46.3 Million Americans on Food Stamps

[PittsburghPlayer]

Sad that it is the rich fukking the poor and middle class harder than anyone, but the finger is still pointed, by some, at the poor.

[Emily_Haines]

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.

[Ninersnut]

What is the deal with ppl bitching about Police and Military? You think you can defend yourself all the sudden?

[Sam Odom]

the dirty little secret (not much of a secret these days) is that left wing politicians see handouts as job security. the more people receiving govt aid = more votes for the 'hander outers' = Dem Party

We are very close to 50% of the populist being dependent on handouts - once over 50% there is no looking back - collapse is irreversible

[teaserpleaser]

Dont agree with alot of what emily says but he has a point

[Sam Odom]

the dirty little secret (not much of a secret these days) is that left wing politicians see handouts as job security. the more people receiving govt aid = more votes for the 'hander outers' = Dem Party

We are very close to 50% of the populist being dependent on handouts - once over 50% there is no looking back - collapse is irreversible

anyone keeping up with Greece's financial heath lately

[betplom]

What is the deal with ppl bitching about Police and Military? You think you can defend yourself all the sudden?

Retired cops don't protect anyone, but you pay for them until they are 6ft under.

I think you may have missed his point.

[King Mayan]

C-gold, need you come back to sbr to talk about politics and Jeremy lins "culture"?

Go back to the political forum, where you belong.

Ps: there's more people on food stamps because of our great president W, ruined us here in the states and made us look like idiots across our borders..

[81_84]

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.

Exactly , take em behind the shed and blast em.

[Sam Odom]

W, ruined us here in the states and made us look like idiots across our borders..

Why do I have to go to bed now but Jimmy can stay up til 9:00

[Ninersnut]

Retired cops don't protect anyone, but you pay for them until they are 6ft under. I think you may have missed his point.

Umm yea I understand, it's called Pension. Think about every mail carrier, township clerk, CFO, administrator, tax collector, public works employee who get the same nonsense. It spreads well beyond the Police who actually put something worthwhile up.

[PittsburghPlayer]

What is wrong with you people and your democrat vs republican crap? It is the suits and ties from both parties bankrupting the nation.
OK, mostly the republicans with two failed wars and tax breaks for the rich. Trickle down my leg!!

[Sam Odom]

Interesting mindset we have depending on our 'politics'

Liberal's see taxed income as belonging to Government , it was the govt's to begin with therefore reducing one's taxes is a handout to the individual or Corp. Liberals equate a govt handout (food stamps for example) to reducing the tax burden on the ones whom earned the money.

[muldoon]

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.

36% of the "stimulus" was in the form of tax cuts.

[Thor4140]

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.

Hate to break it to u Tex but a big chunk of the stimulus went to those tax breaks Bush Jr handed out after starting a couple of wars. Imagine that handing out tax cuts during war time. Maybe u should find out where the money went when before u make an ignorant comment like that.

[Thor4140]

[quote=muldoon;13712461]36% of the "stimulus" was in the form of tax cuts.[/quote

In Texas all they get is Fox News. They don't hear stuff like that.

[King Mayan]

[Sam Odom]

a big chunk of the stimulus went to those tax breaks Bush Jr handed out

see post #48

tax breaks are NOT giving the earner anything it is taking less away from him


BTW--- those evil tax breaks are Obama's now

[LVHerbie]

Interesting mindset we have depending on our 'politics'

Liberal's see taxed income as belonging to Government , it was the govt's to begin with therefore reducing one's taxes is a handout to the individual or Corp. Liberals equate a govt handout (food stamps for example) to reducing the tax burden on the ones whom earned the money.

While Republicans only seem to have complaints about how 10% of it gets spent (food stamps for example) while ignoring where the majority goes (a military budget that nearly matches the rest of the world combined spending and handouts to fat cats for example)...

[Thor4140]

i would much rather see poor people getting money handed to them which is dumped right back into the economy, then some shitbag Hedgefund manager making 4 billion a year, which is 4 billion taken out of the economy. The real job creators are the people who spend money and force people to hire. Not some selfish shitbag who makes 50 million here but ships his company overseas to make 100 million cause 50 million wasn't enuf..

[Thor4140]

see post #48

tax breaks are NOT giving the earner anything it is taking less away from him


BTW--- those evil tax breaks are Obama's now

I'm well aware they are Obama's. He folded like a cheap tent appeasing these douche bags

[Sam Odom]

While Republicans only seem to have complaints about how 10% of it gets spent

Post #48 is more philosophical, it's bigger than USA's Dem or Repub parties.

[ACoochy]

Hate to break it to u Tex but a big chunk of the stimulus went to those tax breaks Bush Jr handed out after starting a couple of wars. Imagine that handing out tax cuts during war time. Maybe u should find out where the money went when before u make an ignorant comment like that.

Dont worry about Johnny, he's from texas Just how they breed em in that part of the world. Then again id be pissed too if a business i owned had its cashflow cut by over 30% overnight by a Obama signed law :light:

[C-Gold]

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.

I disagree with this logic 100%.

