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Posted on 4/22/16 at 12:50 pm to tlsu15
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You seriously think you pay $750 a year in food stamp taxes?
In my OP I said if there were no food stamps and the money we currently pay for food stamps was given back to all Americans who pay taxes in equal shares we would each save over $750. I came up with that number by taking the total amount of money that is given out in food stamps each year, divided it by the # of Americans who actually pay federal income tax and the resulting number was just over $750 a year. Is that hard to follow?
Posted on 4/22/16 at 1:06 pm to WPBTiger
This thread is racist
Posted on 4/22/16 at 1:10 pm to GEAUXT
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So we're going to set money on fire training these people for jobs they will never do?
we are already setting tons of money on fire with thousands of abused louisiana purchase cards...might as well train a few that might actually contribute something to society instead of leech only.i guess i'm too much of an optimist,huh?
Posted on 4/22/16 at 1:35 pm to WPBTiger
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The combined cost of these 10 corporate welfare programs is $1.539 trillion per year. The three main programs needy families depend upon — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ($17.3 billion), food stamps ($74 billion), and the Earned Income Tax Credit ($67.2 billion) — cost just $158.5 billion in total. This means we spend ten times as much on corporate welfare and handouts to the top 1 percent than we do on welfare for working families struggling to make ends meet
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Posted on 4/22/16 at 1:41 pm to TJGator1215
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This means we spend ten times as much on corporate welfare and handouts to the top 1 percent
only the top 1% works at corporations?
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The combined cost of these 10 corporate welfare programs is $1.539 trillion per year
What's produced by these corporations? How many people do they employ? How much taxes do their employees pay?
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he three main programs needy families depend upon — Temporary Assistance for Needy Families ($17.3 billion), food stamps ($74 billion), and the Earned Income Tax Credit ($67.2 billion) — cost just $158.5 billion in total.
JUST $158.4 BILLION???
gee golly
What is the majority of this group producing? What's the return/incentive for the taxpayer to feed someone else and their kids?
Posted on 4/22/16 at 1:42 pm to lsu480
Cutting the defense budget and corporate welfare are better options. How much money does La give away in subsidies, tax breaks, etc to companies?
Posted on 4/22/16 at 1:43 pm to WPBTiger
Gonna be some looting in the future.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 2:28 pm to TJGator1215
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Cutting the defense budget and corporate welfare are better options. How much money does La give away in subsidies, tax breaks, etc to companies?
I am all for cutting as much as possible, I was just pointing out that the "tiny fraction" still costs the taxpayers a shite load.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 2:37 pm to WPBTiger
Somebody with political connections is going to set up a private contractor that will get paid to train poors, way more than the Feds will save on the gubmint cheese.
How about just making people work for benefits. Roadside trash pickup, public lawn mowing, ditch cleaning. Basically anything they let convicts do.
How about just making people work for benefits. Roadside trash pickup, public lawn mowing, ditch cleaning. Basically anything they let convicts do.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 2:42 pm to WPBTiger
Like a lot of government programs the devil is in the details. Back in the 80s my mother attened one of those job training programs at night for medical transcriptist. The "disadvantaged" in her class were paid to be there plus tuition and free books. What she learned was that the people would just keep attending classes. Every now and then some go work a little, quit, fired etc then go to another class or two. Is there a requirement in place to require them to work a certain amount of time in that area before attending another class? A mechanism should be in place to insure the system isn't gamed.
Posted on 4/22/16 at 3:40 pm to skullhawk
When you hear "drug test Welfare recipients" in the news, it ONLY refers to people on TANF.
TANF now has a five year lifetime limit. 60 aggregate months. It also has so many requirement that makes most of the people on it legitimately trying to improve.
As for Food Stamps, they are more a form of corporate welfare than anything else.
So many companies labor models are subsidized by the federal government who fills in the gaps so those companies can pay low wages.
Wal Mart and food companies also make a ton of profits off this. And because folks don't have to buy food, they have money left over for cell phones and all kinds of other stuff.
And finally - Who do you think ISSUES the ebt cards? Look it up, it's not a charitable act but a billion dollar business.
TANF now has a five year lifetime limit. 60 aggregate months. It also has so many requirement that makes most of the people on it legitimately trying to improve.
As for Food Stamps, they are more a form of corporate welfare than anything else.
So many companies labor models are subsidized by the federal government who fills in the gaps so those companies can pay low wages.
Wal Mart and food companies also make a ton of profits off this. And because folks don't have to buy food, they have money left over for cell phones and all kinds of other stuff.
And finally - Who do you think ISSUES the ebt cards? Look it up, it's not a charitable act but a billion dollar business.
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