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Jesus said in the gospels: I was hungry and you fed me not. Are any of you helping to feed the poor? Yes, you are, with your tax dollars. Sure, there is some waste in the system, and some buy luxury items. If you’ve ever worked at a voluntary food bank - you’d get an idea of what some of you good-hearted folks think the poor should eat. Can after can of off-brand tomato soup, that the donor and family wouldn’t eat themselves. Cheap boxes of mac & cheese - lots of them, and the list goes on.

Don’t judge a few who have milked the system by those honest people who really do need the help. Some have the idea that food stamp recipients drive fancy cars. None that I’ve seen do - just as there is abuse in everything - there is abuse in food stamps, but some want to punish everyone because they pay taxes and think they should tell others to be good food stamp recipients and eat their beans and rice.

A. Jesus wasn't talking to the U.S. federal government or to a handful of bureaucrats to use government power to extort money from one person to give it to another.

B. From what I have seen in over 7 years of very intimately watching food stamp use, most of it is unnecessary and serves as a means of freeing up dollars to be used for drugs, tobacco, alcohol, entertainment, lottery, bling, and a bazillion other things that are simply not necessities of life by any stretch of the imagination. Yes, food stamp use should be tightly regulated and restricted to the purchase of basic foodstuffs that must be prepared at home in order to be used. No swordfish. No ice cream. No Doritos or candy. No FRIGGING BUBBLE GUM OR BOTTLED WATER!!!!

You sound like a liberal Democrat. Eat what I tell you to eat. What a bunch of hypocrites on this forum.Oh, so because someone is poor, they aren’t entitled to some ice cream once in a while?

I hope you never have to get in a position to use food stamps. On second thought - I hope you do. Then you wouldn’t be so quick to run off at the mouth and tell others what they can and can’t eat or drink.

Yes, there is some abuse in the system - I’ve seen it - but, you hypocrites on here want to punish those who really need the help because of a few who take advantage of every thing.

No, Jesus wasn’t talking to the U.S. government, but, neither have the churches and so-called CHristians done what he has instructed them to do. Some have food pantries, which are never full enough to help all those who need it. So, when the church doesn’t do what its supposed to do - someone has to pick up the slack. Everyone who has ever paid taxes helps those out - and Jesus also told us to render unto Caesar the things that are Caesars, and unto God the things that are Gods. SO, your argument is mighty weak and puny. The government is made up of people - it isn’t a non-human entity.

So, what have some of you control freaks on here done to help the poor, other than run your mouths because they are getting help when needed?