Clayton County Food Stamp Snafu Angers Many

MyFoxAtlanta ^ | 8/10/11 | Justin Gray

[Kartographer]

Anger and frustration from dozens of Clayton County parents who say their children are going hungry after their food stamps were suddenly cut off.

State officials admit that something went wrong down in Clayton County at the office that administers food stamps and Medicaid but they're still not sure what.

Parents say they can't buy food without those food stamps.

[Kartographer]

A few inidences like this and we will quickly have action in the street that will make what happened in the UK look like a Kiddy Street Carnival.

[kimmie7]

Yep.

Perhaps they should have, oh I don’t know...stocked up a little.

[goodwithagun]

It's hard for me to buy food for my kids when the gubmint keeps taking it and giving it to these people. The wrong people are rioting in the U.K. and U.S.

[RKV]

Do it. Shut off the food stamps. Great idea.

[babygene]

Maybe if they can’t feed their kids with out the rest of us paying for the food; #1 They shouldn’t have any more kids. #2 Perhaps they should put them up for adoption.

[tallyhoe]

You think? Maybe like the Rodney King riots uh? Do you remember the Watts riots? I do!

[Kartographer]

Maybe they should sneak across the border to Mexico and get the Mexican Government to feed them. Oh wait that’s not how it works is it.

[dfwgator]

I bet they all have cable TV, Internet and Cell phones, and the parents spend money on cigarettes.

[A_perfect_lady]

I’ve seen enough of the lifestyle of people who cry that they can’t feed their children. Entertainment centers with flatscreen tv and full cable, blackberries and iphones and shiny cars and everything else. I even had a family member, years ago, crying about “can’t feed the baby.” Lived in a gated community with tennis court, fridge full of beer, electronic gadgets all over the house but can’t feed the baby. Yeah, don’t get me started with these people.

[montag813]

Lay off the crack for a week and buy some $1 specials at McDonalds.

[IllumiNaughtyByNature]

Wonder if we can spin this as “Obama’s stash has dried up?” /s

[Kartographer]

I though ‘Bammy’ said that having a big screen tv, cable and a cell phone are rights?

[Kartographer]

I thought ‘Bammy’ said that having a big screen tv, cable and a cell phone are rights?

[FlingWingFlyer]

Parents say they can't buy food without those food stamps.

There was a time in the early 70s when I didn't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. My two kids didn't go hungry. Freeloaders whine about the nanny state. PARENTS find a way to keep their children fed. What are these freeloaders going to do when the depression finally hits?

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[goodwithagun]

I was at the chiro last week and there was a new patient filling out forms. If she didn't have meth face then that was the worst case of acne I've ever seen. She had the teeth and figure to match. Her kids were with her and they were dressed better than mine; however, my son is a fraction of their ages and behaved better. She forgot her Medicaid card and had to call her boyfriend to get the number on it. She pulled out an iPhone. My chiros are both very conservative and accept Medicaid, but there were many of us giving her uncomfortable looks. Both docs noticed and I'm hoping that they make things uncomfortable for her.

[mardi59]

Maybe they should quit buying pop, candy, birthday cakes, expensive steaks, potato chips by the load, and get lunch meat, chicken etc.

The entitled are getting on my last nerve. I had a woman hand me her card saying she was sorry it was broken in half because it is 7 years old. She had 3 children and another on the way. I’m tired of it.

[Octar]

Parents say they can't buy food without those food stamps.

Maybe the husband should get a job. Wait...what husband?

[cornfedcowboy]

Dry run?

[Stonewall Jackson]

At the time of the Revolutionary War, American Colonists were paying barely one week's wages per year in taxes.

Now, between federal, state, and local taxes and mandatory programs, the average American pays nearly four months wages per year.