Food Stamp Use Soars Across U.S., and Stigma Fades (Feds want to enroll 16 million more people)

New York Times ^ | November 29, 2009 | Jason DeParle and Robert Gebeloff

[Achilles Heel]

I think in CA the bank savings or money mkt whatever has to be under 3,000 dollars. Some of the minorities use lock boxes to get around this. Even if they work , and make under a certain amt, and show no savings over 3K, they can get the food stamp card.

[buccaneer81]

I am way overdue a laptop (mine is 4 years old and looks older)

I hear you. I'm posting on a six year old HP desktop.

[investigateworld]

I know it was that way several years ago in Cali. The Vietnamese "refugees" had so much cash, the other Viets were doing home invasion robberies....

Just incredible :^(

[wally_bert]

A 6 year old HP laptop? Mine is a Staples Averatec that hasn’t given a bit of trouble since I bought it. I was on the road today and stopped at Panera’s Bread to grab a bite and some wifi. In the daylight, it looks really decrepit and the display is going. It will become a glorified file uploader when it gets replaced, hopefully this month. I am apparently going to be travelling a lot more on business. I saw a few good deals at BB for a basic travel machine. All I need is internet, DVD RW, and decent performance.

[autumnraine]

What year? And were scanners/food stamp debit card used?

What does that link have to with anything.

[buccaneer81]

A 6 year old HP laptop?

Desktop.

[Boucheau]

Who would bite the hand that feeds them?

If it is free then it must come from benevolent sources, right?

Your freedom is in good hands, Americans.

[wally_bert]

It’s late and I’m slipping a bit. My tower is 5 years old but has 3 year old guts in it and with 2 GB of RAM, runs just fine though. I am glad I can fix my own gear.

[Repeat Offender]

I think those on any type of welfare should lose their right to vote for the duration they are on welfare.

I also think those that are felons should lose the right to vote.

The Founding Fathers cared about the QUALITY of the vote, not the quantity. They wanted those with a poker in the fire to vote, which is why they developed a republic instead of a flat out majority rules democracy. The reason is they knew it wouldn't take long for the lazy to vote themsleves a bunch of "free" things.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Isn’t there a 5-yr lifetime limit to food stamps? In other words you can not receive food assistance for more than a total of five years in your life. No? I heard that somewhere...I think!

[manc]

and they have no respect for themselves
they even laugh at the thought of getting handouts

[Diana in Wisconsin]

I agree. Thank a Democrat for the destruction of The Black American Family. I lay the devastation at their feet.

[kcvl]

a program once scorned as a failed welfare scheme

It still is!

[kcvl]

While responsible people are buying hamburger helper, the welfare queens are buying steak and shrimp on their dime.

And so welfare queens won't be 'stigmatized' they are using cards that look like a regular credit card. I don't see them slowing up on dropping more kids who automatically become another generation of welfare cheats.

Liberals have created a birth to grave welfare mentality that keep people on the liberal plantation their entire lives.

[1010RD]

Milton Friedman called it back in 1980 in his Free to Choose series.

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

In PA at least, there is a program whereby welfare recipients can get a free cell phone.

[Quickgun]

You are correct, and I'll go so far as to say we are way overdue for civil rebellion, war if it becomes necessary.
We will have to be the ones to put a stop to it.Does anyone think that the recipients of free living are going to stop taking it voluntarily? Does anyone think that politicians who derive their power from promising free handouts are going to stop providing them? What percentage of the politicians running this country right now care one damn bit about this nation over their own power and position? This so called “healthcare bill” should speak volumes about the real intent of the elitist liberals running this country.
We don't have a lot of time ,either. Slipping into an old Soviet-style government WILL be the result of inaction, and we may never get out from under the oppression that will bring.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Loved the man!

“If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in 5 years there’d be a shortage of sand.” ~ Milton Friedman

[668 - Neighbor of the Beast]

Just looked up PA’s food stamp program. It’s called SNAP (supplemental...nutrition...something!) You have to sign up for some kind of employment seeking program. Workfare.

The rule book is many, many pages.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

Yep. It’s pretty important that people wake up. Luckily, we have a Pres__ent that is bringing our blood to a boil...and quickly!

Conservatives always seem to need a swift kick in the backside to get moving, LOL!