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re: Food Stamp abuse/misuse
Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:08 pm to Festus
Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:08 pm to Festus
quote:
Food Stamp abuse/misuse quote: It's pretty fricking common to take advantage of the gov't when you have a chance And there we have it folks, the crux of the problem.
But why should only the poor suffer because everyone does, or wants to do it?
When paying taxes, do you choose to pay the maximum you can; or do you try anything you can to pay less and keep more for yourself?
Waiters don't claim all their taxes, but we still tip them, are they less of a scumbag than the person buying crawfish with food stamps? They might be the same damn person.
You might tip your waiter, who doesn't claim that cash in his taxes, allowing him to get food stamps, allowing him to buy those crawfish.
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Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:12 pm to TexasTiger1185
Not claiming income is actually illegal. LEGALLY paying as little tax as possible is not.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 7:14 pm
Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:13 pm to TexasTiger1185
quote:
But why should only the poor suffer because everyone does, or wants to do it?
Everyone doesn't, that's the point.
quote:
When paying taxes, do you choose to pay the maximum you can; or do you try anything you can to pay less and keep more for yourself?
Your premise is flawed. You're comparing those that pay into the system with those that are strictly taking out. Paying less does not equal taking without putting in.
quote:
Waiters don't claim all their taxes, but we still tip them, are they less of a scumbag than the person buying crawfish with food stamps? They might be the same damn person.
You might tip your waiter, who doesn't claim that cash in his taxes, allowing him to get food stamps, allowing him to buy those crawfish.
See above.
But as to my point about gruel, why would you be against it? Or rather, why do you feel it's the government's job to provide a luxury to able bodied people?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:19 pm to Festus
quote:
Your premise is flawed. You're comparing those that pay into the system with those that are strictly taking out. Paying less does not equal taking without putting in.
You think every person on food stamps is unemployed?
I don't think food with flavor is a fricking luxury.
I also know that not every person on food stamps is able bodied.
You want to punish the people who need because of the few who abuse. I'm not fully against what you're saying, I think you're taking it too far.
I'm for a time limit, a requirement to have or prove you are actively looking for a meaningful job.
I got a call when I worked in HR by a person wanting to use my name for their purpose to prove they were trying to get a job. But they weren't, they simply asked if we were hiring. I wouldn't allow that.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:29 pm to Festus
quote:
gruel
This is a terrible idea.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:36 pm to BamaHater
I think we should force people to wear color-coordinated clothes that correspond to what government entitlement programs they receive benefits from.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 7:56 pm to TexasTiger1185
ok then
Make the gruel taste like bacon
shite you could make it taste like something different every day of the week
Market the shite out of it
Slap a fancy logo on the label and make a rap song about it
Make the gruel taste like bacon
shite you could make it taste like something different every day of the week
Market the shite out of it
Slap a fancy logo on the label and make a rap song about it
Posted on 5/13/14 at 8:11 pm to BamaHater
Good luck with this buddy, people can buy clothes with their EBT card in LA!
Posted on 5/13/14 at 8:26 pm to Ortho Reb
quote:
people can buy clothes with their EBT card
That's EBT Cash.
That's for anything that isn't food.
Like hygiene products, paper products, bleach and clothes.
Not every "EBT Food" user gets "EBT Cash".
Posted on 5/13/14 at 8:31 pm to Festus
quote:
The idea is that the government not allow our citizens to starve? Ok. Create a gruel with 100% of the requirements to sustain life. Make it tasteless. Sub-contract the mass production of it, which stimulates the economy like crazy.
Wait. How will eliminating a large chunk of customers stimulate the economy? Honest question.
This post was edited on 5/13/14 at 8:32 pm
Posted on 5/13/14 at 8:34 pm to Festus
Can I 'ave some more please guvnah?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 8:44 pm to fr33manator
This shite is not sustainable.
It will end one day.
It will end one day.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 9:26 pm to BamaHater
Crawfish was once a poor mans food
Posted on 5/13/14 at 9:34 pm to BamaHater
How does this affect your life.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 9:51 pm to TexasTiger1185
quote:
How many restaurant owners who hardly sell seafood sued BP because of the spill?
It's pretty fricking common to take advantage of the gov't when you have a chance
BP is the Government?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 9:53 pm to stout
How much money did your kwikemarts make off foodstamps bro?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 9:55 pm to Cosmo
I didn't take them.
I had turned in the paperwork but never finished it.
That was just 4-5 years ago and since then EBT has changed drastically what people can buy. It was a little more strict then which is why I was in no hurry to accept them. It really wouldn't have benefitted my store much with where it was located.
I had turned in the paperwork but never finished it.
That was just 4-5 years ago and since then EBT has changed drastically what people can buy. It was a little more strict then which is why I was in no hurry to accept them. It really wouldn't have benefitted my store much with where it was located.
Posted on 5/13/14 at 9:56 pm to stout
Your store was in the honkey suburbs huh?
Posted on 5/13/14 at 9:56 pm to Cosmo
Honky country actually
Not suburbs
Not suburbs
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