46.3 Million Americans on Food Stamps

[ByeShea]

right wing americans are idiots -

Don't forget to mention they're blinded by hate and owe all to the US gov't.

[Lockitup1x]

True capitalism means the disparity between rich and poor will continue to grow.

Let me give you a real world example of economic equality. Take 2 casinos blackjack pits and tell one they keep their own tips and tell the other they will split the tips equally between all dealers.

Which casino would you rather play at? Which casino will have the higher house take?

[dodger33]

Stopped reading at "the police have never defended anything in their lives".
Let me guess. ...you got pinched on a DUI or a shoplifting charge and you're bitter.
LOL.

Same dude would probably lose his lunch three times a day and piss his pants twice if he was on a ride along in south central.

[dodger33]

Let me give you a real world example of economic equality. Take 2 casinos blackjack pits and tell one they keep their own tips and tell the other they will split the tips equally between all dealers.
Which casino would you rather play at? Which casino will have the higher house take?

Same as bars. I hate bars that share tips. Can't reward someone for doing a good job = no incentive to bust your ass.

[ByeShea]

Let me give you a real world example of economic equality. Take 2 casinos blackjack pits and tell one they keep their own tips and tell the other they will split the tips equally between all dealers.

Which casino would you rather play at? Which casino will have the higher house take?

Or how about redistributing winnings at the sportsbook?

Part of your Giant winnings from the Superbowl will be withheld to level the playing field for your compadres who took the Patriots.

It wasn't their fault Welker dropped that pass.

Of course, this sports book must be orderly in seeing this redistribution correctly executed, so just a little more winnings will be withheld from the Giants win bet.

Oh wait, you don't like this?

Well, tough sh*t. Don't bet then. (And btw, there's only one book in town now. It's illegal to go anywhere else.)

[dherd]

Don't forget to mention they're blinded by hate and owe all to the US gov't.

didnt think i need to mention that again = common knowledge - glad to see your taking notes, now use them to hide your ignorance of the facts.

[Thor4140]

Right to work states. Unions are borderline to big to stop because of the ridiculous/unsustainable benefits they promise their workers. The only thing that will cause change is completely rock bottom. This country has turn into a meth addict, nothing will make it change its ways unless it hits rock bottom and has nowhere to go.

right to work. ah the pretty name hidng behind a con mans agenda

How does a so-called "right to work" law affect income?

Here - "right to work" states in red. Maybe it should be called "right to get ****** over."

