Author Topic: Food Stamps Travel in Style (Read 12071 times)

MaterDominici · « **on:** June 11, 2012, 02:03:48 AM »

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MaterDominici · « **Reply #1 on:** June 11, 2012, 02:07:19 AM »

Take 2

CathMomof7 · « **Reply #2 on:** June 11, 2012, 08:53:02 AM »

$600 for a purse and wallet.

No wonder she needs food stamps.

Matthew · « **Reply #3 on:** June 11, 2012, 11:41:31 AM »

Not to be a wet blanket, but I'm suspicious that this might have been a made-up news story.

Republicans *love* to harp on the same things -- foreigners that don't speak English (or having to press "1" for English), undeserving Welfare recipients, and a few other things.

Not that those things don't bother me, but I usually complain about much larger, more important things that affect me and my children. Not mere nuisances.

For example, a woman having 6 children out of wedlock so she can receive more Welfare benefits is small-fry compared to the Federal Reserve Debt Money system which causes ALL U.S. DOLLARS to lose 12% of their value EVERY SINGLE YEAR. So I'm concerned with how to preserve my buying power, etc. and that's much more important to worry about than this or that welfare recipient.

Key point: THERE'S NOTHING I CAN DO ABOUT IT. It would just frustrate me, even if it were true. So I don't send e-mail forwards of this type around -- unlike hundreds of thousands of Republicans nationwide.

Of course, I'm not a Republican. I'm not a Democrat either. I don't buy the circus of the "2-party system" where you "vote the bums out" every 4 years, but nothing changes. It's a complete waste of time.

Nylndech · « **Reply #4 on:** June 12, 2012, 03:01:10 PM »

Was going to comment that maybe purse/wallet were rentals

Some ladies' shops rent name brand designer purses

Get the look without the price, then return next month for new rental purse

But then saw $800 cash missing

Maybe now less likely to be rental purse

Or she could have robbed someplace

Or could be lie to squeeze out $800 from someone

Tiffany · « **Reply #5 on:** July 09, 2012, 12:07:58 PM »

Maybe they were donated to her or she bought them second hand at a thrift store. Thrift store prices have gone up but you can often find name brand items for less than new item at Target or Wal-Mart costs. Sometimes it's just "used" but still has a long time of wear on it.

If it is true, what does $800 have to do with getting food stamps? Maybe she was getting a money order for a power bill, rent or she was sending money to a relative in need. Being a food stamp recipient does not mean someone does not have income or pay bills.

I agree with the republican spin, they absolutely love to spread the "welfare queen" propaganda and constantly scapegoat and spread lies about people on food stamps or TANF.

Thorn · « **Reply #6 on:** July 09, 2012, 01:48:12 PM »

I do believe this story. Yes, I know it's small stuff compared to the Federal Reserve but I was taught that it's pennies that make a dollar & to watch the small stuff.
I see people with nicer cars than mine, all the latest electronic gadgets known to man, flat screen TV, fancy footwear, etc. , you name it, AND a food stamp card. It makes me sick. True, there's nothing I can do, but I'm supporting these people & having a hard time even getting decent shoes! I see this everywhere.
I'm neither a Rep or a Dem also. This country is too far gone now for anyone to save it save God Himself.
However, more & more cities in Cal. are being investigated because of fiscal irresponsibility so little by little some things are being done actually.

Nylndech · « **Reply #7 on:** July 09, 2012, 05:13:36 PM »

I had to buy gallon of milk the other day

only one lane open

I only had one item and woman ahead had many

she didn't let me cut ahead

waited nearly 10 mins while she paid her stuff with stamps

she had fancy coach purse

theology101 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 09, 2012, 07:12:51 PM »

Quote from: Thorn

I do believe this story. Yes, I know it's small stuff compared to the Federal Reserve but I was taught that it's pennies that make a dollar & to watch the small stuff.
I see people with nicer cars than mine, all the latest electronic gadgets known to man, flat screen TV, fancy footwear, etc. , you name it, AND a food stamp card. It makes me sick. True, there's nothing I can do, but I'm supporting these people & having a hard time even getting decent shoes! I see this everywhere.
I'm neither a Rep or a Dem also. This country is too far gone now for anyone to save it save God Himself.
However, more & more cities in Cal. are being investigated because of fiscal irresponsibility so little by little some things are being done actually.

Ugh. Several years ago I tried to get a rent-controlled apartment through HUD, because I made minimum wage at my tech support job and couldn't really afford anything else. This complex charged rent based on your income, it was supposedly a little more fair than going through some greedy real estate corporation. Driving through the complex, I felt weird in my beat-up old '96 Jeep Cherokee SE- every darned resident had a shiny new car, not more than a couple years old, not a single one. I didn't get the apt- had "too much income." Maybe I should have spent more on my car...

Thorn · « **Reply #9 on:** July 09, 2012, 11:14:21 PM »

Submitted by Billy Fleming ( from I don't know where)

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to report distributing the greatest amount of free meals by food stamps ever.
Meanwhile the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us to "Please Do Not Feed the Animals".
Their stated reason for the policy is because the animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves.
This ends today's lesson.

Tiffany · « **Reply #10 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:30:46 AM »

I've seen this all over FB mixed in with the pro-life messages. How can Catholics compare feeding hungry humans to feeding wild animals and secondly criticizing them for reproducing?

Thorn · « **Reply #11 on:** July 13, 2012, 10:20:18 AM »

Tiffany, you completely misunderstand! It is the church's duty to feed the poor. The government's business is to run the affairs of state; to keep in check the bad guys so the good guys can go about their business of doing good (such as feeding the poor).
It is absolutely wrong for a government to take from me to give to others.
Haven't you noticed how the use of food stamps has greatly increased? The far-off big government can't monitor the program closely enough. The church is local & can do a better job.
Truly sad & incredible that people can't understand some truths.

Tiffany · « **Reply #12 on:** July 13, 2012, 08:42:27 PM »

I did not completely misunderstand. That wording compares feeding humans to animals and criticizes those being fed.
The issue of who feeds the hungry if it should be the state or done privately is different.

Because the program recipients is increasing does not mean it is not monitored close enough.

Thorn · « **Reply #13 on:** July 13, 2012, 11:36:25 PM »

Like I said, you misunderstood. They used humor to drive home a point.
You mean that you have no problem with the government in charge of feeding people instead of the church & private charities?? Bread & circuses, right?
Wasn't it St. Paul that said 'he that will not work, let him also not eat'? or words to that effect.

Flannery · « **Reply #14 on:** July 17, 2012, 10:41:03 AM »

Thorn, you are completely right and Tiffany has misunderstood. She's barely capable of writing a coherent message, let alone comprehending what someone with sense is saying to her. She disregards criticism of herself as "far reaching."

Tiffany is wrapped up in promoting single motherhood along with other feminists on this forum. Of course she believes in entitlement programs. The next thing she will say is that unmarried women's fathers are also obligated to support their out of wedlock infants. I'm not sure that she even recognizes marriage as a sacrament.