primitives discuss restricting food stamps

[Kimberly]

Here's an article that will depress the heck out of you:

Food stamps put Rhode Island town on monthly boom-and-bust cycle

I don't know what part of the story is more infuriating. That they won't leave and try to find a better life somewhere else, that the woman can't discipline her children so they don't have tantrums in the grocery store, or that they have a tattoo budget.

[JohnnyReb]

Here's an article that will depress the heck out of you:

Food stamps put Rhode Island town on monthly boom-and-bust cycle

I don't know what part of the story is more infuriating. That they won't leave and try to find a better life somewhere else, that the woman can't discipline her children so they don't have tantrums in the grocery store, or that they have a tattoo budget.

Was it better to pay down the $600 they owed the landlord, or the $110 they owed for their cellphones, or the $75 they owed the tattoo parlor, or the $840 they owed the electric company?.....and an 18% percent interest on $90 a week lease on an old car.

Choices DUmmies, choices.

[Evil_Conservative]

So the DUmmies are upset that THEY will be forced to eat healthy with MY money...

I find it sickening what is EBT eligible.  You shouldn't be able to buy anything but staples with the food stamp card.  When I see Redbull cans with an "EBT Eligible" sign hanging underneath it, it makes me roll my eyes.  You turds don't work, why do you need energy drinks?  Unless you are mixing Redbull with your alcohol, if so, I wish you a quick death.

[GOBUCKS]

EBT money is just cash dumped down a rathole.

You can't reach your arm down the rathole to control what happens to it.

I could not care less what the DUmp democrats do with that money. It's already wasted.

[seahorse513]

Here's an article that will depress the heck out of you:

Food stamps put Rhode Island town on monthly boom-and-bust cycle

I don't know what part of the story is more infuriating. That they won't leave and try to find a better life somewhere else, that the woman can't discipline her children so they don't have tantrums in the grocery store, or that they have a tattoo budget.

That article made me heartsick. These people get into a rut, and they never get out of it. The cycle unfortunately extend to the next generation. I give the young couple kudos, for having jobs...

[jukin]

EBT money is just cash dumped down a rathole.

You can't reach your arm down the rathole to control what happens to it.

I could not care less what the DUmp democrats do with that money. It's already wasted.

Pleèeeeeze. Nanzy Pelosi knows that a dollar spent on welfare leeches creates 10 billiony dollars for the economy. It's a perpetual socialist money machine!!!

[RobJohnson]

 

Illinois can not even figure out their candy sales tax, one type of Hershey's candy bar has the tax, and the cookies and cream Hershey's bar is exempt because it contains flour. Stores do not even know what is exempt and what is not because the legislation is so confusing. It puts more of a burden on the business and the business is the one that is fined if they don't get it right, not the people that are abusing the system.

I would like to see more jobs rather then EBT restrictions, then EBT would not be an issue anymore.
 

[diesel driver]

gollygee (12,051 posts)    Sun Mar 17, 2013, 04:17 PM

8. There's something we have to be careful with

I think this is a case of the nanny state, but I can see the value of not allowing food stamps to pay for junk food.
 
However, I saw this documentary on children raised in poverty, and some of the families didn't have full kitchens, and some didn't even have refrigerators. Some lived in old motel rooms with only ice from an ice machine in the lobby, and a microwave...
 

What the hell else do you need?  

If you have a can opener and a microwave, YOU WILL NOT STARVE!

Unless you're a DUmmie, and can't figure out how to operate it (the can opener, not the microwave.)

I'm editing because my overall feeling is that we should treat adults with dignity and respect, and I don't think going through their shopping lists accomplishes that.

Dignity and respect?????

If you had ANY dignity, you would have a job, paying your OWN WAY, and wouldn't be living in roach and rat infested shitholes called "government subsidized housing" (or "government subsidized" ANYTHING, for that matter)!

Just give them the food stamps and stop whining about what they're buying.

GO TO HELL!!!!   

[Celtic Rose]

A crockpot from goodwill could be used in a motel room, and it would give parents an easy way to cook nutritious meals with beans or cheap cuts of meat while they are hard at work ( ) or while they sit and watch Jerry Springer. 

[seahorse513]

A crockpot from goodwill could be used in a motel room, and it would give parents an easy way to cook nutritious meals with beans or cheap cuts of meat while they are hard at work ( ) or while they sit and watch Jerry Springer. 

Chili's(beans optional )stews, soups, or get a convectional toaster oven, which casseroles can be made. campbells soups have recipes right on the can...

[Dori]

When my electric stove went south, I used a two burner hot plate.  You can cook just about anything on it. 

[seahorse513]

When my electric stove went south, I used a two burner hot plate.  You can cook just about anything on it. 

I have a two stove top burner, my little toater oven, and my crockpot. That is all I want and all I need.

[Wineslob]

I prefer a Coleman stove.





 

[GOBUCKS]

I prefer a Coleman stove.





 

Poor stupid Beth claimed to have made some elaborate meals on one of those, cooking inside that little humpbacked camping trailer.

[RobJohnson]

A crockpot from goodwill could be used in a motel room, and it would give parents an easy way to cook nutritious meals with beans or cheap cuts of meat while they are hard at work ( ) or while they sit and watch Jerry Springer. 

 

I think some of these parents are the guests on Jerry Springer.

[diesel driver]

I think some of these parents are the guests on Jerry Springer.

I think some of these parents MET as guests on Jerry Springer.   

(OK, MOST met on Jerry Springer, and now their offspring carry on the family tradition.)   

