What happens when food stamps are a day late?

[Spikesoldier]

You really should just leave this thread. ,you look weird coming in here and saying something like that.

haha a mad liberal in denial

 

[JSt0rm]

haha a mad liberal in denial

Denial of what?

Im just saying he looks idiotic coming in here and saying something like that when he is suckling off the government teet just like any number of "baby mamma" out there.

But seriously, what do you think I'm in denial of?

 

[BoberFett]

You really should just leave this thread. ,you look weird coming in here and saying something like that.

And you, a loud-mouthed Democrat, foaming at the mouth about how poor people shouldn't have a say in government and chastising people for using the government services (i.e. unemployment insurance) that you yourself champion is pretty damn comical.

 

[JSt0rm]

And you, a loud-mouthed Democrat, foaming at the mouth about how poor people shouldn't have a say in government and chastising people for using the government services (i.e. unemployment insurance) that you yourself champion is pretty damn comical.

I'm not chastising you. I'm sure times are tough for you. I wont kick you while your down. I will point out your cognitive dissonance regarding this issue though. I really dont think you are in any place to be critical of others for taking services from the government as you are readily lapping them up yourself.

 

[BoberFett]

It gets tiring to say this over and over again, but that argument doesn't fly. Until I'm exempt from paying taxes, I'll take advantage of any government money I can and still retain the right to criticize it.

And if it's that important to you, go ahead and keep happily believing that my life is difficult. Based on all your past posts, pretending that you're some kind of hot shot and that others are below you is clearly very important to your ego, probably making up for some massive deficiencies in your own life. How sad.

 

[JSt0rm]

It gets tiring to say this over and over again, but that argument doesn't fly. Until I'm exempt from paying taxes, I'll take advantage of any government money I can and still retain the right to criticize it.

But you just scolded me for apparently doing the same thing (even though I wasnt)? You cant even keep your story straight man.

And if it's that important to you, go ahead and keep happily believing that my life is difficult. Based on all your past posts, pretending that you're some kind of hot shot and that others are below you is clearly very important to your ego, probably making up for some massive deficiencies in your own life. How sad.

I come here to take breaks while working. I dont take any of this personally and I find the ignorance and stupidity on parade to be incredibly entertaining.

You are a cartoon character to me. I know of no one in their right mind that would do what you do. I dont even really believe you (90k job in this economy whenever you want it after sitting on unemployment for 2 years LOL) but whatever, its your world little squirrel.

 

[Svnla]

The perfect example a LOW information voter which the GOP LOVES.

Not just pick on you but Democrat party is not like a party full of scholars either. Both of parties are full of clueless morons that keep voting for the candidates with the party letter.

<<----truely Ind, not R, not D, not T, not of anything but American.

 

[JSt0rm]

Not just pick on you but Democrat party is not like a party full of scholars either. Both of parties are full of clueless morons that keep voting for the candidates with the party letter.

<<----truely Ind, not R, not D, not T, not of anything but American.

both sides have their idiots its true but only 1 side votes against their own interests more. These $12 a hour on unemployment repugs are idiots.

 

[Nebor]

both sides have their idiots its true but only 1 side votes against their own interests more. These $12 a hour on unemployment repugs are idiots.

So they're like Warren Buffet then? He votes (and speaks) against his own interests, right?

 

[Jhhnn]

So they're like Warren Buffet then? He votes (and speaks) against his own interests, right?

Buffet lives at a level of wealth where economic factors affect his lifestyle not in the slightest, as do the rest of his peers. their lifestyles wouldn't change one bit at a tenth of their current level of income or wealth. They'd remain fabulously wealthy by middle class standards, and would lack for nothing.

The notion that he speaks against his own interests is an absurdity. Unlike many of his peers, he's well grounded as to what money will do for him personally, realizes through personal experience that it has diminishing utility.

The difference between paying 15% or 35% in federal taxes on an income measured in tens or hundreds of millions per year or more is just numbers, pure abstraction. It won't change how you live.

 

[JSt0rm]

So they're like Warren Buffet then? He votes (and speaks) against his own interests, right?

His interests are in a healthy vibrant economy. That requires money velocity. Something that the republican policies destroy.

 

[Nebor]

Buffet lives at a level of wealth where economic factors affect his lifestyle not in the slightest, as do the rest of his peers. their lifestyles wouldn't change one bit at a tenth of their current level of income or wealth. They'd remain fabulously wealthy by middle class standards, and would lack for nothing.

The notion that he speaks against his own interests is an absurdity. Unlike many of his peers, he's well grounded as to what money will do for him personally, realizes through personal experience that it has diminishing utility.

The difference between paying 15% or 35% in federal taxes on an income measured in tens or hundreds of millions per year or more is just numbers, pure abstraction. It won't change how you live.

Perhaps those willing to forsake personal gain at lower class levels can be equally ideologically motivated? Or themselves have a very low marginal increase in happiness from extra income above their current income?

You basically said, "oh well him and the rich people are different." All I'm saying is that some non-rich people are also different, in that they don't think like you. You're saying they're stupid for not acting rationally selfish.

 

[JSt0rm]

Perhaps those willing to forsake personal gain at lower class levels can be equally ideologically motivated? Or themselves have a very low marginal increase in happiness from extra income above their current income?

