Doctors:cutting food stamps could backfire (wages, generations, health care, millionaires)

[AppalachianAmerican]

Yahoo!

Seriously? Cutting them again? They already cut them 2 months ago! I guess when you are a millionaire and don't have to live by the ignorant laws enacted it really doesn't matter.

[Chava61]

Well this isn't surprising. If one doesn't eat properly it can lead to health problems.

[Frank DeForrest]

The story illustrates well why food stamps and government funded health care should be eliminated.

[AppalachianAmerican]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

The story illustrates well why food stamps and government funded health care should be eliminated.

Yeah to heck with those too poor to afford enough food or healthcare huh!?Just let em die off. Strong survive weak die.

[Frank DeForrest]

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

Yeah to heck with those too poor to afford enough food or healthcare huh!?Just let em die off. Strong survive weak die.

as someone who volunteers both time and money to a local soup kitchen I disagree with your characterization.
Apparently you think charity comes from the barrel of a gun and americans should collectively be made poorer to satisfy your selfish causes.

[AppalachianAmerican]

You know as well as I do that if food stamps and healthcare were not free or at least subsidized millions of people would die. Americans are selfish people unfortunately. Things aren't like they used to be when you had 2 and 3 generations in 1 home taking care of each other.The government has to help those that are helpless,I to volunteer at charities,I give food to those in need,I take my neighbors to the grocery store because they have no car, I give clothes out etc etc etc..But I do not mind the government taking part of my check to help those less fortunate than me. If people didn't have to be "forced" to help by taking it from their pockets then I doubt it would be like that. There are people worth MILLIONS and BILLIONS who could easily help eradicate poverty in this country but they would rather ship their products overseas to be made by children and literal slave labor for pennies an hour instead of paying a livable wave to Americans here in America. I have no sympathy for the rich who get rich off the backs of poor workers who bust their butts for 8 and 9$ an hour to just barely scrape by on that and need welfare to get by as well which the rich then complain about as well. The rich either need to pay higher wages and take more off welfare or stop complaining all together. Its the ole saying trying to have your cake and eat it to. They want to be rich and don't want any of these pesky poor folks taking their riches.

[JimRom]

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

You know as well as I do that if food stamps and healthcare were not free or at least subsidized millions of people would die.

Actually, you assume that. You don't know it.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

Americans are selfish people unfortunately.

Nice generalization. Not accurate, but nice generalization nonetheless. Unless you know ever American personally and know what their giving habits are, you don't have anything to back up your argument.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

Things aren't like they used to be when you had 2 and 3 generations in 1 home taking care of each other.

Yep, things change. Women aren't relegated to the kitchen anymore either.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

The government has to help those that are helpless,I to volunteer at charities,I give food to those in need,I take my neighbors to the grocery store because they have no car, I give clothes out etc etc etc..

Actually, the government doesn't have to help anybody. You have a belief that the federal government is a savior, and that's fine. Other people feel that the federal government vastly overreaches it's designated powers and spends far too much money on things that should be handled at a local or state level.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

But I do not mind the government taking part of my check to help those less fortunate than me.

Good for you. Some of us do mind, especially when the food stamp program is run in such a slipshod way that there is no accountability.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

If people didn't have to be "forced" to help by taking it from their pockets then I doubt it would be like that.

Doubt away.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

There are people worth MILLIONS and BILLIONS who could easily help eradicate poverty in this country but they would rather ship their products overseas to be made by children and literal slave labor for pennies an hour instead of paying a livable wave to Americans here in America.

Apparently you have serious jealousy issues. The majority of millionaires are self-made. They didn't inherit their money, they worked for it. Why do you wish to punish hard workers? Aside from that, it's apparent that you have never run a business and dealt with labor markets, regulations, and corporate taxes.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

I have no sympathy for the rich who get rich off the backs of poor workers who bust their butts for 8 and 9$ an hour to just barely scrape by on that and need welfare to get by as well which the rich then complain about as well.

I have no sympathy for those who willingly stay in jobs that pay $8 or 9$ per hour and then complain that they don't make enough money to live on. Improve your skill set and move on to something that pays better, or shut up and accept the fact that you get paid what the labor market deems a fair wage.

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

The rich either need to pay higher wages and take more off welfare or stop complaining all together. Its the ole saying trying to have your cake and eat it to. They want to be rich and don't want any of these pesky poor folks taking their riches.

The rich don't need to do either. What needs to happen is that people who are working low wage jobs need to figure out how to make more money. They can use those low wage jobs as a stepping stone while improving their skill set, or they can continue to make a career out of bad choices and complain about it. There's nobody holding them at gunpoint and telling them that they can't do better for themselves.

[freemkt]

Originally Posted by Frank DeForrest

as someone who volunteers both time and money to a local soup kitchen I disagree with your characterization.
Apparently you think charity comes from the barrel of a gun and americans should collectively be made poorer to satisfy your selfish causes.

One thing a large majority of food stamp recipients have in common is that they are spending an unsustainabky large proportion of their income on housing. So the problem is largely caused by those same guns in the first place.

[EmeraldCityWanderer]

Originally Posted by AppalachianAmerican

Yeah to heck with those too poor to afford enough food or healthcare huh!?Just let em die off. Strong survive weak die.

Of course, "Let them die" is compassionate conservatism.

[HappyTexan]

SNAP is SUPPLEMENTAL people. It's not supposed to be the primary means to get food.