They take our snakes and now this?

[zeion97]

Wait how would this be possible? Also the person who said the people in front of them in the line at the grocery store how is it that rich people get food stamps?
I understand the whole process except how you actually get the stamps... I assumed there was some sort od screening process for people who get them...?

...In IL... NOPE.. MY boss gets 35-40 hours a week and her husband makes $4,000 a month.. They have 3 kids.. Like most families they lie and say they get her job to support there family.. If you want to live off my money IL is the way to go...

And The Ferrari guy, he tries to play down it's his "friends" car but after putting in complaints concerning him for MONTHS they are finally investigatory him. In the end, I doubt they'll do a thing...

[Mike41793]

...In IL... NOPE.. MY boss gets 35-40 hours a week and her husband makes $4,000 a month.. They have 3 kids.. Like most families they lie and say they get her job to support there family.. If you want to live off my money IL is the way to go...

And The Ferrari guy, he tries to play down it's his "friends" car but after putting in complaints concerning him for MONTHS they are finally investigatory him. In the end, I doubt they'll do a thing...

My apologies but i still dont understand the first part. She works making money, her husband works making money but they still get the stamps? Does the govt not look at their bank accts or what jobs they have? Or is one of them getting paid under the table?

[zeion97]

My apologies but i still dont understand the first part. She works making money, her husband works making money but they still get the stamps? Does the govt not look at their bank accts or what jobs they have? Or is one of them getting paid under the table?

They only see what you give them... They get HUNDREDS of request a day... They just skim your info.. It's hard to grasp until you get involved in it.. And IL is one of the few states that just gives away money, most other states actually do check you by your social and do background checks.. If that happened IL's foodstamp usage would drop to maybe...65% tops? rough guess.. I'm not saying everyone on it doesn't need it.. Hell I'd love to have it.. BUT in the end, some people do need it, others don't.. It more or less comes down to do you have a lazy rep that files for you..

[Egapal]

Most grocery stores are equipped to distinguish between approved items and non approved items. This would not be an undo burden. I am pretty well for this. I think their should be restrictions on what food is purchased and where its purchased. Food can cost 2 to 3 times as much at a gas station vs a real grocery store. I also think a few non food items should be allowed on the list. Such as soap, tooth paste, feminin products, razors, deodorant and other basic hygiene products. Eating is important but being clean promotes health and increases your chance of getting a job or a better job.

[Mike41793]

Thanks I get it now. Yea thats total BS that u can write down whatever you want and get the money. No wonder our countries in so much debt....
It reminds me of a fairly recent story from where I live in CT. After we lost power for 1-2weeks in the fall after a bad storm many people lost their whole fridge/freezer full of food. So the state setup a movement to give food stamps to the less fortunate that didnt have money to replace all the food they lost in the storm. Well there was a few state cops who decided to try and take advantage of it and get the food stamps! Just sickening really; needless to say Im glad they were caught an faced consequences for their actions!

[wolfy-hound]

We had a similiar program that helped replace a 'freezer of food' after an extensive power outage due to a hurricane. If you lost significant amount of food, you could apply. I don't quite understand how a state cop isn't entitled to replace their lost food, if others are entitled.

Our program didn't say you had to be "poor" or on welfare to get assistance in this case, maybe your program did.

[Kodieh]

Honestly, I don't think there should be a food stamps program. They could do rations that they hand out or something, like in Cuba. That would be a lot better to me, than paying for then to go buy whatever. Trusting people some times gets you no where, especially when it comes to free money.

If I had my own country...Lol.

[HighVoltageRoyals]

i don't think they should be telling people what food to buy...however if you're going to buy food, it shouldn't be junk food. However again...junk food is usually cheaper than nutritious food. Kind of sucks either way.

I get that America is the land of the free and the home of the brave and people feel encroached upon when the government starts telling them what they can spend their money on and what they can't but this is different.

If you don't want the government to tell you what you can and can't buy with the money they are giving you then I suggest getting your act together and buying your own sweets.

Just think of it like this: when you go on welfare or receive food stamps, it's like you're a little kid again getting allowance from your parents. The parents (in this case,the government) should know exactly what that kid spends his or her money on because it is daddy and mommy's money until the kid can grow up and find a job that supports their need to buy junk food, lotto tickets and hookers.

Sorry if I offended anyone with that last paragraph but usually reality is a hard pill to swallow. As a tax payer, I would be disgusted beyond reason if I saw someone buy a cart load of crap and pay for it with MY MONEY, because in reality, that's what taxes are (it's "our" money but I'm sure you get the point).

And how is buying a cart load of crap food going to benefit the person in the long run? Unhealthy food usually leads to unhealthy body which leads to missed work because of increased sickness rate which means less money for them. It's a vicious circle that should be stopped. If you don't have extra money to buy your kid an ice cream cone after you use your food stamps on healthy food for them, then don't buy it! Simple as that!

[Kodieh]

I agree. I don't got to school 14 credit hours and work 30 hours a week just to let some punk buy his kid a Twinkie. I don't even like Twinkies, do why would I want someone else to be able to spend my tax contribution on it?

I know the whole drop in the ocean analogy when it comes to taxes, but honestly it still does feel like MY money that I WORKED for. :/