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Record 20% of Households on Food Stamps in 2013

Obama-nation - the nation of the outstretched palm. Way to go, Obummer!
 
Liberals want to feed the poor and hungry; conservatives want to feed the bloated wallets of defense contractors.

See, I can play these ludicrous games too.
 
CalGun said:
News flash....people will buy food even if the grubbynut liberals don't buy their votes with hand outs. If anything snap pays for the latest smart phone, video game and iTunes. Food will be bought those items don't have to be.
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SNAP pays for phones, video games and iTunes? Prove it.
 
Yes it does. I have seen it. People buy food with SNAP and spend their money on iphones, itunes, video games and many other things they find essential. Prove me wrong? The fact is people must have food, and will buy the food or get it through charity if they have no other way - but why bother since the liberal scum of our nation will take from the hard working and successful and give it to the people who'll vote for them. Many of those people then use their money for essential like xbox and itunes. Cut off food stamps and I seriously doubt anyone will starve. Though sales of itunes and video games will likely plummet!


Kobie said:
SNAP pays for phones, video games and iTunes? Prove it.
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It's no surprise because they've been running radio ads telling people that even if they don't think they qualify for food stamps, even if they have jobs and own cars and own houses, they can get free food from the government. This is just one more way the liberal government is trying to make people reliant on it so they'll keep voting for freebies.
 
American said:
I have a better idea, take the money out of that tight ass wallet of yours, and put that in someone's mouth that is hungry. The rest of us are tired of goof-offs and unmotivated users abusing the forced charity that goes on in this country. I give plenty to charity every year to help others on my own.
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I give to FeedingAmerica regularly. The link I provided with the SNAP facts
 
CalGun said:
Yes it does. I have seen it. People buy food with SNAP and spend their money on iphones, itunes, video games and many other things they find essential. Prove me wrong? The fact is people must have food, and will buy the food or get it through charity if they have no other way - but why bother since the liberal scum of our nation will take from the hard working and successful and give it to the people who'll vote for them. Many of those people then use their money for essential like xbox and itunes. Cut off food stamps and I seriously doubt anyone will starve. Though sales of itunes and video games will likely plummet!
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That kool-aid taste good?
 
Kobie said:
:roll:
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Hopenchange.

HenryChinaski said:
I give a rats ass about the link. The people that I personally know that are on SNAP are an unemployed carpenter, single working Father, elderly men and a disabled Woman. Not everyone who needs a meal is a lazy hustling skumbag.
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Anecdotal.
 
scatt said:
Hopenchange.



Anecdotal.
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Those anecdotes is the reality of who is on SNAP. The rightwingers have eaten the stereotype of the welfare Cadillac queen and Shanaynay feeding bebe's kids. The fact is that SNAP fraud is very low.
 
HenryChinaski said:
Those anecdotes is the reality of who is on SNAP. The fact is that SNAP fraud is very low.
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No, it is the reality of a few alleged people you know. Low compared to what?
 
scatt said:
No, it is the reality of a few alleged people you know. Low compared to what?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/us/food-stamp-fraud-in-the-underground-economy.html?_r=0

losing about 3 billion dollar a year to fraud is a bit of money for a program that is expanding like it is. while not as much as other programs
it is still a good bit of money that could be used for other purposes.

what I love is how everyone else enjoy's all these federal benefits that people like me pay for yet I don't see one red cent of it.
I want SNAP,
I want reduced utilities

I pay for it I should have access to it.
 
ludin said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/us/food-stamp-fraud-in-the-underground-economy.html?_r=0

losing about 3 billion dollar a year to fraud is a bit of money for a program that is expanding like it is. while not as much as other programs
it is still a good bit of money that could be used for other purposes.

what I love is how everyone else enjoy's all these federal benefits that people like me pay for yet I don't see one red cent of it.
I want SNAP,
I want reduced utilities

I pay for it I should have access to it.
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Your own link states that SNAP fraud is rare. SNAP fraud has been cut by three-quarters over the past 15 years, and the program’s error rate is at an all-time low of less than 3 percent.
 
ludin said:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/12/19/us/food-stamp-fraud-in-the-underground-economy.html?_r=0

losing about 3 billion dollar a year to fraud is a bit of money for a program that is expanding like it is. while not as much as other programs
it is still a good bit of money that could be used for other purposes.

what I love is how everyone else enjoy's all these federal benefits that people like me pay for yet I don't see one red cent of it.
I want SNAP,
I want reduced utilities

I pay for it I should have access to it.
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Are you missing meals? Is your pantry empty? What's your income? Do you need it or just want it?
 
ludin said:
of course you give a rats ass about the link because if you make 130% above the poverty lvl
which for a family of 4 is 2552 a month which is about 30k a year then sure come on down.
no one said every person that is a strawman argument or an appeal to emotion take your pick.

the fact is there are more people on food stamps. that requires other people to pay for it. It is taking away from those that really need the program.

