NPR: Economy in Crisis; Families cannot afford meat

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Ramen is 10 cents. Food stamps should be for apples, bananas, broccoli, and ramen.

[Charles Woodson]

Didn't somebody mention in another thread about hot latinas with huge racks?

Btw, is that her daughter behind her?

[MJZiggy]

Ramen is 10 cents. Food stamps should be for apples, bananas, broccoli, and ramen.

This I agree with. (well I might swap out the ramen for regular pasta at 77¢ a pound.--less sodium and fills you up longer) And don't forget peanut butter.

[Zool]

Did the tattoo parlor take food stamps for her wrist tattoo or was that $100+ out of pocket?

[digitaldean]

Re: NPR: Economy in Crisis; Families cannot afford meat

NPR has outdid themselves this time. Being forced to go on a diet is the best thing to ever happen to these two.

I saw that story link off of drudgereport.com the other day. If it wasn't so disgusting it'd be funny.

I've got two words for these two Goodyear blimps....
GASTRIC BYPASS

I'd be in favor of the gov't paying for that procedure on the condition they got off their fat arses and got a job.

I work 2 jobs and my taxes have to pay for that?!

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I refuse to pay for them to take the easy way out. I have lost 20 pounds in the past month just by making minor changes to my diet, walking up the stairs instead of taking the elevator, and doing some light exercising.

They got themselves in the position, and they should be forced to remain living a shitty life or help themselves out. Lessons aren't learned when people are spoonfed and bailed out of situations.

[MJZiggy]

I got 3 words.

Diet and exercise. (they can afford to both stop eating AND get off their fat asses and walk if Granny loses the car.)

This is why it pissed me off that MATC stopped offering a GED course. God knows these pigs need it.

[gex]

I worked at a convienence store a while back and the one thing that really bothered me was people buying fountain soda, bags of chips, pizza, and fricking candy with the food stamp card. There even was a wal-mart across the street so if you gotta have that shit at leat go pay half of what your paying at a gas station!
Food stamps should only be for milk, bread, meat, and other essentials, not snacks and other luxuries.

[retailguy]

I got 3 words.

Diet and exercise. (they can afford to both stop eating AND get off their fat asses and walk if Granny loses the car.)

This is why it pissed me off that MATC stopped offering a GED course. God knows these pigs need it.

Look, I don't wanna be a jerk, but I'm gonna be one.

You either support entitlement programs or you don't. You cannot "pick and choose" which ones you'll support.

We have entitlement programs, therefore, we get what we get. And if we don't, then we get lawsuits and stories on MSNBC and CNN, etc, about how "unfair" we are and how "discriminatory" we are..

These people are a much bigger percentage of "entitlement money" than you may think. Don't believe me? go work in a grocery store as a checker for 6 months. That ought to be enough to make a republican out of anyone.... Perhaps even a libertarian.

[MJZiggy]

I got 3 words.

Diet and exercise. (they can afford to both stop eating AND get off their fat asses and walk if Granny loses the car.)

This is why it pissed me off that MATC stopped offering a GED course. God knows these pigs need it.

Look, I don't wanna be a jerk, but I'm gonna be one.

You either support entitlement programs or you don't. You cannot "pick and choose" which ones you'll support.

We have entitlement programs, therefore, we get what we get. And if we don't, then we get lawsuits and stories on MSNBC and CNN, etc, about how "unfair" we are and how "discriminatory" we are..

These people are a much bigger percentage of "entitlement money" than you may think. Don't believe me? go work in a grocery store as a checker for 6 months. That ought to be enough to make a republican out of anyone.... Perhaps even a libertarian.

I can so pick and choose which entitlement programs I think are worthy. As I recall WIC has very specific requirements as to what you can purchase with those funds. I am for heat assistance in the winter because even though people may be idiots, I don't want to see them freeze to death. I wholeheartedly support unemployment compensation as a bridge for those who have lost their jobs, and I support education, homeless shelters and voluntary addiction recovery programs. If food stamps had limitations on what you could purchase with them like the WIC program does, I would be more in favor of it. It (and rent assistance) should also come with time limits attached. Entitlement programs were originally thought of as a way to help the people who'd lost everything in the Great Depression and reduce the number of folks jumping out their office windows when the market crashes. I fully support programs that do that, but when they get to the point where the perpetuate dependence upon them I feel fully justified in drawing a line in the sand. Now someone please take me to the beach so I can draw a line!

