Aw, another good little comrade who wants to dictate what others may or may not eat. Personally, I haven’t seen too many at the grocery store using food stamps who buy lobster or even steak. Instead, I’ve seen young mothers with children pulling on her with a cart full of cereal, hamburger, milk, bread, etc. and yes, even a snack or two for the kids. So what? Get your darned noses out of other people’s grocery carts and learn the goosestep.
Catsup— here’s the deal: I didn’t set up welfare, but I do pay a lot of my income in taxes. I get, and ought to get, a say in how it should be spent. I get your “comrade” insult, but if you knew me (and you don’t) you’d keep your mouth shut and think a bit about the issue rather than being cute, which you are not.
First, I do not object to helping those in need. I happen to think that private charity works more efficiently than the federal government ever could (if Biden and those of his ilk would donate more than a couple hundred bucks a year we might be better able to tackle the problem).
But when you are the beneficiary of the “generosity” of others you ARE subject to limitations on the use of that generosity, if for no other reason than to assure its more efficient use. If that bothers you, decline the gift. For those who use the benefits wisely, there is no issue. But for those who would waste the benefits, I have no real concern about their hurt feelings for having to be told not to be stupid.
Of course, when you spend your own money, neither I nor anyone I know cares how you spend it, nor should we. But when you take money out of my checkbook, you are darned straight that I am going to do what I can to attach strings to it.
Get your darned noses out of other people’s grocery carts and learn the goosestep.
Then tell those people to get their hands out of the taxpayers’ wallet.