I Got Food Stamps and So Can You!

The College Conservative ^ | January 16, 2012 | Sydney Phillips

[Sopater]

Welfare in America was intended to provide a temporary means of survival for those at rock bottom.

Ah yes, back in the days of self-respect and honor.

[Bigh4u2]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=I%20Got%20Food%20Stamps%20and%20So%20Can%20You!

[albie]

“Welfare in America was intended to provide a temporary means of survival for those at rock bottom”.

...it was never “meant” for that. It was portrayed that way but was meant to buy votes.

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[Bigh4u2]

Nevermind.

Just noticed the time stamp...

11:52pm

[Sopater]

No, you’re right. The one you linked to was posted yesterday.

[Grunthor]

There used to be such a thng in this nation as “shame.” It’s true, I remember my grandparents talking about it.

[Mr. Jeeves]

By using the program, students are able to save hundreds of dollars on food so they can pay for school instead of taking out an extra loan. I’m not discrediting that logic; I totally sympathize.

So in this case, food stamps are actually subsidizing the university - allowing them to keep tuitions sky-high and in turn more tenured Leftists on the payroll than they could if they had to compete in an open marketplace.

Government preferences are at the heart of all of our current economic problems.

[.30Carbine]

By using the program, students are able to save hundreds of dollars on food so they can pay for school instead of taking out an extra loan. I’m not discrediting that logic; I totally sympathize.

Yes, and by using the program there are others who, by saving on their food bill, can use the extra money for cigarettes, alcohol, drugs, cable TV, gambling...

Thanks for posting this article. What an interesting read from a curious and conservative college student.

But how do we (realistically) fix the problem? The only way I know is helping and educating one neighbor at a time. That won't work quickly enough to deliver the nation from debt and dependance.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks Sopater.

[Vigilanteman]

I've been in the supermarket check-out line with these EBT card users many times. Not once have I seen them failing to buy food that I can't afford. Plus, when I follow them out to the parking lot, not once have I seen them drive a car older than mine.

Is that just a coincidence or a pattern?

[oh8eleven]

So in this case, food stamps are actually subsidizing the university ...
Excellent point and more so since most of these universities have endowment funds containing billions of dollars.
Ironically, the scumbag OWS protest the banks - who loaned them the money - as greedy, yet would never think to protest the truly rich, Marxist universities that took their money.

[maica]

So in this case, food stamps are actually subsidizing the university - allowing them to keep tuitions sky-high and in turn more tenured Leftists on the payroll than they could if they had to compete in an open marketplace.

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Exactly correct!

Also government employees get bonuses for the number of people that they enroll in these programs, not the number of people who are encouraged/assisted to become independent of taking money from taxpayers.

[aruanan]

I've been in the supermarket check-out line with these EBT card users many times. Not once have I seen them failing to buy food that I can't afford. Plus, when I follow them out to the parking lot, not once have I seen them drive a car older than mine.

Is that just a coincidence or a pattern?

No coincidence. The money they don't have to spend on food is money that can be spent on something else, usually something self-indulgent.

[Gaffer]

Shame is virtually non-existent today. In fact, shame has been replaced with arrogant defiance. I see it in the demeanor of each EBT leech I get behind at WalMart EVERY time I go buy something. The only cash they have to pony up for their visit is for cigarettes, wine or beer. They are disgusting. This will all come crashing down one day soon.

[MadelineZapeezda]

It's Free Swipe your EBT (youtube video)

[bkopto]

I opened it up to find an EBT card with my name on it, instructions on how to activate and use the card, and the amount I could access on it per month — 200 dollars. Nothing followed-up my interview, other than the evidently pointless letter I received during the previous month. No one ever asked for a copy of my birth certificate or Social Security card, nor for my student identification card. I answered all of their questions truthfully, but how were they to know that I was who I said I was? Is it really this simple to obtain welfare benefits here in the United States?

This is all you need to know about the Federal Government, its programs, and who it hires. This vignette also displays how democrat voters are minted.

[bkopto]

I opened it up to find an EBT card with my name on it, instructions on how to activate and use the card, and the amount I could access on it per month — 200 dollars. Nothing followed-up my interview, other than the evidently pointless letter I received during the previous month. No one ever asked for a copy of my birth certificate or Social Security card, nor for my student identification card. I answered all of their questions truthfully, but how were they to know that I was who I said I was? Is it really this simple to obtain welfare benefits here in the United States?

This is all you need to know about the Federal Government, its programs, and who it hires. This vignette also displays how democrat voters are minted.

[Reeses]

meant to buy votes

The Democrats choice of food is no accident. Throughout the animal kingdom a gift of food quickly buys the recipient's heart and mind. It's is the easiest, lowest cost, most effective method of becoming their master. People hooked on food welfare would rather walk 10 miles to get a free starchy dinner than work 10 minutes for it.

[dagogo redux]

“...it was never “meant” for that. It was portrayed that way but was meant to buy votes.
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True, true, true. In addition:

“The Issue is never the issue, the issue is always the Revolution.”
Unknown 60’s radical, quoted by David Horowitz.

“The mission of every government program is not to fix that problem, but to set up a bureaucracy that can expand its mission, and thereby get more funding and power.”