[retailguy]

I can so pick and choose which entitlement programs I think are worthy. As I recall WIC has very specific requirements as to what you can purchase with those funds. I am for heat assistance in the winter because even though people may be idiots, I don't want to see them freeze to death. I wholeheartedly support unemployment compensation as a bridge for those who have lost their jobs, and I support education, homeless shelters and voluntary addiction recovery programs. If food stamps had limitations on what you could purchase with them like the WIC program does, I would be more in favor of it. It (and rent assistance) should also come with time limits attached. Entitlement programs were originally thought of as a way to help the people who'd lost everything in the Great Depression and reduce the number of folks jumping out their office windows when the market crashes. I fully support programs that do that, but when they get to the point where the perpetuate dependence upon them I feel fully justified in drawing a line in the sand. Now someone please take me to the beach so I can draw a line!

Thank you Zig, for proving my point.

You're right, you CAN pick and choose, but so can I, so can Bobblehead, so can Kiwon, even Tex and Tyrone...

This is the fundamental reason why our GOVERNMENT should not be involved in these programs. Your line is about 50 miles farther back than mine is, but it doesn't make me less right than you. Yet, if I posted all of my views around here, I'd be seen as an "unsympathetic jackass".

You are looking at this through ONLY YOUR eyes and your point of view. Look at it through mine.

I don't want to see people starve, I want to see them work. I don't want them to freeze, I want them to pay the God-Damned heat bill (sorry to resemble Tex for a moment).

But when you offer, they take it, and don't develop the learnings from the lessons, because well meaning people like you let them out of the their consequences time and time again. This is the basic reason why our entitlement government is not working, and will never work, and we'll eventually borrow our way into bankruptcy. There can be no other result. Why work when you can watch Oprah all day and someone else will pay your bills? It doesn't encourage them to achieve, quite the opposite, it encourages them to become even more dependent than they already are.

I don't doubt your sincerity, but I do doubt your excecution. You make the common mistake of thinking that people share your views and your morals and your desire to achieve and better yourself. They don't. They are, in large measure, using you and your sincere nature.

I reiterate, and clarify, IF our government is involved in entitlement programs, you can't complain and you must just accept what you get. See, even if there is only one idiot in the world who supports the two in this story, (and there must be, because someone wrote the story), then that person is a PART of the government in some small way (through their citizenship and taxes), so their viewpoint matters... as long as they aren't conservative or libertarian, then they are fair game for ridicule.

[falco]

programs like this stay in place because elected officials do not want to lose out on the massive "chubby chaser" demographic of the voting population

[retailguy]

programs like this stay in place because elected officials do not want to lose out on the massive "chubby chaser" demographic of the voting population

Very very true. I couldn't agree more. Pandering is sadly, not new, people have been doing it for thousands of years. Yet another reason why charity/entitlement should not be part of public sector government.

[Tyrone Bigguns]

I refuse to pay for them to take the easy way out. I have lost 20 pounds in the past month just by making minor changes to my diet, walking up the stairs instead of taking the elevator, and doing some light exercising.

I call bullshit on this. 5 pounds a week, with only minor changes...lol.

[texaspackerbacker]

I don't want to see people starve, I want to see them work. I don't want them to freeze, I want them to pay the God-Damned heat bill (sorry to resemble Tex for a moment).

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Just for the record, RetailGuy, I'm not the conservative who emphasizes a lack of compassion, etc. While I'm generally not much for liberal government programs, I'm only half-heartedly against them, and would prefer a bit of a safety net to seeing even rotten Americans who may deserve it, suffer.

I hope you read my posts and STRIVE to resemble me instead of apologizing for it.