1 Maryland $69,272 $70,545 $68,080 $62,372
2 New Jersey $68,342 $70,378 $67,035 $64,169
3 Connecticut $67,034 $68,595 $65,967 $59,972
4 Alaska $66,953 $68,460 $64,333 $57,639
5 Hawaii $64,098 $67,214 $63,746 $60,681
6 Massachusetts $64,081 $65,401 $62,365 $56,236
7 New Hampshire $60,567 $63,731 $62,369 $60,489
8 Virginia $59,330 $61,233 $59,562 $55,108
District of Columbia $59,290 $57,936 $54,317 $47,221 (2005)[3]PDF
9 California $58,931 $61,021 $59,948 $53,770
10 Delaware $56,860 $57,989 $54,610 $52,214
11 Washington $56,548 $58,078 $55,591 $53,439
12 Minnesota $55,616 $57,288 $55,082 $57,363
13 Colorado $55,430 $56,993 $55,212 $54,039
14 Utah $55,117 $56,633 $55,109 $55,179
15 New York $54,659 $56,033 $53,514 $48,201
16 Rhode Island $54,119 $55,701 $53,568 $52,003
17 Illinois $53,966 $56,235 $54,124 $49,280
18 Nevada $53,341 $56,361 $55,062 $50,819
19 Wyoming $52,664 $53,207 $51,731 $47,227
20 Vermont $51,618 $52,104 $49,907 $51,622
United States $50,221 $52,029 $50,740 $46,242 (2005) [4]PDF
21 Wisconsin $49,993 $52,094 $50,578 $48,874
22 Pennsylvania $49,520 $50,713 $48,576 $47,791
23 Arizona $48,745 $50,958 $49,889 $46,729
24 Oregon $48,457 $50,169 $48,730 $45,485
25 Texas $48,259 $50,043 $47,548 $43,425
26 Iowa $48,044 $48,980 $47,292 $47,489
27 North Dakota $47,827 $45,685 $43,753 $43,753
28 Kansas $47,817 $50,177 $47,451 $44,264
29 Georgia $47,590 $50,861 $49,136 $46,841
30 Nebraska $47,357 $49,693 $47,085 $48,126
31 Maine $45,734 $46,581 $45,888 $45,040
32 Indiana $45,424 $47,966 $47,448 $44,806
33 Ohio $45,395 $47,988 $46,597 $45,837
34 Michigan $45,255 $48,591 $47,950 $47,064
35 Missouri $45,229 $46,867 $45,114 $44,651
36 South Dakota $45,043 $46,032 $43,424 $44,624
37 Idaho $44,926 $47,576 $46,253 $46,395
38 Florida $44,736 $47,778 $47,804 $44,448
39 North Carolina $43,674 $46,549 $44,670 $42,061
40 New Mexico $43,028 $43,508 $41,452 $40,827
41 Louisiana $42,492 $43,733 $40,926 $37,943
42 South Carolina $42,442 $44,625 $43,329 $40,822
43 Montana $42,322 $43,654 $43,531 $38,629
44 Tennessee $41,725 $43,614 $42,367 $40,676
45 Oklahoma $41,664 $42,822 $41,567 $40,001
46 Alabama $40,489 $42,666 $40,554 $38,473
47 Kentucky $40,072 $41,538 $40,267 $38,466
48 Arkansas $37,823 $38,815 $38,134 $37,420
49 West Virginia $37,435 $37,989 $37,060 $37,227
50 Mississippi $36,646 $37,790 $36,338 $35,261
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[dodger33]

right to work. ah the pretty name hidng behind a con mans agenda

LOL when the hell did having the freedom to do whatever the hell you wanted become a con mans agenda?? You are completely ignoring the most important issue. DEBT! 9 of the 10 states with the highest per capita debt are non right to work and 6 of those are in the top 10 on your highest paid list. Like i said earlier "ridiculous/unsustainable benefits they promise their workers"

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/24/states-debt-combined-may-exceed-4-trillion_n_1029162.html#s430050&title=1_Connecticut

Also isn't it funny how the biggest liabilities are mostly non right to work and the lowest are mostly right to work.

http://www.statebudgetsolutions.org/doclib/20110304_StatePensionLiabilityMarch4.pdf

[C-Gold]

germany, france, and most of the other progressive european countries are doing very well thank you.
.

Who pays for the National defense of Germany/France? France is a few steps away from Greece even with the huge subsidy from the US government.

[Andy117]

Last post is unreadable! Due to not being fair and balanced!

Post 137

You are one to talk about unreadable posts. And if you have ever been fair and balanced I've yet to see it.

[THE_LOCKSMITH]

wow anyone catch this story

[rickbo528]

This is the kind of country he wants.

[probettor1]

46.3 millions people?, just go and apply? Will I be eligible if I spend 3/4 of my salary betting on miami heat? Or should I start betting against them?

[probettor1]

Lottery winner on food stamps. It says a lot, not about the girl, but about the system. I was on food stamps once and I had to go and volunteer in a goverment tree nursery like 30 hours per week. I didnt stay getting them for too long. But there is so much unemployment now that they probably dont know where to send the people to volunteer any more. Those tree nurseries would be too crowded.

[Flashmo]

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.

You fukking moron...Do you think that the leaches on food stamps should be able to buy beer, cigs and filets with the food stamps? Get a clue..they're cancers because they don't want the leaches to buy luxuries with them? Do you buy them with yours?

