I fail to see why I cannot get food stamps in South Florida...

[CoCoGirl]

Originally Posted by starlite9

Um, maybe you are employed and they figure you can take care of yourself instead of the taxpayers.

Bet you also voted for a "change" too.

Excuse me, but since this person is working he/she is a taxpayer, so he/she should be entitled to this saftey net. I am a social worker and it is a myth that people "live" off welfare, there is a cut off time and it does not lift people out of poverty. The reason why we don't have widespread poverty like during The Great Depression is because of public assistance, these safety nets. Large amounts of "welfare fraud" is a myth, there is less than 2% fraud. And most of tax payers money goes to DEFENSE, not public assistance.

[CoCoGirl]

Originally Posted by Wild Style

Well the good thing is, for a lot of these "pull yourself up by your bootstraps" types. A lot of them are not going to make it through this downturn. A lot of them are going to lose everything. I can't wait for that because I want to see how well their theories hold up.

Yeah, I want to see how they hold up, too.

[CoCoGirl]

Originally Posted by Wild Style

^^

This

I know right! This person might need his/her car to get to work, like ON TIME and all.....geez

[CoCoGirl]

Originally Posted by MotleyCrew

They will do what the generations before them did that pulled themselves up by whatever means necessary....they will start over. The founding fathers some of whom had lots of $$$ lost everything and went on. What I am most interested in seeing is how you entitlement dolts react when you realize that the gov has no money left to give you anything.

BS, a lot of them committed suicide when they lost everything.

[JustinsMama]

You all realize this thread is a year old and the OP isn't even a member on here anymore?

[CoCoGirl]

I don't think that people understand that 70% or more Americans have an untreated mental illness. No ones financial situation or life in general is going to be ok if they are not mentally stable. And you know our insurance and mental health situation in America, kinda sucks. Plus, there are those of us who are caretakers of the mentally ill and or special needs individuals. I have TWO hyperactive autistic children and it is not easy for parents, with special needs children.

I knew a girl who lived in the projects and had gotten evicted for not paying her $18.00 per month rent. She was always doing things to mess up her life, could not hold a job, etc..etc.. Yes, to an outside person she would be considered lazy and a low life. Yes, she had children, but anyway, somehow social services were called in. She was given a mental evaluation and it turned out that the had biploar personality disorder and had to be on medication. WOW!! she was like a whole different person after her mental illness was treated. Was able to hold a job and make sound decisions. People just don't understand the power of a person's mental health. Most habitual criminals have untreated mental illnesses, the homeless, the habitually unemployed, the sexually irresponsible, most people who seem like they don't give a flip about anything something is unstable with their mental state.