You basically said, "oh well him and the rich people are different." All I'm saying is that some non-rich people are also different, in that they don't think like you. You're saying they're stupid for not acting rationally selfish.

No. People can still be rewarded with great wealth. What we have now is a completely broken system where the majority of the money is sitting at the top and not moving around. Trickle down was a shame. What we need is something to change so that rich people will feel a incentive to move the money around.

 

[spidey07]

No. People can still be rewarded with great wealth. What we have now is a completely broken system where the majority of the money is sitting at the top and not moving around. Trickle down was a shame. What we need is something to change so that rich people will feel a incentive to move the money around.

Let's start by having a president that doesn't constantly say "I'm coming for YOU millionaire and billionaire". This president and his constant attacks on capitalism is the prime cause of people holding onto their wallets and anemic demand. This president is the biggest reason preventing any sort of recovery - this was his goal, and the fucker isn't done yet.

Obama, the food stamp president. The folks in the video? Guarantee you they're obama voters.

 

[Nebor]

No. People can still be rewarded with great wealth. What we have now is a completely broken system where the majority of the money is sitting at the top and not moving around. Trickle down was a shame. What we need is something to change so that rich people will feel a incentive to move the money around.

"No." Touche.

"People can still be rewarded with great wealth." Who are you referring to? I was positing that some poor and middle class people aren't incentivized by greater wealth, or perhaps not incentivized enough to overcome their ideology of not taking anything they didn't earn.

 

[peonyu]

*SIGH*

So much racism posted in this thread. /facepalm

If she were a WHITE WOMAN with 6 WHITE kids I doubt anyone would say anything.

But here it is, shes a African-American woman, so out come the racists claiming she is "a leach" on Welfare. You dont know that for a fact! She could be inbetween jobs. But racists will be racists and jump to conclusions once they see it is a African-American involved.

 

[JSt0rm]

"No." Touche.

"People can still be rewarded with great wealth." Who are you referring to?

I'm talking about people who work hard and/or take capital risks.

 

[Nebor]

I'm talking about people who work hard and/or take capital risks.

I was talking about why poor and middle class people vote against their own interests.

 

[JSt0rm]

I was talking about why poor and middle class people vote against their own interests.

The problem is because they dont really participate in the economy they are ready to blow the entire thing up for the luls. Never mind all the people who worked hard their entire lives to gain skills in demand in the modern world, as long as they have their simple economic ideas justified they are content with the destruction of the modern world. Whats pathetic is they dont own it. They blame those that are actually trying to get the economy back on track.

 

[nobodyknows]

Eliminate food stamps. Replace with government food store that only sells basic food items like rice, flour, milk, cheese, chicken, ground beef, etc.

No one in America should starve, regardless. But giving people effectively cash is a huge moral hazard.

In my state food stmps can only be used to puchase certain items (designated by the state). If you want something enot on their list you have to pay cash for it.

 

[BoberFett]

The problem is because they dont really participate in the economy they are ready to blow the entire thing up for the luls. Never mind all the people who worked hard their entire lives to gain skills in demand in the modern world, as long as they have their simple economic ideas justified they are content with the destruction of the modern world. Whats pathetic is they dont own it. They blame those that are actually trying to get the economy back on track.

In other words, you've got yours and fuck everybody else.

Are you SURE you're not a Republican?

 

[Lanyap]

*SIGH*

So much racism posted in this thread. /facepalm

If she were a WHITE WOMAN with 6 WHITE kids I doubt anyone would say anything.

But here it is, shes a African-American woman, so out come the racists claiming she is "a leach" on Welfare. You dont know that for a fact! She could be inbetween jobs. But racists will be racists and jump to conclusions once they see it is a African-American involved.

Well, that's not completely true. If she were a poor southern white woman with 6 kids you would see the left come out with the redneck, trailer trash comments. It's not racism because she is white but the hate is still there.

 

[JSt0rm]

In other words, you've got yours and fuck everybody else.

Are you SURE you're not a Republican?

You're ignorant.

 

[Nebor]

You're ignorant.

 

[Jhhnn]

So they're like Warren Buffet then? He votes (and speaks) against his own interests, right?

Perhaps those willing to forsake personal gain at lower class levels can be equally ideologically motivated? Or themselves have a very low marginal increase in happiness from extra income above their current income?

You basically said, "oh well him and the rich people are different." All I'm saying is that some non-rich people are also different, in that they don't think like you. You're saying they're stupid for not acting rationally selfish.

What ideology? The ideology of I got mine, and I resent anybody who might get something for free, no matter how little that might be? That I resent their children being fed and having a roof over their heads because their mommy is a dumbass?

It's the ideology of greed, and hatred of one's perceived social inferiors. It's the ideology of willful blindness, of thinking that being lucky makes one superior.

People on food stamps? There but for the Grace of God go I, and every one of us.

Which doesn't mean we're powerless to seek to modify a system that creates the enormous disparities we see, or that we should accept the pablum commonly used to justify it, the falsities used to perpetuate it, either.

With 15% of the population currently received food stamp assistance, the notion that they're all worthless bums is an obvious lie, even though Spidey appears to believe it. Contrast that with record corporate profits and an ever increasing share of income by the financial elite.

It's not the people trapped in the lower echelons of the system that are the problem, but rather the system itself, and the influence of greed at the top driving it.