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This post is political in nature.
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Re: This post is political in nature.
Sweetie, your biggest argument is that these people get a bigger grocery budget than you. How is that not emotional? We have given facts which are rational. You have given us whining that someone gets more than you.
Fact = rational.
Whining =
You have a valid point. I do find it upsetting that I have to work on such a strict food budget but someone else, with the same family size as me, is given so much more. No, your food budget Does not need to be higher just bc your income is lower. What feeds my family of 5, should also be enough to feed the average family of 5. That is just common sense to me.emotional
But logically, a family of 5 should not receive $800 in food stamps a month. A family of 3 should not receive $530. Cut those numbers. Like I said, most people will not see a difference, bc they are not getting the maximum. But even if 15% of the foods tamp population is, that's a lot of money saved. And they will still have plenty kdnfoos
I must me amiss then. I spend roughy that much to feed my family of
5. Maybe we just aren't eating well enough.
"Man, be creative. Like the stuff you do. Do nice things. Love respectfully. Laugh a fucking lot. Curse when you feel like it. Life is cool." - Jean Grae
I'm sad, because social conservatives used to love this kind of stuff. Then they drank the Republican Kool Aid.
I'd also rather be a working mom. What i said on the other board was that I do more as a working mom than I did as a Stay at home mom. Folks took offense to that, but it is my personal experience
Many benefits and others aren't receiving nearly as much as they should. It's seriously broken. There are people selling foodstamps for liquor money bc they have too many and others living off of ramen noodles bc they don't have enough.
Plus, all those people rolling in food stamp dough can free up their cash for all the iPhones, Coach bags, and SUVs they allegedly all have!
With any program there will always be people who abuse it. I mean, there are tons of cases of government contractors for defense spending fleecing the government. At some point you have to accept a certain low level of fraud and waste; it's only efficient to a certain point to go after waste if you have to spend lots more money to try to quash a few small problems.
Formulas can always be tweaked. Sometimes it's hard to make numbers work exactly the way we want them to. But this bill is a buzz-saw, not a scalpel.
"Man, be creative. Like the stuff you do. Do nice things. Love respectfully. Laugh a fucking lot. Curse when you feel like it. Life is cool." - Jean Grae
I was at home for almost 6 years. And maybe for some, that's true. But in my personal I work less on days I'm at work than days I'm at home with DS all day. Although the "work" with DS is more fun. So maybe it's a push.
I was at home for almost 6 years. And maybe for some, that may be the case. But for me, I work harder working outside of the home AND trying to maintain home life. Thats not supposed to be a reflection on anyone else, it's my personal experience. I was responding to a thread that asked who had it harder, I said that for me, it is harder working 50 hours a week then taking care of home than it was for me when I wasn't working.
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::pours one out for the RE board::
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“The only time you should look in your neighbor's bowl is to make sure that they have enough. You don't look in your neighbor's bowl to see if you have as much as them.”
― Louis C.K.
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"Man, be creative. Like the stuff you do. Do nice things. Love respectfully. Laugh a fucking lot. Curse when you feel like it. Life is cool." - Jean Grae
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
With any program there will always be people who abuse it. I mean, there are tons of cases of government contractors for defense spending fleecing the government. At some point you have to accept a certain low level of fraud and waste; it's only efficient to a certain point to go after waste if you have to spend lots more money to try to quash a few small problems.
Formulas can always be tweaked. Sometimes it's hard to make numbers work exactly the way we want them to. But this bill is a buzz-saw, not a scalpel.
I agree with everything you said 100%. The bill is rediculous, and seeking to cut way too much for all of the wrong reasons, and without a plan on where to responsibly make those cuts. I do, however, agree that cuts need to be made to the foodstamps program (with a scalpel) and I suggested a place to start.
How do you tag on mobile?
"Man, be creative. Like the stuff you do. Do nice things. Love respectfully. Laugh a fucking lot. Curse when you feel like it. Life is cool." - Jean Grae
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.
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You don't understand the appeal of Benedict Cumberbatch / think he's fug / don't know who he is? WATCH SHERLOCK. Until you do, your negative opinion of him will not be taken seriously.