People w/ food stamps are lazy???

[faeryedark]

Originally Posted by FancyFeast5000

ONE CASE. You have cited one case. If this kind of thing were common, there would be stats out there on it. Again, I ask why didn't the case workers figure this out and report them? You do realize that each person on public assistance has ONE file regarding their case which follows them throughout the entire time they receive benefits.

As for you relative "faking" disability, I find that next to impossible to believe. I have personal friends who work as judges for the agency which determines whether or not an applicant gets SSDI, and I promise you it's not an easy or simple process, plus the people who work as judges are extremely well trained and very well educated. Maybe whatever state you're claiming gave out these benefits so easily should consider looking at THEIR EMPLOYEES and why those employees are not reporting such suspicious cases.

AGAIN, you are cite ONLY ONE CASE. WHERE are the stats on the number of people who are living on welfare their entire lives and why that is happening? Lobby your state to start keeping up with such cases. It could very easily be tracked by probably a very simple computer program.

Next thought. WHY DIDN'T YOU REPORT THESE PEOPLE? If you find it so offensive and you disapprove of people breaking the law, why did you just ignore it? Surely there is a way to report people anonymously. Of course, I guess if you did that, then you and your husband might possibly have to help these people.

I wasn't taking about SSDI, I was taking about short-term disablility, hence the fact that he gets another job eventually
As for reporting it, I have, others have, nothing's done.
i'v known others who have had boyfriends living with them, not on the lease, again, I've reported them as have others nothings done.
The problem is, there ARE scammers out there...maybe just a few here and there, but unfortunately, those scammers give anyone else who gets assistance a bad name.

[bobtn]

Originally Posted by smalltowngirl25

Some say that people getting food stamps and things like unemployment benefits are lazy and just want free stuff. Well I can tell you this is not true of everyone. I have two part time jobs. Between the two jobs, I can work sometimes 12-16 hours a day and sometimes 50-60 hours a week. I also get food stamps. Does this make me lazy? I think not. .

I dsiagree with your assertion that "I Think not", as "I KNOW you are not, at 50-60 hours per week.

[faeryedark]

Originally Posted by FancyFeast5000

So where are the statistics? You read a couple newspaper articles, which you can't even cite at this point, and you jump to the conclusion that huge numbers of welfare recipients live their entire lives on public assistance.

As for you "paper route" how old are the people to whom you deliver the paper? What kind of medical conditions do they have? You know that you can't see extremely high blood pressure or heart disease.

Why do you have such an extremely negative prejudice against people who have qualified for and need help? Your anger and indignation should be focused on the people who are the employees who apparently turn a blind eye to all the things you think you see.

What anger and indignation? What prejudice? It seems to me that you're the one whose angry. I said nothing about newspaper articles. I happen to KNOW that there are SOME people who have lived in the projects for 20 years or more. I also know that those same people go to bingo on a fairly regular basis,but anyway... They are healthy enough to run all over the place...and last i checked there's medication for HBP.


Now, you may want to kindly go back and read where I said that we receive SNAP. My hubby works as many hours as he can get, and I work part-time due to my own health conditions.
I have no problem with people who need it, receiving help. I do have a problem with the scammers out there who make it hard for the rest of us.