[C-Gold]

Poverty is growing in this country and it is growing fast. Call it trickle down poverty. At the end of 2008 we had 30 million Americans on food stamps, now 3 years later a staggering 46.3 Million Americans are on Food Stamps. It's going downhill fast folks.
http://www.thestar.com/news/world/us...s-to-grow?bn=1

It makes me angry to see people in line at the grocery store in Chicago on their i-phones or droid smart phones and then whip out the food stamp card and pay. No shame. They don't even have to look at the tax payers in the eyes. It's just a faceless transaction.

46.3 million Americans on food stamps, there are 33 million total people living in Canada.

[SBR_John]

I hear they issue you a CC and just fill it. I guess that is more efficient but I dont like it. You should have to carry those coupon books around as some level of motivation for getting a job and getting off food stamps.

[ttwarrior1]

canada is the size of california, can't compare the 2

C gold when you becoming pro, your other account banned or something

[BIGDAY]

[rm18]

you can buy them from people for half price too thats why some rich people use them also

[Cougar Bait]

Yeah and 300 or more post in Players Talk. Sad and pathetic.

[sickler]

canada is the size of california, can't compare the 2

C gold when you becoming pro, your other account banned or something

Someone needs a geography lesson

[Cougar Bait]

canada is the size of california, can't compare the 2

Hope the other libs on the board are proud of this one

Common guy

[Chi_archie]

I need me a link card

[ttwarrior1]

dude i meant population, you don't do it by land size , you do it by the population

the population of canada is pretty much the same as california

[CarpeDime]

unreal

its called WALMART, its called a JOB APPLICATION, learn it, love it, and FILL IT OUT u lazy fuks

food stamps and welfare are bankrupting this country, and who pays the price? people who work hard, and the harder you work, the higher the price you pay

unreal

[Hoopster007]

There is no motivation to get off of them. Instead there is huge motivation to stay within the income levels to keep all these benefits. Working and paying your own bills gets you poorer than not working and having kids. You then can get everything from cell phone, heat, rent, food, and healthcare all for free. The income guidelines and rules make it that way. There is no motivation to get off or work. And our super president just keeps extending unemployment and income limits on this stuff. This just add more people to his little clan. Making people reliant on the government is the idea here. Once Obamacare take effect, the limits are going up again to include even more people on these benefits. So expect those numbers to get bigger by 2014. A sad world we live in and the government loves it. All those people are just puppets.

[itchypickle]

Saw where they are considering banning sweets and candy with the EBT cards in Florida....people went nuts

I agree...my $$ should provide you maybe some 70/30 meat...not the good stuff or prime rib.....wal mart brand fruit cups and some cereal and veggies....Vitamin D milk not the good Almond SOy milk....but that is it.....no Pepsis and BBQ potato chips with some snickers bars to feed your fat diabetic lazy asses.

Just sayin.

[ByeShea]

I hear they issue you a CC and just fill it. I guess that is more efficient but I dont like it. You should have to carry those coupon books around as some level of motivation for getting a job and getting off food stamps.

The government issues sleek looking Electronic Benefits Transfer cards to interested parties with minimal to nonexistent sense of shame.

The number of Americans using EBTs have sky rocketed and a great deal of federal marketing efforts ("stimulus") was expended getting this rolled out to as many Americans as possible.

Take away these entitlements and there will be riots. And none of this was unforeseen.

F-You Obama, you are the worst president ever.

[Sam Odom]

"spread the wealth around" IN ACTION

[Thor4140]

Anyone worried about the ten billion in subsidies we give these gougers called oil companies to supply us expensive gas while they make record profits? Only in this country are people worried about poor people while rotten suckers like the oil companies rake us for billions. Imagine making record profits with a licenses to gough us and still get handouts from the gov't in the tune of billions. Both welfare and oil company subsides suck but ya never hear about the oil companies cause it is easier to jump on the poor.

[ericthegangster]

The foodshare program is like 60 billion per year... That is a drop in the bucket folks. There are much more wasteful programs in the federal government, and people who go after food stamps clearly have no idea what the national budget really looks like. Take a look at the spending on defense..... it's disgusting...

[itchypickle]

There is no motivation to get off of them. Instead there is huge motivation to stay within the income levels to keep all these benefits. Working and paying your own bills gets you poorer than not working and having kids. You then can get everything from cell phone, heat, rent, food, and healthcare all for free. The income guidelines and rules make it that way. There is no motivation to get off or work. And our super president just keeps extending unemployment and income limits on this stuff. This just add more people to his little clan. Making people reliant on the government is the idea here. Once Obamacare take effect, the limits are going up again to include even more people on these benefits. So expect those numbers to get bigger by 2014. A sad world we live in and the government loves it. All those people are just puppets.

breeds complacency and generational addiction to the system....find ways to stay on and get more. I would be okay with it if it had been truly intended to 'lift people out of poverty' but it just keeps them right on the cusp for decades.....since the creation of it all nearly 50 years ago...income levels and amounts of people are no better off than when it started...so what is the point?

Person A works 2 jobs in order to pay power bill, water bill, rent and cell phone/internet and maybe an Xbox plus food.

Person B is on assistance...subsidized housing...heating assistance in winter...free internet access and phone from govt for $2.76 a month with texts and free food and then power bill discount etc.....can work a side job for cash under the table to get new clothes for the club and an xbox

Person A cant enjoy the bars on the weekend since he's broke his budget and too damn tired to party while Person B is spending his extra supplemental $$ on drinks and a new outfit for the club every week instead of working or saving that extra $$ to get on their feet.

