Minnesota Republicans want legislation that would make it a crime for people on public assistance to have more $20 cash. (stats, money)

[andrea3821]

Originally Posted by Emeraldmaiden

The bus has a swipe system that takes their own cards, but not debit or credit cards. It only reads bus passes, which must be paid with cash. And have you ever tried grocery shopping by bus? You can't carry a week's worth of groceries on the bus, trust me.

You want people out looking for work, but you begrudge them the ability to buy a month's bus pass? And, in rural areas, there are people who actually have to take a taxi to get groceries. Taxis take cash.

I would carry a week's worth of groceries if I had to. Use the big reusable bags. If it's too much, make more trips.

Nobody is begrudging people of anything. YOU WANT IT, YOU EARN IT. Simple.

[mlassoff]

Originally Posted by andrea3821

I would carry a week's worth of groceries if I had to. Use the big reusable bags. If it's too much, make more trips.

Nobody is begrudging people of anything. YOU WANT IT, YOU EARN IT. Simple.

Multiple bus trips to the supermarket will eat up your $20 pretty quickly.

No matter how much you WANT IT, the bus still costs $2.25 each time you get on....

[andrea3821]

Originally Posted by blackandproud

This is the first I'm hearing where a landlord will allow you to pay your rent online. Most landlords either want a personal check payment by the beginning of the month and after that certified funds if your late. I would also like to know for those who don't have a computer, if they are able to pay any bills online, how are they suppose to do it if they do not have access to a computer? how are they suppose to pay their gas and electric bill?

Go to the library.

Rent?
Milwaukee Online Rent Payment
MilwaukeeRents.com : Milwaukee, WI Local Apartment and Home Rentals.
My renter pays his rent online through PayPal.

Utilities? No problem!
We Energies Residential Payment, Billing and Costs

Cable/Internet?
Manage Your AT&T Accounts - View & Pay Bill - Get Customer Service


Done, done and done.

[tonythetuna]

Originally Posted by gobrien

How do you expect people to take care of business like paying bills such as lights, gas, water, trash and phone?

Its called a checking account.

[tonythetuna]

Originally Posted by mlassoff

Multiple bus trips to the supermarket will eat up your $20 pretty quickly.

No matter how much you WANT IT, the bus still costs $2.25 each time you get on....

Buy a frickin bus pass.

[EinsteinsGhost]

Originally Posted by tonythetuna

Its called a checking account.

The current form of payment for UI (for example) is setting up a checking account but without a check.

[andrea3821]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

I really am appalled at the ignorance displayed in this thread. Open your eyes and take a look at the world around you. Read a newspaper. Educate yourselves.



Read the link again.


Once again ... people with Section 8 benefits pay 30 percent of their household income toward rent.

bahaha, if they have no income, they pay nothing, according to you!

[tonythetuna]

Originally Posted by EinsteinsGhost

The current form of payment for UI (for example) is setting up a checking account but without a check.

Huh?

[andrea3821]

Originally Posted by JazzyTallGuy

I know you may hate this:

But it's still a free country.

Even if you are poor.

It may be a free country as far as rights go, but not when it comes to spending taxpayer dollars. Oh, right, you're a liberal. Don't expect you to understand that then.

[andrea3821]

Originally Posted by Ohiogirl81

I don't completely disagree with this; however, legislation like that proposed in Minnesota is going about it all the wrong way.

So then what do you propose?