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I'm thinking that some of the people posting here never shopped in a supermarket, and are the usual trolls talking about something they know nothing about. Perhaps they are stll living home with their parents.
When things got tough for me a few years ago, I did not think of going for assistance. I fed two people (myself and another adult) on about $50 per week.
We bought whatever was on sale, and in quantities for a discount. I cut out beers and wines, desserts, snack foods, etc...But did occasionally have them if we found them at a good price.
We cooked for ourselves, making meals for 2 or 3 days. And we did eat well. Certainly better than restaurant food.
Well then I would ask your sister-in-law the details. Ask her just how she managed to eat better on food stamps than on an income of $130K. Because I think she's pulling your leg.
I've heard of many many many examples of folks who know how to work the system, it was just shocking to see it first hand. And my wife and I just sat back and watched as they bought lavishly expensive toys for their daughter and themselves, all while presumably being starving college students without real jobs. We saw these things because we all had Christmas together. They also bought a 45 inch LCD HDTV for her my wife's parents because it was just extra money the needed to spend on something. They had already bought a 60 inch for themselves.
I don't think they are bad people and it's not about jealousy at all. Sister-in law's husband is very very good with money and I'm sure that has a lot to do with things. But if it is possible for them to do that well without any income but the government dole, then something is seriously screwed up.
We should measure welfare's success by how many people leave welfare, not by how many are added. The welfare state is not really about the welfare of the masses. It is about the egos of the elites.
seems I heard this story before. subsitute anchor baby for blind child and the stores is the same.
Maybe the OP needs to understand that if "his family" isn't committing fraud, then thier actions are because of the child's disability...not to fund your sister and her dude.
I don't mind giving to the child, I can't help you have lowlife relatives.
seems I heard this story before. subsitute anchor baby for blind child and the stores is the same.
Maybe the OP needs to understand that if "his family" isn't committing fraud, then thier actions are because of the child's disability...not to fund your sister and her dude.
I don't mind giving to the child, I can't help you have lowlife relatives.
As a small consolation, I'm sure they'll pay back into the system many many times what they took out ... but my whole aggravation all comes down to this: It ain't right! This should not be possible!
It's hard to fault the people who are getting this kind of assistance. If each of us had a blind child, how many of us would say no when somebody offers to pay us $3000 a month (just arbitrarily pulling that number out, no clue what the actual amount is). If the people giving you the money told you, "You have to spend all of it by the end of the month or you lose what you didn't spend and you'll get less money the following month." how many people would willingly not spend every dime of it?
I confess I wouldn't spend it all, but I doubt that's normal. When I was recovering from the cancer treatments and we were on foodstamps for a few months, we didn't use all the allotted money then either. But if you hand somebody $1000 and tell them to only spend as much as they need to spend and to return the rest, most people will spend the entire $1000. That's just human nature.
The real problem is that the system is so broken that it allows this sort of crap to happen. Apparently, they just throw a ton of money without a care how the money is spent. You fix it by actually holding people accountable for how they spend the money.
130 k isnt much... That is about 5-6k after taxes per month... A 400 k house eats up a little less than 3k, student loan debt is another 1.5k per month, etc etc...
If that is the case you need to fire whoever is doing your taxes especially if you are paying on a mortgage of that size and have student loan debt. Someone is being lazy or stupid.
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Report: Wefare recipients drawing taxpayer funds at strip clubs, liquor joints, and porn shops | The Daily Caller there are tons of these stories in the news, all the way back to 2004, that I could find. I do know people who scam every system out there and do it well. Call it a lie, an urban legend, whatever, I have seen it first hand. There are a lot of people who really need food stamps and there are a lot of deadbeats who have made this a way of life. Yet, I do not have any answers.
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I'm thinking that some of the people posting here never shopped in a supermarket, and are the usual trolls talking about something they know nothing about. Perhaps they are stll living home with their parents.
When things got tough for me a few years ago, I did not think of going for assistance. I fed two people (myself and another adult) on about $50 per week.
We bought whatever was on sale, and in quantities for a discount. I cut out beers and wines, desserts, snack foods, etc...But did occasionally have them if we found them at a good price.
We cooked for ourselves, making meals for 2 or 3 days. And we did eat well. Certainly better than restaurant food.
Amazing Story.
I'm a single father and can't imagine feeding the three of us on fifty dollars a week on anything more than a staples diet which in the long term would not be healthy.
Quite frankly, eating healthy is more expensive than eating the over-processed, zero nutrition foods that are produced for the masses.
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