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Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:10 pm to TDsngumbo
That was my immediate reaction to reading the TOPS news
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:14 pm to brbengalgal
Why do y'all keep acting like welfare is some king's ransom? Go get it and live on it of you think its so great. Oh wait, you are just talking shite and hating poor people 
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:22 pm to TDsngumbo
If welfare was cut it would hurt many small businesses.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:28 pm to TDsngumbo
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kids bust arse in school and have TOPS taken away? Way to go Louisiana
Merica
Although tops is way, way too easy to get.
This post was edited on 2/11/16 at 6:30 pm
Posted on 2/11/16 at 6:48 pm to lsunurse
Probably not
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:15 pm to tylercsbn9
Tops was never a good idea.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:18 pm to HeadCoach
People aren't acting like its a king's ransom. Simple fact of you are on welfare u can live a very comfortable life. Sure u aren't talking the kids on vacation but ur not worried about food, cable , cell phone , or health care. Government is gonna get that. Thus no motivation to get off of it
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:48 pm to HailHailtoMichigan!
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You get what you vote for.
absolute truth...damn strange to me how we never seem to make the connection between shitty politicians and our habits in the voting booth...
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:52 pm to TigerintheNO
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aybe all the college students should apply for food stamps
I knew some who did and told all their friends and they were all approved. True story.
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:54 pm to tiger91
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I knew some who did and told all their friends and they were all approved. True story.
interesting...
Posted on 2/11/16 at 7:56 pm to Spankum
Actually I knew the mother of the students who told me the story ... she said that her kids eat better than she does.
I've got one in grad school (pretty much on his own) and one a senior in high school and the last is a freshman in high school. Yeah, he's living at home next year and going to ULL.
I'm for strengthening the TOPS requirements ... and somehow getting money back from those who flunk out/transfer elsewhere/quit. No clue how you would ever do this though.
I've got one in grad school (pretty much on his own) and one a senior in high school and the last is a freshman in high school. Yeah, he's living at home next year and going to ULL.
I'm for strengthening the TOPS requirements ... and somehow getting money back from those who flunk out/transfer elsewhere/quit. No clue how you would ever do this though.
Posted on 2/12/16 at 7:56 pm to jlntiger
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Simple fact of you are on welfare u can live a very comfortable life.
Bull. Prove it. How do you define comfortable? People on welfare live stressful lives. Do you actually know someone who LIVES on welfare? I doubt it
Posted on 2/12/16 at 8:09 pm to HeadCoach
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Bull. Prove it. How do you define comfortable? People on welfare live stressful lives.
I stood in line today behind a woman who was dressed in normal looking clothes, was reading texts on her new iPhone and pulled out a Louisiana EBT card to pay for her crawfish. She left in a late model Malibu. She looked pretty comfortable to me.
Posted on 2/12/16 at 8:13 pm to HeadCoach
My SIL lived on it for 2 years. Definitely ate better than my family. Hell she even dropped off excess gallons of milk she couldn't drink before it expired. I was amazed at the quality of life she had. Had full blown cable something I cut the cord years ago go save on. I have net 10 wireless her and her bf each had the latest smart phones on full blown att plans. They rented a house not much smaller than mine as well. They lived like that for a good while until she left him because he still had money left over to become a drug addict.
Overall their qaulity of life wasn't much different to my own and my families income was close to 6 figures higher but we dont waste money either.
Oh yea and her kid even attended the same daycare I pay 9600 a year for in the same class. My wife drove a base model camry at the time and she drove a 30k car. My son wore generic diapers and had generic wipes and her son only wore name brand. Dont even get me started on Medical bills. I could write a book. My wife gave birth with no issues and cost me 3k. Her son was in icu for a week after birth. No bills. Nada. My son went to the Dr only for check ups and shots and 2 times he had ear infections. Her kid went to the doctor after every sneeze. I could go on for days.....
Overall their qaulity of life wasn't much different to my own and my families income was close to 6 figures higher but we dont waste money either.
Oh yea and her kid even attended the same daycare I pay 9600 a year for in the same class. My wife drove a base model camry at the time and she drove a 30k car. My son wore generic diapers and had generic wipes and her son only wore name brand. Dont even get me started on Medical bills. I could write a book. My wife gave birth with no issues and cost me 3k. Her son was in icu for a week after birth. No bills. Nada. My son went to the Dr only for check ups and shots and 2 times he had ear infections. Her kid went to the doctor after every sneeze. I could go on for days.....
This post was edited on 2/12/16 at 8:29 pm
Posted on 2/12/16 at 8:31 pm to HeadCoach
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Bull. Prove it. How do you define comfortable? People on welfare live stressful lives. Do you actually know someone who LIVES on welfare? I doubt it
Had to go on welfare while my wife was in grad school. I was a stay at home dad and we had saved enough money before kids for me to not work for 5 years while she went for her PHD. 2nd kid had some medical problems and I had to go work part time at UPS loading trucks to help with healthcare costs. Coming up for a major surgery and we had already exhausted all of our savings so we went on welfare for the medical coverage. Welfare office said if I quit my part time job I was elgible for more money in welfare and free medical then I was making slinging boxes.
Ended up getting just shy of $900 a month in food stamps with free medical (no copays). Went to the same doctors as I did when I had medical coverage through the company. We got so much money in food stamps we had thousands of dollars on our EBT card when we turned it in back to the state (after graduation). We couldn't spend that much money despite shopping at Wegman's (equivalent of whole foods).
On top of all that we also got free shitty preschool for our oldest. They also offered child care (we didn't take) and help with winterizing our home (didn't take).
Posted on 2/12/16 at 8:33 pm to TDsngumbo
Yeah they have to work real hard in school for the government to hand out TOPS. Lol
Posted on 2/12/16 at 8:36 pm to PSU2LSU
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$900 a month in food stamps
Damn. I probably spend $600 for a family of four and we eat pretty good.Posted on 2/12/16 at 8:36 pm to PSU2LSU
Yep forgot about how welfare literally tries to hold you back. My SIL was offered a job for 16k a year. She asked them if they could reduce the offer to 13k. What was funny was that she calculated wrong and lost some benefits because she made 50 dollars too much a month.
It's a cliff drop. 50 dollars too much and you can lose 1200 a month in benefits. So unless you can jump in employment 14k instantly you are better off going nowhere.
It's a cliff drop. 50 dollars too much and you can lose 1200 a month in benefits. So unless you can jump in employment 14k instantly you are better off going nowhere.
This post was edited on 2/12/16 at 8:42 pm
Posted on 2/12/16 at 8:38 pm to northshorebamaman
I know my budget for groceries is about 500 for my family of 3. She got 700-800 in food stamps if I recall for same size family.
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