House Passes GOP Plan For $39B Cut in Food Stamps

[Elwood70]

social security comes out of every paycheck I make when the day comes I need it, I paid for it.

If it's still there....

 

[Mariahxxx]

so does unemployment and worker's compensation so when someone is on unemployment, it's their own money being paid back to them.

 

[georges]

I don't know what the fuck you just said. Come back at me when you learn how to write in proper English

Stop acting voluntarily as if you haven't understood because Wdoall understood clearly and already what I wrote.

 

[georges]

All I know is, my 87 year old Aunt in a nursing home, will likely take a hit, before some 20 year old girl, that has 3 kids, by 4 fathers, and has never made effort one, to be a productive member of society. I'm going round and round with social services right now. Her case worker took a personal leave, her boss never covered her work, or divided it up among the other case workers, so her renewal never got done, from FEBRUARY...and now they say we have to reapply, because the bank account that closed out in 2010, the year BEFORE she went to the nursing home, is in question. A question that was never asked for the previous 3 years, but now is an issue. An account that never had more the $1500 in it at any one time. Personally, I think the fucktards working in these government jobs should be I.Q. and drug tested monthly, in addition to tests that judge their common sense, and ability to understand basic reasonable thought. If they fail, hand them a broom, and point them to a dirty street.

good post :thumbsup:

 

[Rey C.]

As long as they don't touch the Carried Interest provision in the IRS code (the one which allows private equity and hedge fund managers to basically treat their salaries as long term capital gains and be taxed at the lowest possible rate), everything will be OK. Can you reclassify your salary as something which it is (in fact) not and receive "special" tax preferences? No? Well then, I guess you must be part of that worthless 47% class of leeches and social parasites that Brother Mitt Romney spoke about. Don't feel bad, I'm part of that class too. Since even income I get from real property management can't be reclassified (as it could be if it was money management), apparently I am a worthless leech too. :hatsoff:


Pleased to meet you. Hope you guess my name.

 

[bobjustbob]

Here are 2 people that are SNAP. Each so very different from the other.


She has much less than $200 WK income. She kicks in for rent and other obligations. A disabled woman in more than one way. $200 per month on SNAP. This woman will never be off public assistance but keep this in mind with what I follow.

A dude lost his job and went on UI. He cashed his base pay. Applied for benefits and didn't qualify for anything. 8 months later they jump the base pay and began collecting $16 mo SNAP, a $200 Sandy SNAP credit, sliced his energy bill, wrote him energy credits, and all lasted for more than a year.

Both of these people were over paid. $50 per week in food for one person is too much. I live my life out of these brackets and couldn't imagine spending that much on food. I see what she puts into her basket since we have shopped together from time to time.

By the same token, the dude with his 16 bucks didn't miss it before. He was living just fine on extended UI till he was ready to get off his ass to get a job. Cutting that $16 monthly from each of them would be justified. Mind you, neither of these people are on special diets. Those that are should be given whatever resources to provide for their needs.