Yeah I don't get the outrage. It seems the system worked.
I agree, if she has cable TV and/or internet, she should kill those services and go to OTA HD instead. I'm sure Atlanta has a good selection of OTA HD stations and an antenna would be dirt cheap by comparison.
Selling the television and the Xbox would do little to resolve the central issue at this point. As I suggested earlier, a second job should not be ruled out, even if its waiting tables. I cannot believe there aren't ANY jobs that she could do to resolve her situation.
http://atlantarecruiter.com/job_browse.php?category_alpha=0
Seriously. Sell TV, pay bills. If you can afford a 55" television and an Xbox 360 (I see the controller on the lower shelf of the TV stand), you don't need my tax dollars. Hope she freezes.

My sister and brother-in-law are the SAME fucking way as this lady appears to be.
My sister didn't work...my brother-in-law works as a welder...
They live at my dad's second home rent free and have to pay for basic necessities (heat, electric, food, car).
They don't save their money and what little they do have they piss away on stupid shit.
They have a big LCD tv, PS3, Wii, a shit ton of movies, games, dvd's, Blu-Rays...
When my niece was born they were on every assistance program that you could imagine... (Heat, Childcare, food assistance, insurance).
They knew how to work the system in order to be under what ever limits they needed to be under to get the money and they didn't feel one bit bad about it. The part that pissed me of the most is they would commonly ask my dad for money when shit went sideways for them.
They would orchestrate scenarios for x-mas and birthday presents for themselves and their kids where they would get each member of their side of the family to 'chip-in' on big ticket items so they wouldn't have to pay for them.
The best part is they would PISS and MOAN when things were not getting done fast enough for them (fixes to the house...or other demands) as if they were 'entitled' to them vs. just getting off there asses and doing it themselves.
People like my sister and brother-in-law don't take responsibility for things and that is what I personally think is the biggest problem.
Recently my sister FINALLY started to go to school for something...they got some assistance for that...go figure. Instead of using the money to pay for the schooling or to bills or to something worthwhile...they bought a pimped out laptop even though they have a desktop that is totally fine for their needs. Why? Because they could...
My brother-in-law will drop 50 dollars plus on PS3 games (because he makes the money in the house) but will piss and moan when something needs to be fixed on the 'free' house they are living in and demand my dad fixes it because it is 'his house'.
My dad is on dial up and lives about 200 feet from the other house...my sister has high speed DSL. I said it would be nice to run a CAT 5 cable over to the old man's house and split the cost of the high speed internet with him so he can actually do something on the internet vs. shitty dial up that he is on (a 'win - win' situation). They WOULD NOT do it. The reason you might ask? My brother-in-law said it would affect his PS3 gaming and give him lag...
So when I read stories like this I fail to have any sympathy for them. If they are TRULY hard up then yes they should bridge a gap with assistance but don't make it a live long fucking goal to depend on it for your way of life.
Oh don't worry it is a FUCKED up scenario....
For instance....my dad runs a wood boiler for heat...he has done so for about 10 years...prior to that he did a wood furnace in home.
I used to cut wood with him for YEARS (since I was under 10)...stack wood...all that bullshit.
Did I mention my dad has polio in one of his legs...making him handicap? (I know i didn't but it makes the story that much better).
So my dad decided it was a good idea to run a second line off this Boiler to their home to basically heat it for free (minus the double use of the boiler).
They piss and moan when they have to get wood for the heat...even though they don't have a heat bill basically.
I constantly make comments (over the past 5 years) about their 'effort' on things and how they are 'raping the system' in place. They get to go to office visits for 1 fucking dollar since they are on medical assistance even though my brother-in-law could get insurance through his work ('it is too expensive'). While normal people have to pay through the nose for medical bills.
It DOES NOT PHASE them in the least...which is why I am convinced that they feel entitled unlike the rest of us who have to work...pay insurance...pay bills...make sure shit is wired tight vs. buying the new tv that was on clearance....or the box set blu-ray that was on sale.
For instance...their car broke (brakes)...they got my dad to pull favors so a mechanic would fix it for 'friend prices'...basically free minus parts....because it was his friend.
I <3 this thread.
I'm OK with government assistance programs in general. I see them as the government making an investment in citizens to improve themselves. When I was laid off from my Gateway Tech Support job 7 years ago I then qualified for government assistance to help me get an Associate's degree. While I was going to school, my wife worked full time to support us. We had a baby son at that point and were on WIC and daycare assistance while living in low income housing. When times were tough we sold personal items to help bridge the gap.