[RobJohnson]

I think some of these parents MET as guests on Jerry Springer.   

(OK, MOST met on Jerry Springer, and now their offspring carry on the family tradition.)   

 

Some of the parents could spend a year on his show, all with different daily topics.

[whiffleball]

I'm all for restricting what's purchased with food stamps.

They should all HAVE to take a nutrition class that includes how to shop, compare prices, use coupons and the basics of good nutrition and food prep before they can get their stamps. 

Years ago we had some unexpected bills and the only thing in my budget that had any flexability was food.  I have always cooked from scratch and shoped wisely, but I started cutting out everything that had no food value, like sodas, chips etc. and we survived.   

Way back they used to require a cooking and nutrition class.  No convenience foods were allowed.  Only staples for cooking, produce and meat, period. 

It was when the stamps were in tear out coupon books in $1, $5, $10 and $20 denominations.  You couldn't get real change back either.  You had to get a voucher from the grocery saying how much change you were owed so you could use it next trip.

You could go to the drug addicts in town and buy stamps for 1/4 to 1/2 the face value. 

[GOBUCKS]

You could go to the drug addicts in town and buy stamps for 1/4 to 1/2 the face value.

I think that's why, when 0bamaites find an excuse to riot, they burn out the Korean convenience store owners.

They're in an unending battle over the exchange value of foodstamps used to buy alcohol, weed, and lottery tickets.

[Dori]

Way back they used to require a cooking and nutrition class.  No convenience foods were allowed.  Only staples for cooking, produce and meat, period. 

It was when the stamps were in tear out coupon books in $1, $5, $10 and $20 denominations.  You couldn't get real change back either.  You had to get a voucher from the grocery saying how much change you were owed so you could use it next trip. 

I remember that.  And the clerks would set certain items aside that had to be paid for by cash.

Even with the ebt cards, that would be so simple to program the checkout computers.  The manufacturers could add another number or letter to the UCP code to identify which items were approved for EBT use.

Of course the left would scream about it.

[seahorse513]

The only time food is sparated, is when a customer is using WIC( That is so restricted).They have to separate the WIC, and used as a separate transaction. If you ever look at your reciept, you will notice some letter coding after the product. In Nh, we don't have a sales tax, though customers are taxed on prepared food from the deli. When using the food option on a transaction, the system does separate food, from non food items, and there will be a remaining balance. I have had customers freak out, because the EBT didn't pay for some food items. Women trying to buy easter candy for their grandchildren, or halloween candy. The Ebt is not for that. It gets me so angry!!

[FiddyBeowulf]

I remember that.  And the clerks would set certain items aside that had to be paid for by cash.

I remember the coupon like food stamps with the dollar amount on them. I also remember (back in the late 80's or early 90's) wanting to scream as the woman in front of me in line at a convenience store check-out used them to buy a packaged sandwich from the cooler and some kind of fruit drink. With what she "spent" she could have bought a loaf of bread and some deli meat and ate for 3-4 days easily. 

Even with the ebt cards, that would be so simple to program the checkout computers.  The manufacturers could add another number or letter to the UCP code to identify which items were approved for EBT use.

Of course the left would scream about it.

Adding a 13th digit to the UPC code would not work because it would no longer be a UPC code.

[Celtic Rose]

The only time food is sparated, is when a customer is using WIC( That is so restricted).They have to separate the WIC, and used as a separate transaction. If you ever look at your reciept, you will notice some letter coding after the product. In Nh, we don't have a sales tax, though customers are taxed on prepared food from the deli. When using the food option on a transaction, the system does separate food, from non food items, and there will be a remaining balance. I have had customers freak out, because the EBT didn't pay for some food items. Women trying to buy easter candy for their grandchildren, or halloween candy. The Ebt is not for that. It gets me so angry!!

My cousin is on WIC, and I think it is wonderful how much healthy food it has been providing her with.  Her daughter is 6 months now, and my cousin makes her own baby food out of the produce she buys. 

[delilahmused]

Electric woks & griddles, George Foreman grills (can't imagine not having one), toaster ovens & bread machines can all be had at the Goodwill. If something doesn't work, you can bring it back within a certain amount of time. I don't have one right now because I just didn't use it, but I think I've bought a new bread machine once. They're too ridiculously expensive for what they do. Got my grill there, too. Think I paid $3 for it. Got a griddle, brand new, still in the box for $8. The other day I found a Shark steam mop for $5. Works like a charm.

These people are incapable of thinking outside the box. Of course all of these require effort. Appliances & dishes have to be washed. You'd have to use the bathtub or bathroom sink. Then you'd have to clean the sink, so there's that. If you're too lazy for that, buy a microwave. You can get them at the Goodwill, too. Then you can use our tax dollars to buy those ridiculously expensive frozen dinners...there's a bazillion of them. Even vegan ones. Around the time school starts Walmart always has really small refrigerators on sale for dorm rooms. It's probably the kind of thing you can find on Craigslist. I'd check freecycle, too.

It's sheer laziness and a feeling of entitlement that keeps these people from making more appropriate choices. When you have to work for your money, you can't take things for granted, especially in the 0bama economy. But then the idiots at DU don't connect massive increases in food stamp use to their precious boy king who's "not a dictator" who can do a Jedi mind trick (think he said mind meld, which would be Spock, but whatever).

Cindie

[JohnnyReb]

I know, government farms, where everyone that wants to eat has to work.....we'll call it a "Collective".....should thrill the leftist to no end.