PS anecdotal evidence is not evidence.
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true, or we would play the Obama Phone woman-she clearly needs to be on a diet!
 
HenryChinaski said:
Your own link states that SNAP fraud is rare. SNAP fraud has been cut by three-quarters over the past 15 years, and the program’s error rate is at an all-time low of less than 3 percent.
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it still exists and it still goes on.

it still doesn't take away that people making 130% of the poverty level should be getting food stamps.
it still doesn't take away from the fact that more people are on food stamps than ever before.

where is my snap I pay for it I should have access to it, but I don't. I don't qualify.
 
HenryChinaski said:
Your own link states that SNAP fraud is rare. SNAP fraud has been cut by three-quarters over the past 15 years, and the program’s error rate is at an all-time low of less than 3 percent.
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I am still trying to find what part of the constitution actually allows the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to fund this program. If state government wants to do that-that is a different matter
 
TurtleDude said:
I am still trying to find what part of the constitution actually allows the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to fund this program. If state government wants to do that-that is a different matter
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That comes down to Government of a civilized nation doing the right thing, State Federal whatever. Why is it the governments responsibility to provide your home with police and fire protection? Why is it the governments responsibility to provide you with food safety, roads, and a military? No man is an island. We take care of people who are down because someday it might be us that needs it. Are you absolutely sure you won't be hit by a flood next week that will destroy your home and business? Only self centered jerks with no sense of compassion would ask such a question.
 
American said:
Yeah sure, we shut the engines off on our ships in mid-ocean and send everyone home. :roll: We close our air bases and shut down NORAD. WTF are you talking about? The Constitution promises a common defense, it doesn't promise everyone food. That's something you're expected to get yourself. And if all else fails you have family and lots of charities and churches that will help you. The Constitution never promised every stupid, lazy, fat **** three squares a day.
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We have troops and bases in 134 Countries. That'd be overseas. Defense, my ass. Hegemony and Corporate welfare.
 
It's ****ing peaches and cream for our Government to throw piles of tax payer money to McDonald's and Wal-Mart. But providing canned tomatoes and bread and a few bucks for food items to the disenfranchised and those down on their luck is evil socialism.
 
HenryChinaski said:
It's ****ing peaches and cream for our Government to throw piles of tax payer money to McDonald's and Wal-Mart.
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McDonald's and Walmart get taxpayer money?
 
HenryChinaski said:
That comes down to Government of a civilized nation doing the right thing, State Federal whatever. Why is it the governments responsibility to provide your home with police and fire protection? Why is it the governments responsibility to provide you with food safety, roads, and a military? No man is an island. We take care of people who are down because someday it might be us that needs it. Are you absolutely sure you won't be hit by a flood next week that will destroy your home and business? Only self centered jerks with no sense of compassion would ask such a question.
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typical liberal response-as long as it feels good, its constitutional

are you claiming I am a self centered jerk because I think that the constitution ought to be followed

I have flood insurance
 
scatt said:
McDonald's and Walmart get taxpayer money?
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Walmart and McDonald's are two of the biggest welfare queens around. Why are profitable, dividend-paying firms receiving taxpayer subsidies? Fast Food CEOs Rake in Taxpayer-Subsidized Pay - IPS
McDonald’s received the second-largest government handout. As CEO in 2011 and the first half of 2012, James Skinner pocketed $31 million in exercised stock options and other fully deductible “performance pay.” Incoming CEO Donald Thompson took in $10 million in performance pay in his first six months on the job. Skinner and Thompson’s combined performance pay translates into a $14 million taxpayer subsidy for McDonald’s.
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American said:
Yeah sure, we shut the engines off on our ships in mid-ocean and send everyone home. :roll: We close our air bases and shut down NORAD. WTF are you talking about? The Constitution promises a common defense, it doesn't promise everyone food. That's something you're expected to get yourself. And if all else fails you have family and lots of charities and churches that will help you. The Constitution never promised every stupid, lazy, fat **** three squares a day.
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Listen to that hate.
 
scatt said:
McDonald's had a negative tax bill?
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Seems hardly plausible, considering the billions and billions they've served, but then, McDonalds corporate is the head of the franchise, not operating any locations (that I know of), location which are more typically franchised. That might make a difference as to it's tax standing.

Hey, just some educated guesses here. What you got?
 
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