, Doug. For some of us, those "devastating" cuts <i>are</i> devastating. I'm disabled (my spine decided to explode) -- I receive $725 per month, no housing assistance, and I received a scant $44 per month in food stamps. The recent cuts put me back to $33 per month in food assistance. Generic food, and enough of it, would be a luxury to me at this point -- as it is, my food stamps pay for several bags of potatoes or a bag of rice and a bag of beans, butter, milk, and some frozen vegetables (cheaper than canned, when you buy generic -- much of the weight in a can of vegetables is water). Coffee is a dim memory, as is organic food. Not everyone on food stamps is living the high life that many people fortunate enough not to need assistance imagine.<br /><br />This having been said, there are people gaming the system. But please, don't paint us all with that same brush.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com