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Why don't you tell us? There are many people who can actually play on the computer and also know what is going on around them.
If you are sitting here arguing over "poor" people having VCR's then obviously you do not know what is going around around you. Because you've bought into the deception of being distracted while things that REALLY impact your life, decrease your standard of living, and take away your freedoms move right along because you are stuck in the trap that was set for you.
Right make assumptions. You are just showing you know nothing about the poor.
Make assumptions? Did you not see what I posted prior to that? I saw what looked like a mother and daughter (the only assumption I made).. they had 2 carts full of CRAPPY "food". Lots of sodas, chips, snacks etc etc. No fruits, no vegetables...
When asked how will you pay she said "food stamps". Swiped her card and the 2 of them left.
The whole time the cashier was ringing them up, they BOTH were playing on their iPhones.
So I ask: How is this lady "POOR" and in need of "HELP"? If, because of handouts, she can afford an iPhone for herself and daughter (and who knows who else), then clearly the system failed as we are giving too much. You really think people who don't lift a finger to help themselves deserve a HIGH standard of living? That lady was a prime example of what I used to see DAILY when I worked at a Super Market.
YOU are the one making assumptions. Maybe YOU had some tough times in your life, collected the stamps, and are just taking general offense to this whole thread. If you received help and you are no longer on the stamps, then the YOU used the system for what it's for. A lot of other people that I have seen in line, as well as rung them up while I was a cashier at a super market.. hardly appear to look like they are living in "POVERTY"
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Originally Posted by rhawkins74
what does that matter?
If they are elderly and poor, then they can receive handouts just like the younger poor can. It is not age based to determine eligibility.
You are absolutely right. It's not age based to determine eligibility, it's your ability to know how to work the system.
Make assumptions? Did you not see what I posted prior to that? I saw what looked like a mother and daughter (the only assumption I made).. they had 2 carts full of CRAPPY "food". Lots of sodas, chips, snacks etc etc. No fruits, no vegetables...
When asked how will you pay she said "food stamps". Swiped her card and the 2 of them left.
The whole time the cashier was ringing them up, they BOTH were playing on their iPhones.
So I ask: How is this lady "POOR" and in need of "HELP"? If, because of handouts, she can afford an iPhone for herself and daughter (and who knows who else), then clearly the system failed as we are giving too much. You really think people who don't lift a finger to help themselves deserve a HIGH standard of living? That lady was a prime example of what I used to see DAILY when I worked at a Super Market.
YOU are the one making assumptions. Maybe YOU had some tough times in your life, collected the stamps, and are just taking general offense to this whole thread. If you received help and you are no longer on the stamps, then the YOU used the system for what it's for. A lot of other people that I have seen in line, as well as rung them up while I was a cashier at a super market.. hardly appear to look like they are living in "POVERTY"
You are absolutely right. It's not age based to determine eligibility, it's your ability to know how to work the system.
So you are saying that if my family had no income at all we couldnt get foodstamps and all unless we knew how to work the system? That is not correct. It is dependent on income and assets. If a person is truly poor, they do not need to work the system to receive assistance, it is those that are not truly poor that work the system to get it.
So you are saying that if my family had no income at all we couldnt get foodstamps and all unless we knew how to work the system? That is not correct. It is dependent on income and assets. If a person is truly poor, they do not need to work the system to receive assistance, it is those that are not truly poor that work the system to get it.
Your right. The truly poor. But the minute you pull out your iPhone....that label of "poor" doesn't work anymore.
Funny how everyone ignores what I posted what I saw yesterday at the super market. I guess if we ignore it, it never happened.
We've heard way too many of these stories, most of them made up.
So, I actually was in a coma yesterday.. having dreams, right?
When I was 16-17 and I worked for a year at a cash register and saw this .. this never happened, right?
Right make assumptions. You are just showing you know nothing about the poor.
The "poor" in the USA don't know what poor really means.
Our poor sit in air-conditioned homes, watching their nice cable big screen televisions, chowing down on more food than they should be eating and feel ever so sorry for themselves. They really don't know what poverty is.
The majority of "poor" in the USA have at least one television, at least one car, all the food they can eat, more food in fact than people who work for a living, most have cell phones, air-conditioning and plenty of heat in the winter. What more could someone want?
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