How is this fair?

[Ninersnut]

The foodshare program is like 60 billion per year... That is a drop in the bucket folks. There are much more wasteful programs in the federal government, and people who go after food stamps clearly have no idea what the national budget really looks like. Take a look at the spending on defense..... it's disgusting...

Yes we should cut our defense and beef up food stamps. The reason our defense is so high and it will always be high is when the debt collector comes knocking and we shoot them in the fukkin face.

[ericthegangster]

Yes we should cut our defense and beef up food stamps. The reason our defense is so high and it will always be high is when the debt collector comes knocking and we shoot them in the fukkin face.

Oh... how much did we owe to Afghanistan and Iraq?

.......... you have no idea what you're talking about.

You're right though. More hungry Americans and more weapons to kill non-Americans!!! That's what we need!!!

[paranoyd androyd]

The foodshare program is like 60 billion per year... That is a drop in the bucket folks. There are much more wasteful programs in the federal government, and people who go after food stamps clearly have no idea what the national budget really looks like. Take a look at the spending on defense..... it's disgusting...

your stupidity has no boundaries

[CarpeDime]

according to the article a single person who is a lazy fuk gets $133 a month for food!!! FOR FOOD!!!

unbelievable that these FUKS get to laze around and fukin live it up while the people who actually PAY for their food - $4.37 EVERY SINGLE DAY - have to work there asses off

hey maybe I want to be a lazy fuk and just get $4.37 handed to me every single day too

and we WONDER why this country is broke

[The Kraken]

By enabling the weak, we're going against nature. Only the strongest should pass on their genes, that is what would strengthen our species. But we're doing the exact opposite. We need to get back to a "only the strong survive" type of culture, especially in America. If you can't hack it, then I guess it's time to wrap it up.

[LVHerbie]

I hear they issue you a CC and just fill it. I guess that is more efficient but I dont like it. You should have to carry those coupon books around as some level of motivation for getting a job and getting off food stamps.

Having worked at a grocery store when I was younger MOST people on food stamps are embarrassed to have to use them regardless if it is comes in the form of a card or coupon book...

Too bad the those who profit from industries such as auto industry, banks, corporate farms, military-industrial complex (just a few off the top of my head) don't have to use coupon books in the grocery store for the trillions in handouts they also receive from the government...

If you going to critic those on welfare at least make the list complete...

[ericthegangster]

your stupidity has no boundaries

Great point. I love the objective analysis here.

[Sam Odom]

Handouts are expected - It is a generational expectation. There are families into the 3rd generation of expecting Uncle Sam to take care of their basic needs; housing, food & medical. Looking for a job for one's support is not even a thought...

We have to look no further back than 1980 England to see our immediate future

[Ninersnut]

Oh... how much did we owe to Afghanistan and Iraq? .......... you have no idea what you're talking about. You're right though. More hungry Americans and more weapons to kill non-Americans!!! That's what we need!!!

Yes and you do. That comment wasn't meant to be serious. Obviously you have extensive knowledge of the defecit and the budget. Being that I audit governmental units/entities I understand the waste. A 3rd of that # bulked into "defense" is just a buncha fluff and gets rerouted elsewhere homie.

[dinaro7]

i donated 100.00 to doctors without borders with a promise i could become an sbr pro so whats the hold up john

[ericthegangster]

Yes and you do. That comment wasn't meant to be serious. Obviously you have extensive knowledge of the defecit and the budget. Being that I audit governmental units/entities I understand the waste. A 3rd of that # bulked into "defense" is just a buncha fluff and gets rerouted elsewhere homie.

Well rougly 1/3 of our total spending every year is on defense... so it's nice to hear that 1/9 of our federal spending is on "a buncha fluff" .........

But foodstamps, yeah, those are terrible.

[LVHerbie]

The government issues sleek looking Electronic Benefits Transfer cards to interested parties with minimal to nonexistent sense of shame.

The number of Americans using EBTs have sky rocketed and a great deal of federal marketing efforts ("stimulus") was expended getting this rolled out to as many Americans as possible.

Take away these entitlements and there will be riots. And none of this was unforeseen.

F-You Obama, you are the worst president ever.

I think I've heard a similar song and dance before...

[Emily_Haines]

Filthy GOP scum think they have the right to tell people what to buy with their food stamps just like every thing else. These mother fukers are a cancer to our country.

[ttwarrior1]

what about rich people that get food stamps

[SBR_John]

The government issues sleek looking Electronic Benefits Transfer cards to interested parties with minimal to nonexistent sense of shame.

The number of Americans using EBTs have sky rocketed and a great deal of federal marketing efforts ("stimulus") was expended getting this rolled out to as many Americans as possible.

Take away these entitlements and there will be riots. And none of this was unforeseen.

F-You Obama, you are the worst president ever.

You shetin me???

I'm a sucker. Believed Obama that he was about change. His 'stimulus' is nothing more than borrow, give to the lazy and ask the businesses(which he calls the rich) of the country to pay the bill.

He is sort of a Jimmy Carter without the good heart part.

[Hurls]

Filthy GOP scum think they have the right to tell people what to buy with their food stamps just like every thing else. These mother fukers are a cancer to our country.

Why what did they say you couldnt purchase you handout loving lazy cancer to the world. What would you do if you lived somewhere that you couldnt get free stuff for being lazy? Nothing you would complain like you always do

[betplom]

Poor people in America are just livin the dream.

Who wouldn't want to live off of "hundreds of dollars" a month - to cover food, housing and other items?

I understand the jealousy of working Americans. Welfare recipients are truly privileged.