- My Forums
- Tiger Rant
- LSU Recruiting
- SEC Rant
- Saints Talk
- Pelicans Talk
- More Sports Board
- Fantasy Sports
- Golf Board
- Soccer Board
- O-T Lounge
- Tech Board
- Home/Garden Board
- Outdoor Board
- Health/Fitness Board
- Movie/TV Board
- Book Board
- Music Board
- Political Talk
- Money Talk
- Fark Board
- Gaming Board
- Travel Board
- Food/Drink Board
- Ticket Exchange
- TD Help Board
Customize My Forums- View All Forums
- Show Left Links
- Topic Sort Options
- Trending Topics
- Recent Topics
- Active Topics
Started By
Message
re: This is life on $7.50 an hour
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:31 pm to SCndaBR
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:31 pm to SCndaBR
quote:
Exactly. What is she doing the other 20 plus hours a week? Work at BK. Your check just doubled.
Therein lies the million (billion?) dollar question. There is no financial incentive to do anymore than the bare minimum. For many people, working one more hour and making one more dollar means they'll lose a dollar or more of aid. Outside of pride, there is no reason to be "better" unless you can get off the aid completely. People find themselves in a no man's land where they're discouraged from doing anymore.
0
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:34 pm to Breauxsif
quote:
It's the government that keeps the cycle on rolling. These fat, lazy, uneducated poor people keep on taking, raking, and taking. This is why they need to abolish food stamps and all the other bullshite and force these people to change.
I really don't have the answer, and the only ones I can imagine require even MORE government to implement. I don't think what we're doing is the best way, but I don't know where to go.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:37 pm to FishingwithFredo
quote:
How many takes do you think CNN gave her before she got the sadness look and tone right?
CNN profiling her is probably the best thing to ever happen to the mother and son. I'm sure after this she will have multiple employment options. Sadly, this is the case for millions of folks out there and CNN is not profiling them.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:40 pm to ellishughtiger
she should have started a gofundme right after cnn aired it...cha ching.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:41 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
You reap what you sow! If you make bad decisions it will come back on you. Nobody to blame but her. Oh but if only she got reperations. frick her and all the white trash just like her. It's always the "pity me" attitude! Oh and frick liberal CNN for making this shite
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:45 pm to thickandthin
Beans and rice goes a long ways. Stouffers is expensive.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:54 pm to thickandthin
This isn't a black or white thing. There's white trash that cheat the system just like ghetto people and vice versa. I have zero empathy for poor people of any race, they all are lazy AF.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:55 pm to ellishughtiger
quote:
CNN profiling her is probably the best thing to ever happen to the mother and son. I'm sure after this she will have multiple employment options
Posted on 8/1/16 at 3:55 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
With $200+ a month for food for the mom and child, she could eat very well. but, not if she's buying frozen meals, Canada Dry and crap like that. I mean, beans, rice, leg quarters, peanut butter, Mac and cheese, tuna. I'd go shopping with her and she would have money left over.
This post was edited on 8/1/16 at 3:56 pm
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:13 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
I made some poor life choices when I was younger like dropping out of high school. She should lose some weight, join the military, and then go to school. Worked wonders for me.
Also, stop buying expensive shoes for a toddler who won't fit into them in a month.
Also, stop buying expensive shoes for a toddler who won't fit into them in a month.
This post was edited on 8/1/16 at 4:16 pm
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:27 pm to LucasP
quote:
I've been thinking about this for an hour trying to understand it, is this a threat? Are you saying you'll kill me over this? Time and place bruh, or lady, time and place.
Of course it's not a threat. I wish you nothing but the best.
I just like to inform people who seem to be ignorant of the stakes of what they are proposing when they talk about removing children from their parents.
People casually saying things like "CPS should take those kids" is problematic. I have to assume that it's just a theoretical question for those people.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:28 pm to upgrayedd
quote:
Sob story about an irresponsible, young, single mother who's paying for her poor decision making skills. Do. Not. Care.
Y'all are some judgmental assholes. And for those of you who call yourselves Christian, please stop. I don't go to church anymore, but I remember enough from Sunday School to know that Jesus' message was a little different.
I bet half y'all are pro-life, too. Give me a break.
This post was edited on 8/1/16 at 4:34 pm
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:30 pm to northshorebamaman
She was a dondu nuffin who screwed a dindu nuffin. The cycle continues.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:32 pm to pelicanpride
quote:
Y'all are some judgmental assholes
I was poor, married working full time and going to school full time. I have a hard time feeling sympathy for her.
She's working part time, and with gubment benefits most likely doing fairly well.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:38 pm to RogerTheShrubber
quote:
I have a hard time feeling sympathy for her
I can see that. Once again, I hope you never claim to be a Christian. If you do, please read up on that dude named Jesus in the Bible.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:41 pm to pelicanpride
quote:
I can see that. Once again, I hope you never claim to be a Christian. If you do, please read up on that dude named Jesus in the Bible.
In a piece about how little money she makes, she is buying relatively expensive food items and her son is in very expensive shoes. God and Jesus would have very little sympathy for her and her priorities too.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:44 pm to pelicanpride
quote:
If you do, please read up on that dude named Jesus in the Bible.
Jesus said he helps those who help themselves and that people should work for their own stuff.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:45 pm to LSU_Saints_Hornets
quote:Wal-Mart is the best thing to happen to poor people since free STD clinics.
Meanwhile Wal-mart and Mcdonalds are laughing their asses off while America supplements their employees financial short comings.
Sell absurdly inexpensive products, and employ the poor.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:45 pm to slackster
What is truly sad is that these young mothers most likely grew up in similar, if not the same, conditions and yet go out and do the exact same thing. At some point you have to be accountable and think long term and make wiser decisions. Don't have a baby by a guy that works a shitty job and likes to play xbox and smoke weed all the time, it is really that simple.
Posted on 8/1/16 at 4:46 pm to pelicanpride
quote:
for those of you who call yourselves Christian, please stop
Here you go:
"If anyone is not willing to work, let him not eat. For we hear that some among you walk in idleness, not busy at work, but busybodies. Now such persons we command and encourage in the Lord Jesus Christ to do their work quietly and to earn their own living."
2 Thessalonians, Ch. 3
Jesus was kind hearted and believed in charity, not idleness. This society is way too advanced for some of it's people to still live under the lazy ideals created by the welfare system, but we're screwed because the idle have been given too many "rights" and the broken system is too far gone.
Page 6 of 11
Popular
Back to top
Follow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News