Beggars shouldn't be choosers. There are people who CAN and DO take care of themselves. Let's call them adults. Then there are people we CAN NOT take care of themselves. Let's call them children. If the Children are living off of the hard work of the adults, I don't see why the adults don't get a say in what the children eat. You want to buy Soda and Doritos... fine, then get a job.

If you don't like somebody else telling you what you can and can not eat, then get the F off the couch and get a job and become an adult.

[C-Gold]

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

If it's so impossibly hard to live on $133 dollars per month in free food stamps, then how come come 46.3 million Americans manage to do it?

They aren't JUST getting 133 dollars per month in free food stamps. They also get FREE HOUSING, most working people's #1 expense. They also get FREE MEDICAL CARE which is another pricy expense for people who have to pay for it. FREE welfare, FREE heating.

That's why you see people rocking i-phones paying with food stamps.

[ACoochy]

I disagree with this logic 100%. Beggars shouldn't be choosers. There are people who CAN and DO take care of themselves. Let's call them adults. Then there are people we CAN NOT take care of themselves. Let's call them children. If the Children are living off of the hard work of the adults, I don't see why the adults don't get a say in what the children eat. You want to buy Soda and Doritos... fine, then get a job. If you don't like somebody else telling you what you can and can not eat, then get the F off the couch and get a job and become an adult.

Goldy, ur obviously a "have" and chances are you were born into it. What ur saying is basically to get rid of democracy and move into a socialist/dictatorial type system...Stop acting like such a simpleton pal. Ur better than this...

[wtt0315]

Didnt even look at who posted it, but thought by the title it was forsberg, but i was wrong. Well, maybe I am not maybe these two are the same.

[C-Gold]

Ps: there's more people on food stamps because of our great president W, ruined us here in the states and made us look like idiots across our borders..

28-30 million Americans were on food stamps when Bush left office but that number has exploded upward under Obama. Up 50%. We now have 46.3 million Americans on food stamps. It's shameful. That's why Gingrich called Obama the food stamp president.

How many of those people really can work but choose not to?

[zoo youk]

In NJ its fkn insane they get 100 cash and 250 on the food stamp card

[C-Gold]

Goldy, ur obviously a "have" and chances are you were born into it. What ur saying is basically to get rid of democracy and move into a socialist/dictatorial type system...Stop acting like such a simpleton pal. Ur better than this...

That's what it always comes down to huh?

The 46.3 million on food stamps were just born with no opportunities? I guess they have no arms, no legs, no brains, are physically unable to provide for themselves and weren't born into the greatest country in the world? The rest of the working population are just hedge fund babies that didn't play by the rules?

I'm against food stamp welfare all together but if you are going to keep the program at least put heavy restrictions on how long you can live on food stamps, income levels and what you can buy.

To see people with a $100 dollar per month i-phone bill getting $133 in food stamps is pathetic.

[zoo youk]

i would much rather see poor people getting money handed to them which is dumped right back into the economy, then some shitbag Hedgefund manager making 4 billion a year, which is 4 billion taken out of the economy. The real job creators are the people who spend money and force people to hire. Not some selfish shitbag who makes 50 million here but ships his company overseas to make 100 million cause 50 million wasn't enuf..

Nailed it. Thread over end of discussion.

[King Mayan]

Yes. After Obama took office 18.3 million people stop working and decided to live off crumbs..

Thank you Obama for getting rid of jobs the first day in office.

[ByeShea]

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.

You are a clown, busy making up his own stories to fit his politics.

In the average gallon of gas sold in the US, Exxon averages 2 cents of profit per gallon, while the government gets an average of 48 cents per gallon.

http://www.dailymarkets.com/economy/2011/04/27/gasoline-taxes-vs-exxon-profit-per-gallon/

Who is really taking the public for a ride?

And Exxon will make about 8% margin while Apple makes about 40%. Hope you're piping in from an Apple product, retard.

[ByeShea]

Sad that it is the rich fukking the poor and middle class harder than anyone, but the finger is still pointed, by some, at the poor.

The poor can go suck balls because one thing is for sure, they're not starving. And they've got handhelds, new retarded clothes and covered from head to toe with cheap bling.

And the poor are certainly not as unhappy as the liberals who go on the internet to post on their behalf, either. I guess they've got so many angles to play they don't have time to sit around bemoan how awful life is.

But some of the self-annointed middle-class warriors on this forum, oh well, DIFFERENT STORY. It's time to cry at what others have. It's kind of like high school when someone else was dating the prom queen but now you have a place to voice your frustrations.

P*ssies.

[Emily_Haines]

I disagree with this logic 100%.

Beggars shouldn't be choosers. There are people who CAN and DO take care of themselves. Let's call them adults. Then there are people we CAN NOT take care of themselves. Let's call them children. If the Children are living off of the hard work of the adults, I don't see why the adults don't get a say in what the children eat. You want to buy Soda and Doritos... fine, then get a job.

If you don't like somebody else telling you what you can and can not eat, then get the F off the couch and get a job and become an adult.

Attitudes like this is why your party got their ass kicked in 2008 and will get it kicked once again in 2012.