I eventually graduated from school with my degree and now sit in the 28% tax bracket. The government has already recouped the costs of helping me complete school during that two year period and more. We used the assistance to better ourselves and now I'm able to support our entire family on my income alone while my wife goes to college full time.
So, in our case, the government made an investment in us that has been and will continue to be repaid manyfold as we pay far more in taxes than we would have had we never had the help.
The woman in this article, however, is jobbing the system and taking advantage of it.
Yes. Processed junk food is alot cheaper than fresh food. Soda costs much less than milk or juice.
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For the lady in the picture, she probably bought those luxury articles(Huge tv and xbox360) on a down payment system when she still had a job. I expect those items to be taken away sooner or later if she still has to pay for them but is unable to. One thing i do not understand, why are the poor people in the USA always so fat ? Are the cheapest foods full of fat and tons of sugar ? ...
Can they not grow their own vegetables ?
Most people have large yards in the USA. A 6 feet by 6 feet square can provide more then enough food for 1 person if they eat a normal amount. I mean, if i was without a job, i would start to find out how i can farm my own vegetables. It would be impossible to keep livestock afcourse. But at least i would feel productive and positive. I would go back to the basics again and be proud of it too.
6ftx6ft? R U SRS? If you were somehow able to take in a full harvest EVERY SINGLE DAY, perhaps. Also, poor people and people living in cities usually don't have "yards" at all and local government usually prohibits any serious farming without being in an area zoned for agriculture. You can have a typical garden with some flowers, herbs, and maybe a row of tomatoes and corn.
This is the thing I just don't understand. There used to be a stigma surrounding welfare programs, it was actually an embarrassment if other people knew you couldn't even provide for your family and had to get assistance. These days it seems like it's become so commonplace that people not only don't care, but some even take pride in how much they can game the system. Just boggles the mind.My sister and brother-in-law are the SAME fucking way as this lady appears to be.
My sister didn't work...my brother-in-law works as a welder...
They live at my dad's second home rent free and have to pay for basic necessities (heat, electric, food, car).
They don't save their money and what little they do have they piss away on stupid shit.
They have a big LCD tv, PS3, Wii, a shit ton of movies, games, dvd's, Blu-Rays...
When my niece was born they were on every assistance program that you could imagine... (Heat, Childcare, food assistance, insurance).
They knew how to work the system in order to be under what ever limits they needed to be under to get the money and they didn't feel one bit bad about it. The part that pissed me of the most is they would commonly ask my dad for money when shit went sideways for them.
They would orchestrate scenarios for x-mas and birthday presents for themselves and their kids where they would get each member of their side of the family to 'chip-in' on big ticket items so they wouldn't have to pay for them.
The best part is they would PISS and MOAN when things were not getting done fast enough for them (fixes to the house...or other demands) as if they were 'entitled' to them vs. just getting off there asses and doing it themselves.
People like my sister and brother-in-law don't take responsibility for things and that is what I personally think is the biggest problem.
Recently my sister FINALLY started to go to school for something...they got some assistance for that...go figure. Instead of using the money to pay for the schooling or to bills or to something worthwhile...they bought a pimped out laptop even though they have a desktop that is totally fine for their needs. Why? Because they could...
My brother-in-law will drop 50 dollars plus on PS3 games (because he makes the money in the house) but will piss and moan when something needs to be fixed on the 'free' house they are living in and demand my dad fixes it because it is 'his house'.
My dad is on dial up and lives about 200 feet from the other house...my sister has high speed DSL. I said it would be nice to run a CAT 5 cable over to the old man's house and split the cost of the high speed internet with him so he can actually do something on the internet vs. shitty dial up that he is on (a 'win - win' situation). They WOULD NOT do it. The reason you might ask? My brother-in-law said it would affect his PS3 gaming and give him lag...
So when I read stories like this I fail to have any sympathy for them. If they are TRULY hard up then yes they should bridge a gap with assistance but don't make it a live long fucking goal to depend on it for your way of life.
Umm, even non-diet soda has less fat than milk and fewer calories than juice, so that's not the best way to make your point.
Even the crops with the highest yields would not be able to do this (and especially not everywhere in the States), unfortunately. But where did you get this information?A 6 feet by 6 feet square can provide more then enough food for 1 person if they eat a normal amount.
I know enough ghetto people to know they don't own that TV, they're paying $10 a week from Rent To Own. And I'm pretty sure if you sell shit from R.T.O. you're going to jail lol.
you can only drink so much milk before you puke.
soda..not so much.
milk has some nutrition as well, soda has bupkis.
Big screen LCD + XBOX 360= does not compute beep beep
Fine, still $520/yr savings, plus the cable cost.
That's one hell of a TV for a poor person.
