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View Poll Results: Should food stamp recipients work for their benefits?
Yes 73 84.88%
No 7 8.14%
other - please explain 6 6.98%
Voters: 86. You may not vote on this poll

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Old 08-08-2011, 05:07 PM
 
Location: Gone
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Been saying this for decades....you can't get something for nothing unless you live in the U.S.A. ON WELFARE...
I guess you believe our men and women in uniform are on WELFARE, you should try it some time and get back to us and tell us how easy it is.
Casper
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Old 08-08-2011, 05:22 PM
 
Location: Las Vegas
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Yes, I don't see why not.
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Old 08-08-2011, 05:38 PM
 
Location: New Hampshire
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Who are these skilled workers making $8 per hour?

I pay my gardener $15 per hour. Maybe I should find some of these $8 people and cut my gardening expenses.
I don't make $8 an hour, I make more but it is enough to cover my rent...and I live in a hole in the wall apartment infested with bugs in a Boston suburb.

My boyfriend is a skilled worker (laborer/landscaper) and makes $10/hr working part-time at a liquor store because he cannot find another job. He has 10 years of experience in Aviation...Can't even find a job in construction anymore.

Times are tough.

Where do you live? I am sure he would jump at the chance to work for you making that much. lol
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Old 08-08-2011, 08:41 PM
 
Location: Dallas
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I don't make $8 an hour, I make more but it is enough to cover my rent...and I live in a hole in the wall apartment infested with bugs in a Boston suburb.

My boyfriend is a skilled worker (laborer/landscaper) and makes $10/hr working part-time at a liquor store because he cannot find another job. He has 10 years of experience in Aviation...Can't even find a job in construction anymore.

Times are tough.

Where do you live? I am sure he would jump at the chance to work for you making that much. lol

Austin.
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Old 08-08-2011, 08:51 PM
 
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My boyfriend is a skilled worker (laborer/landscaper)
That is a skill position? I think of "skilled worker" and laborer/landscaper doesn't come to mind, people doing accounting etc. do.
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Old 08-08-2011, 10:00 PM
 
Location: Great Falls, Montana
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Who are these skilled workers making $8 per hour?

I pay my gardener $15 per hour. Maybe I should find some of these $8 people and cut my gardening expenses.
At 8 dollars an hour, your expenses wouldn't be the only thing cut .. for that money, you'ld get your sprinkler system lines cut, cable cut, and other things cut too .. just saying
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Old 08-08-2011, 10:06 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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Who are these skilled workers making $8 per hour?

I pay my gardener $15 per hour. Maybe I should find some of these $8 people and cut my gardening expenses.
Maybe you should. My daughter made $10.40/hr doing childcare. She has some certifications in early childhood education.
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Old 08-08-2011, 10:52 PM
 
Location: Georgia, on the Florida line, right above Tallahassee
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Some already do. Me and the wife collected WIC when I was in the Air Force as an E-4. We also qualified for food stamps, but she wouldn't let me get them, for some reason. I think it was pride.
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Old 08-08-2011, 10:55 PM
 
Location: Pa
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I see no problem requiring people to perform community service that receive food stamps, welfare or section 8.
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Old 08-09-2011, 12:27 AM
 
Location: Ohio
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Is it reasonable to ask people do a few hours work in exchange for their food stamp benefits?
Um, the majority already work.

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I guess you believe our men and women in uniform are on WELFARE, you should try it some time and get back to us and tell us how easy it is.
They are. Some of the military bases are located in areas that have extremely high cost-of-living. Military pay is based on rank and time in service/time in grade, and not based on cost-of-living, so many military families must apply for Food Stamps in order to make it work.

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At 8 dollars an hour, your expenses wouldn't be the only thing cut .. for that money, you'ld get your sprinkler system lines cut, cable cut, and other things cut too .. just saying
That's not true at all. $8/hour is Lower-Middle Class to Middle-Middle Class in many parts of the US.

The cost-of-living varies greatly across the US, and it even varies greatly within a State.

The federal government is way too stupid to understand that.

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I see no problem requiring people to perform community service that receive food stamps, welfare or section 8.
Um, the majority already do.

Section 8 is not "free" it is simply a portion of your income. For example, you were stupid and did not invest in a pension plan or 401(k) plan or save money for your retirement, and you did not invest in your own education, so you made low wages and so your Social Security benefit is only $1,183 per month. Section 8 simply says you cannot pay more than 1/3 of your income for rent, which would be about $390/month.

Cost-of-living varies from State to State and from city-to-city within a State. For example, here, a person can get a 1-bedroom on bus-line with quick access to 3 major interstates (I-71, I-74 and I-75), hospitals, down-town and such in a nice neighborhood with average or less than average crime rate for $350/month including heat, water and electricity.

You can splurge and get a larger 1-bedroom with amenities like a pool and weight room for $45/month more, but you'll also have to pay electricity (but heat and water are included).

Very obviously, Section 8 costs more depending on the city/State.
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