What I don't understand is why so many seem to think that every issue is soooo black and white as to make their viewpoint the only one that matters.
The free and reduced price lunch program is a good example. I actually participated in this program for about 4 months when I was in high school. I was from an average, middle class family, when my father got laid off due to downsizing at the company he worked for. Money became extremely tight, and my parents were very stressed out, as they had just spent their savings on a house because my fathers company had moved him just months prior to laying him off. The lunch program helped us out during this time.
Now, I am not for illegal immigrants getting welfare, I believe that welfare should only be for those american citizens that truly need it, and the government wastes more money than it spends. But I think to penalize those that really want to work and provide for their families is taking things a little too far.
I think all poor 5 years old should start sowwing soccor balls with their teeth if they want to eat lunch. If it is good enough for china why not bring it here.
I think all "poor" parents should start spending less money on alcohol, cigarettes, cable/satellite TV, Cars, and gambling and start feeding their children. It's really a good form of parenting that can only be enforced if we back them into a corner and say "Look, we're not gonna feed your kid anymore, that's YOUR responsibility". The reform suggested on free lunch such as monitoring who should really deserve free lunch and how often requires way too much government monitoring (something most people on the left despise) and will cost way too much.
my school provided free lunch for kids who couldn't afford it, it was PB&J, an apple, and some water, the funny thing, is the ungrateful little bastards complained about it...
Yes because this thread has nothing to do with Free Lunch programs at school....
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Did I say all poor parents did? Nope, I just said all of them in general (the entire picture) should spend less on those things. If they did, we could get rid of a lot of social programs and free up some money in the economy.
I think all poor parents should start spending less money on....
I think all poor parents spend money on.....
The first sentence can be used to generalize poor people and what they spend their things on based on an average but the second (which you said I said) is a completely different ballpark because it's so cut and dry.
I think all poor parents spend money on.....
The first sentence can be used to generalize poor people and what they spend their things on based on an average but the second (which you said I said) is a completely different ballpark because it's so cut and dry.
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Digging yourself into a deeper hole, I see. :laugh:
If all poor people should start spending less money on the stuff that you say, then you're saying that they all spend on those items. If you made a mistake, admit it and go on. Regardless, you are stereotyping all poor people and you know it!
for you. You should not need a free lunch for several weeks with the collection you have earned! I'm not saying I didn't make a mistake. I'm saying that you should probably know what I meant. If I say "All the people at my school are snobby", obviously not ALL OF THEM are snobby and I shouldn't even have to explain that when I'm trying to make a point.
actually, you should because you're making a generalization regardless, with not an ounce of proof to back it up.
And what if the parents don't stop spending less money on alcohol, cigarettes, cable/satellite TV, Cars, and gambling, then is it time to start having 5 year old slave labor???
Do I really need proof that says people living in poverty in the U.S. spend their money on those things?
Do I need to re-explain what I meant? I meant poor people as a whole, whether or not certain specific families are spending money on these things, need to spend less on them. I just want the figures to read 0% of poor families spend money on alcohol, cigarettes, cable/satellite TV, Cars, and gambling. That's what I mean.
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