[doylfish]

Here in Maine you can buy lobster with your food stamps? What kind of BS is that? Nothing pisses me off more than watching someone buy groceries with food stamps and then head right over to the customer service desk on the way out to buy packs of cigs or lottery tickets. WITH CASH. (obviously, can't buy lotto with anything but cash, but still!!)

They also try to regulate what people can buy here, but like usual there's always a way around. The manager I know that works at the market says people will come in a buy bottled f*cking water (which is another food stamp allowed item here in Maine) and empty the bottles and return them (basically every bottle sold in Maine can be returned for .05c, including water, hello Poland Spring) But why they spend the time emptying the cases of water is to get that return money to turn around and spend it on booze! Government waste at its finest...

[probettor1]

Does any sportsbook accept food stamps.?

[PickWinnerAllDay]

Walking through the grocery store, I see that EBT is accepted for luxury food items.

What a joke. They should eat dog food and drink from the faucet on the tax payer's dime... allowing them to spend their EBT on soda, chips, candy, and filet mignon, this country lets them be lazy prikks and get away with it.

[zoo youk]

not to defend her or anything but the reporter was a bit harsh. it wasn't like she was living in a mansion and driving a ferrari. shes still int he ghetto and driving a 2000 something Cavalier. and I doubt she has any checking accounts or can get one probably from writing bad checks in her past..so she probably doesn't have easy access to her lump sum of money...she probably has to request an amount than find a check cashing place that will cash it for her....and she probably has CC debt up to her neck. don't get me wrong she did piss me off with that snide little ass smirk comment when she said she felt she did feel entitled to it but the reporter made it out more than it was. and if you really want to get technical winning the lotto isn't concerned steady income.

[zoo youk]

Walking through the grocery store, I see that EBT is accepted for luxury food items.

What a joke. They should eat dog food and drink from the faucet on the tax payer's dime... allowing them to spend their EBT on soda, chips, candy, and filet mignon, this country lets them be lazy prikks and get away with it.

some people think that these people on food stamps are living the life. I would like them try to live off 200$ a month while not being able to get a job.

I do agree tho there should be some type of limit, like they cant spend more than 12$ or something dollars on meal...to prevent them from buying lobsters steaks ect.

[doylfish]

That chick that won the lottery reminds me of a story last year about a guy that was in a similar situation, but was clearly abusing the system...

I think it was in Michigan, guy won a fair amount in the lotto, was driving a new Audi TT convertible I think and still using EBT card at grocery stores, the local news channel had caught up with him in the parking lot loading said groceries into new said vehicle and he was just a dick. Said the money hadn't changed anything and would continue to use food stamps to his liking etc etc

http://nation.foxnews.com/food-stamps/2011/05/18/after-winning-2-million-lottery-michigan-man-still-food-stamps

And it gets better...drug charges too after the fact, what a winner

http://www.minbcnews.com/news/story.aspx?list=~\news\lists\recent&id=695607#.T1pe-xB5mSM

[PickWinnerAllDay]

some people think that these people on food stamps are living the life. I would like them try to live off 200$ a month while not being able to get a job.

I do agree tho there should be some type of limit, like they cant spend more than 12$ or something dollars on meal...to prevent them from buying lobsters steaks ect.

I think you overestimate people. My girlfriend's mom is divorced, and she is a massage therapist and most of her clients pay cash. She probably makes 60-70K per year but the government only thinks she makes 10-15K b/c only a few of her customers pay check or CC. Thus, she qualifies for $200 a month. She uses it even though she doesn't need it. Just an extra grocery free roll basically. I bet this kind of situation is MUCH more common than you'd think.

By the way, I really hate this woman, so government, if you are reading, crack down on her.

[ttrace35]

I think you overestimate people. My girlfriend's mom is divorced, and she is a massage therapist and most of her clients pay cash. She probably makes 60-70K per year but the government only thinks she makes 10-15K b/c only a few of her customers pay check or CC. Thus, she qualifies for $200 a month. She uses it even though she doesn't need it. Just an extra grocery free roll basically. I bet this kind of situation is MUCH more common than you'd think.

