Posted on 07/10/2012 7:01:16 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
They want more people? Then...let’s ALL join up. /s (or not?)
Not to mention once the grocery industry sees the program responsible for nearly half of its sales, it will lobby for it like there’s no tomorrow.
The biggest man I know brags about getting Food Stamps. Its a debit card I think. He wears a 5X shirt and gets winded from standing longer than 5 minutes. He thinks its funny that we pay for his groceries.
“As every level of government works to grow the program, attempts to scale it back are predictably savaged.”
Of course!
So long as there are these infinitely escalating, gargantuan, readily and permanently accessible programs there are (will continue to be) layers upon layers of do-nothing, unaccountable and princely paid ‘positions’ to administer the programs!!
Handing our children and grandchildren THIS kind of future is inhumane, spiritually unwholesome and socially destructive.
REMEMBER:
“In spite of its foreground appearances, ethical Socialism [Socialism here means much of the modern theory of human rights] is not a system of compassion, humanity, peace and care, but one of will-to-power…” Oswald Spengler
AND…
“Liberalism is nothing more than the ideological disguise of the will to power of some groups who themselves could not be LESS Liberal”. Albert Camus
There’s a commercial on WABC radio: 2 black women laughing and joking about getting food stamps. It’s infuriating and I think it’s liberal racism, too.
RE: Surely supporters of these programs want people to be self-sufficient, right?
I’m a little slow today... you’re jesting right?
The food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of food stamps ever.
Meanwhile, the Park Service, also part of the Department of Agriculture, asks us to “please do not feed the animals” because the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves.
"Liberals define compassion by the number of people on welfare; conservatives define compassion by the number of people who no longer need it." - Jack Kemp
Obama has succeeded in turning the US into Great Britain, circa 1965. A whole lot of people on the dole. Only with all this stuff done online & with debit cards it’s far less apparent how far the slide has progressed.
Machines do most of the work these days, and a small but growing percentage of the population no longer has anything to offer the labor market that is worth minimum wage. The automation trend is only going to increase until 90% of us are on food stamps. To help people find happiness they need something meaningful to do, but that only means spending more money on them. Possibly we could automate make-work administration so it would be cheap enough. People would be paid to play basketball or make youtube videos all day. Life is going to be different.
And from another recent thread, 60 million Americans are now on Medicaid, and that would rise to 80 million if Obamacare were fully implemented. As long as we have that level of dependency, we have no hope of balancing the budget which includes $1 trillion in annual spending on the various support programs, and most of that trillion goes to working aged recipients and their dependents.
And then there are the long term problems with retirements programs, both government run and in the private sector.
The conclusion would be, since they know that “feeding” the welfare class breeds dependence,
that they want dependence.
But, we all knew that. It’s just that the left will deny this all day long, all while knowing that that is exactly the goal.
It's no longer just about need. Headlines in just the last month:
USDA combats ‘mountain pride,’ self-reliance to boost food stamp rolls
"A 2011 Hunger Champions Award document reveals that local assistance offices have been rewarded for “counteracting” pride and pushing more people to sign up for benefits. "
USDA suggests food stamp parties, games to increase participation
USDA: FOOD STAMPS WILL HELP YOU LOOK YOUR BEST
States try to increase food stamp benefits for their residents (Gaming the system)
States seeking a larger share of the nearly $80 billion a year the federal government hands out for food stamps have resorted to several practices that some lawmakers say are abuses of the system:
—Fourteen states and the District of Columbia make use of the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program. Paying people as little as $1 a year for heating assistance, even if they don’t have a heating bill, automatically qualifies them for greater food stamp benefits. Critics say that can result in households getting up to $100 extra a month in food stamps....
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