Food Stamps...

[redhen]

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Mental health issues? The only mental health issues I see with the people who cheat and fraud the government is the thought process that this is their right, they are owed this. These people who learned how to work the system from birth. It does no good to report or turn these people in, as the vast majority of the people receiving assistance are guilty of committing fraud on the TAXPAYERS.

To address your comment of offering a workshop, gee, if they are adult enough to have children, shouldn't they also be adult enough to develop a budget, to learn what is healthy, how to stretch their dollars. That the kid doesn't need the newest most expensive sneakers, but could make do with a cheaper brand and maybe use the difference to purchase something more healthy then Ramen noodles?

Sadly, some people DO need these classes to learn basic life skills. If they were never taught it from their parents...the cycle continues..

 

[Julie08]

Even sadder that the ones that do need it wouldn't go to them unless the government paid them too.

 

[Crusty McPottydoodle]

I think this thread has moved very far away from the original post and into very contraversial territory.

Cheryl

 

[thechickenchick]

It wasn't until...

Crusty McPottydoodle wrote:
Wow! Judge much?

It's always really easy being on the outside looking in.

Seems to me there are some cycles that could do with breaking. Sitting at home on a computer isn't really doing much to help accomplish that, is it?

Some of these people are doing what they have learned growing up and don't know how to function any other way.

Some of these people have got into a rut - better the devil you know than the devil you don't. Don't we all know how hard it is to get out of a rut?

Some of these people may be dealing with mental health issues.

It drives me crazy that the working poor can't get what they need (it drives me crazier that there is such a thing as the working poor), but judging those who aren't working (for whatever reason) and receiving assistance is not helpful to anyone. All it does is work people into a frenzy and perpetuate a climate of poor bashing.

Perhaps those of you who are so concerned about the shopping habits of those on assistance could offer to run a non-judgemental workshop on healthy shopping, cooking, preserving etc.

Stepping off my soap box now.

Cheryl

 

[PattiXmas]

Actually it has not. The OP was wondering if she should apply for food stamps, and then it became apparent that she has a boyfriend living with her as well and they are splitting costs. Since there are no children involved, maybe changes in lifestyle would be better.

 

[Julie08]

again well said Pattixmas and chickenchick

 

[Eggs4Sale]

You work at Wal-Mart, right? Couldn't you ask to take home unsold deli or bakery items at the end of the day, or do the people working in those departments get first bid? You've posted a photo of your boyfriend, and he doesn't look like he's been starving. I don't mean that in a mean way. I'm just saying that if you told some old-timers that you were considering food stamps, they would really let you know what end was up. Especially if they knew you had chickens. Family is for these situations. Family doesn't want you to go hungry.

We have a food bank here. You can buy a box of food for like $12 that includes a LOT of food, mostly staples. Keep some beans in a crockpot at all times. They keep well for quite a long time if you don't add pork. Learn to bake bread, even bad bread. It really doesn't take a lot to keep two people from being hungry. Not fine dining, but food, mind you. Wal-Mart sells these items cheaper than most anywhere. Another lady posted rice and beans. This is true. That's what we eat most days. That's what entire countries eat most days.

We've all had college years (and sometimes beyond) where the cupboards were bare. Bologna sandwiches, or mac 'n' cheese, or ramen were the sole diet of many people for many years.

 

[redhen]

Fried Bologna sandwiches...

 

[Quail_Antwerp]

OK ya'll are getting upset, and over what? People you don't really know?

It boils down to this, some people need assistance, and should get it, and other people don't and shouldn't get it.

 

[redhen]

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What she said..