By the way, I really hate this woman, so government, if you are reading, crack down on her.

Dry snitch

[PickWinnerAllDay]

Dry snitch

lol this woman is psychotic. She is 'in love' with a different man every week and cheating on that man with her previous men every weekend. I want to punch her in the face at times.

[probettor1]

not to defend her or anything but the reporter was a bit harsh. it wasn't like she was living in a mansion and driving a ferrari. shes still int he ghetto and driving a 2000 something Cavalier. and I doubt she has any checking accounts or can get one probably from writing bad checks in her past..so she probably doesn't have easy access to her lump sum of money...she probably has to request an amount than find a check cashing place that will cash it for her....and she probably has CC debt up to her neck. don't get me wrong she did piss me off with that snide little ass smirk comment when she said she felt she did feel entitled to it but the reporter made it out more than it was. and if you really want to get technical winning the lotto isn't concerned steady income.

Not a steady income but you could pay your self 30000 dollars per year for 33 years, then apply to food stamps. Or you could by 15 appartments and get over 10000 per month in rent every month. Or maybe buy 10 franchises of subway and get foot-longs at cost price. Why do you want 1 million to live of food stamps?

[teaserpleaser]

In the video doesnt she say she went for the lump sum? After taxes she had about half 500k

[Fang-Banger]

In the video doesnt she say she went for the lump sum? After taxes she had about half 500k

She said 750K after taxes. Total oyster

[Fang-Banger]

In the video doesnt she say she went for the lump sum? After taxes she had about half 500k

She said 750K after taxes. Total *

[zoo youk]

no she sid 700k after lump sum than 500k after taxes

[teaserpleaser]

no she sid 700k after lump sum than 500k after taxes

thats what I thought she said.

[teaserpleaser]

They cut her off from food stamps by the way

[teaserpleaser]

She said 750K after taxes. Total cuunt

ey want something for nothing."

Amanda Clayton, 24, of Lincoln Park, chose a $700,000 lump sum, before taxes, last fall after winning a $1 million jackpot on "Make Me Rich!" a Michigan lottery game show. A Detroit TV station approached her this week and asked why she still was using a debit-style card to make purchases under the food-stamp program.

"I thought that they would cut me off, but since they didn't I thought maybe it was OK because I'm not working," Clayton, a mother of two, told WDIV. "I feel that it's OK because I have no income, and I have bills to pay. I have two houses."

In a statement, the state Department

[Fang-Banger]

not to defend her or anything but the reporter was a bit harsh. it wasn't like she was living in a mansion and driving a ferrari. shes still int he ghetto and driving a 2000 something Cavalier. and I doubt she has any checking accounts or can get one probably from writing bad checks in her past..so she probably doesn't have easy access to her lump sum of money...she probably has to request an amount than find a check cashing place that will cash it for her....and she probably has CC debt up to her neck. don't get me wrong she did piss me off with that snide little ass smirk comment when she said she felt she did feel entitled to it but the reporter made it out more than it was. and if you really want to get technical winning the lotto isn't concerned steady income.

You're a typical liberal piece of shit. Defending this * is absurd. But you believe in dependency & limitations in life so I'm not surprised

[probettor1]

In the video doesnt she say she went for the lump sum? After taxes she had about half 500k

500k only? she deserve plan 8, medicaid and food stamps, everybody having under 1 million should get all these benefits.

[PickWinnerAllDay]

GOP has no problem with spending 500 billion annually on military spending with an addition 200-300 billion in supplemental war spending. I watch a ton of discovery investigation shows and when ever you see a cop around 48-50 years old it always says RET. after their name. Not one of you fuks ever bitches about the fact your paying all these losers 90% of their salary for the next 35 years but will bitch about a program that makes up .50% of the annual budget and will cry like it's the end of the world if someone takes their $35.69 weekly food stamp check and buys a candy bar.

I like to see any of you try living on $4.50 a day in food stamps.

I absolutely love the quote in bold.

It is stated as if it is completely absurd to expect someone to live on their own work and earnings.