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It's nice to live in a place where we at least attempt to have programs in place to support the less fortunate
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"You guys"you guys that is ashamed to get it I don't see why since your paying for it
It's nice to live in a place where we at least attempt to have programs in place to support the less fortunate
info on college kids being able to get food stamps?
I applied for ebt a couple years ago just because. Thought I would get lucky, but was denied. I figured, as much money as the gov tax me(single, with no kids), at least they can do is let me recoup some of it back through food. Haha!
View media item 829950i work at a grocery store too. i checked out a lady she used food stamps and pulled out the parking lot in a brand new porsche panamera LOL
That is not true . I got food stamps and 1/4 of students did too when i was in college. actually our teacher told us to get it...I am a social worker. Full-time college students are only eligible for food stamps under a few conditions.
-have children younger than 6
-work more than 20hrs per week
-are below 200% of poverty level
There are other factors also...a lot of rules. A LOT of people lie, and may or may not get caught.
I see nothing wrong here...what are they suppose to buy? and its nothing wrong with buying a $10 ticket of alcohol when on food stamps..Now if your paying $100 or so that is something differentI work at a grocery store and I see people who get $400-500 a month who consistently buy nothing but shrimp, steak, lobster tail etc eating like kings then pay cash for alcohol. Obv some people truly need help but so many of them don't and eat lavishly it really pisses you off when you see firsthand how people abuse the system
see your sterotyping....Let me tell you a story. i went with my mom who drives a brand new car and had a food stamp car. i help her buy food off a list, we had a white couple behind us and they was behind us as we were leaving. They saw us load our stuff into brand new car and I heard one of them say something smart like they have a brand new car and use food stamps
i work at a grocery store too. i checked out a lady she used food stamps and pulled out the parking lot in a brand new porsche panamera LOL
That is not true . I got food stamps and 1/4 of students did too when i was in college. actually our teacher told us to get it...
To get it if your a full time student you have to work part time job on campus i belive or it mayu be anywhere you can work
I see nothing wrong here...what are they suppose to buy? and its nothing wrong with buying a $10 ticket of alcohol when on food stamps..Now if your paying $100 or so that is something different
see your sterotyping....Let me tell you a story. i went with my mom who drives a brand new car and had a food stamp car. i help her buy food off a list, we had a white couple behind us and they was behind us as we were leaving. They saw us load our stuff into brand new car and I heard one of them say something smart like they have a brand new car and use food stamps
so i said what did you say? Im glad you think you know it all dumb a***... seh said its not fair and your scamming the system, take the car back
My mom said if you werent for 1 in my business and 2 typical dummy you would know that Im actually a full time caretaker and im shopping mfor my disabled client
That look onher face priceless!!
Either way gov allow you to have a nice car and foodstamps. Dont get mad at the person... Some people had good jobs and fell onhard times. What are they suppose to do with their car whenthey are locked into a contract? and how would they go look for a job if they turn the car in?
I had food stamps when I was layed off a few years ago.
I think I got about 300 a month.
Yeah, the actual walk into the downtown office hurt my pride but the amounts t helped me was well worth it.
No need to be ashamed to need help.
Most these dudes are under 21 living in suburban NorCall
Their struggle is an every level Infinity
This is why welfare, food stamps, etc should be abolished.I tried applying for EBT many times. Not because I needed it, but because I figured I can cut costs on groceries and use the saved money for a new Tito Jesus or something.
Thanks @StillJustBlaze
@NazDrowie
Universal Basic Income crossed my mind but I didn't want to jack the thread. This concept makes complete sense to me, but it feels so so far from the current American mindset. I just don't ever see it getting support. Not that I support the Affordable Care Act as it is written, but our society can't even agree that health care is a basic right.
If anything, I feel like we are going in the opposite direction. Most people don't appreciate the historical context of revolutionaries in this country who literally fought and died for the 40-hour workweek and paid vacation time. In our present economy, the possibility of a family surviving off of one middle-class income is unimaginable.
When the industrial/technological revolution began, lots of economists and business people predicted a rapid decline in work hours and the rise of a "leisure class." Imagine most of society living a very comfortable lifestyle working 10-20 hours a week. Obviously, this has never really come to be the case. If anything, people are working more than ever to keep up with inflation, and real wages (when adjusted for inflation) have not really risen in decades. (If the concept of "inflation" is unfamiliar to anyone, it basically means people are getting bigger paychecks, but they can't purchase nearly as much for the same amount of money.) This gives the illusion of being richer without that actually being the case.
There are examples of other nations where the opposite has happened (e.g. Germany) but that may be an entirely separate conversation to be had.
I think this is a really important point that gets left out of the conversation about US debt. Each dollar the government prints is a promise that they will be able to tax the income of future generations to pay back that dollar plus interest. It's a guarantee that we, and our children, and their children, will continue to generate revenue for the Federal government in Washington (i.e. tax dollars) by working, in order to pay back their creditors.
Let that set in... and consider the lengths that may be required to guarantee this reality.