46.3 Million Americans on Food Stamps

[Sam Odom]

Gene Sperling, director of the White House's national economic council, said today at an official meeting that "we need a global minimum tax"

[Jaug]

If you get $140 or something every month for food stamps.. that's NOTHING. I find it funny reading what americans believe are too much benifits for the unemployed and poor. In Europe you can easily get $300 for food and spending AFTER bills are paid. That's right, paying the bills is not enough (rent+electricity etc.) you actually get money on top of it through social welfare.

[Sam Odom]

In Europe you can easily get $300 for food and spending AFTER bills are paid.

Been keeping up with their financial woes ?

[Jaug]

Been keeping up with their financial woes ?

There is northern Europe = master race and there is southern Europe =

[Sam Odom]

There is northern Europe = master race and there is southern Europe =

[ByeShea]

If you get $140 or something every month for food stamps.. that's NOTHING. I find it funny reading what americans believe are too much benifits for the unemployed and poor. In Europe you can easily get $300 for food and spending AFTER bills are paid. That's right, paying the bills is not enough (rent+electricity etc.) you actually get money on top of it through social welfare.

Have you seen Europe lately?

For the very reasons we're talking about on this thread the EU is danger of breaking up. A noble, yet failing experiment. And no shortage of economists predicted that its demise was inevitable because of its faulty design.

If you give people free sh*t as a safety net, they will eventually consider it an entitlement, a birthright.

And where do tech companies (not to mention the internet itself) originate? That's right, the United States. Most the foreigners trying to move here are here for the working and entrepreneurial activity, not the wonderful sit on your a$s benefits. And a sh*t ton of them are Europeans.

[CarpeDime]

There is northern Europe = master race and there is southern Europe =

YESSSSS!!!! look can we just get fukin REAL in here? FOR ONCE????

are all races - the ARYANS and the NEGROIDS and the CAUCASOIDS and the ASIATICS and the ORIENTALS and the SEMITES and the MULATTOES and the SERBO-CROATS and the PAN AMERICANS and the ABORIGINES and ALL THE FUKIN OTHERS that I can't fukin remember - are they ALL EXACTLY THE SAME???

discuss and debate

and, how does this REFUSAL to acknowledge difference impact our social and political and economic well-being

discuss and debate

LETS GET FUKIN REAL UP IN THIS PIECE!!!!!!!!!!

[dherd]

skin a "middle-class" entrepreneur like me alive.

And why? For profits.

amway and phone sex dont count as a business, but i guess you would get "skinned". i'm sure all the taxes you pay wouldnt pay for 10 bullets in any of the many wars you want someone else to fight while your strutting around waving the flag pretending you give a crap about our great military and thinking your a bad ass.

you supported a president and support party that turned a $10 trillion surplus into a $20 trillion deficit, and what do we have for the $30 trillion you flushed down the toilet?

you might as well sit down and shut up because as a republican/conservative/teabagger you have 0 credibility on any subject.

tell us again what a great job bush and the cons in congress did.

[PittsburghPlayer]

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[C-Gold]

The number has exploded upward as a direct result of all of Bush's actions as president. Plain and simple

The number has exploded upward as a direct result of electing a community organizer to be president.

[dherd]

The number has exploded upward as a direct result of electing a community organizer to be president.

you cons are just mad because you all stumbled around for 8 yrs, got the two tallest buildings in the country blown up, three thousand people killed, invaded the wrong country, and couldnt find the killer bin ladin, while goading n. korea and iran into developing nuke with your big john wayne cowboy talk.

president obama and the dems have kept us safe for 3 yrs, killed the pirates, rescued our citizens from kidnappers while killing the kidnappers, overthrown who knows how many dictators - so many ive lost count, brought democracy to the middle east, and saved the world from another conservative republican depression, and in your eyes worst of all he killed bin laden.

[Thor4140]

The number has exploded upward as a direct result of electing a community organizer to be president.

Country was bleeding 750 thousand jobs when Obama took office. Was he supposed to fix that the very first month? If u want to blame him for something why not blame him for continuing the god awful policies that put us there to begin with? U won't tho because u most likely were supporting those policies and would look foolish.

[wtf]

Country was bleeding 750 thousand jobs when Obama took office. Was he supposed to fix that the very first month? If u want to blame him for something why not blame him for continuing the god awful policies that put us there to begin with? U won't tho because u most likely were supporting those policies and would look foolish.

there has been zero increase in jobs

just ten of millions taken off the "looking for jobs" numbers, thus skewing the employment figures

[C-Gold]

Country was bleeding 750 thousand jobs when Obama took office. Was he supposed to fix that the very first month? If u want to blame him for something why not blame him for continuing the god awful policies that put us there to begin with? U won't tho because u most likely were supporting those policies and would look foolish.

It's been 3 years and the level of economic output is not even back to where it was. No recovery.

Historically the deeper the recession the bigger the recovery. The 1970's was the "worse recession" since the depression and a horrible time. Gas lines, turning down the heat, high inflation and high unemployment. Keysian economics said high inflation and high unemployment wasn't even possible but we had it. After Jimmy Carter though we had Ronald Reagan come into office and institute pro growth policies. We had 7% growth rates coming out of the Jimmy Carter Recession. It doesn't even have to be lowering taxes, just simplify the tax code.

Reagan gave us 7% growth rates after the Jimmy Carter Recession.
Under Obama after 3 years we finally got a 2.8% growth rate that will prob be revised down.

So 3 years later we still aren't back to where we were. That's called failure.

[alta]

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

One of the dumbest posts I've read.
Look up big banking institutions, Wall Street, Bail outs.
Come back when you have something intelligent to say.

[C-Gold]

One of the dumbest posts I've read.
Look up big banking institutions, Wall Street, Bail outs.
Come back when you have something intelligent to say.

and you wonder why Obama and Bernanke bail out the big banks? Goldman Sachs gave Obama 1 million dollars in campaign contributions. Them and other Wall Street firms were top 10 contributors.

[dherd]

and you wonder why Obama and Bernanke bail out the big banks? Goldman Sachs gave Obama 1 million dollars in campaign contributions. Them and other Wall Street firms were top 10 contributors.

hate to break it to you goob, but bush bailed out the banks. turn off fox aint news its propaganda and you right wing shock jocks and pick up a legitimate news outlet
that way you dont show your ignorance so much.

like the man said come back when you have something intelligent to say.

[ByeShea]

amway and phone sex dont count as a business

You are wrong. And condescending - if you were doing something with your life maybe you could say sh*t like this, but your main occupation is justifying his own failures by whining about rich people.

And I have no doubt you've had every chance and material good needed for success handed to you in life. Now replay the Carolla clip and learn about yourself, assdouche.

i'm sure all the taxes you pay wouldnt pay for 10 bullets in any of the many wars you want someone else to fight while your strutting around waving the flag pretending you give a crap about our great military and thinking your a bad ass.

Compared to you and the rest of the creeps spouting off from mom's couch I am a f*cking bad ass, if only because I do pay taxes.

tell us again what a great job bush and the cons in congress did.

The Democrat party needed a Bill Clinton, but got a Jimmy Carter in Barack Obama. They blew it in the primaries.

Obama makes George Bush look better every day.

[teaserpleaser]

Is it possible to make w look better? guy is top three worst presidents ever. I'll never forget living over seas and the jokes I had to hear because we had that clown as our leader.

[wtf]

Is it possible to make w look better? guy is top three worst presidents ever. I'll never forget living over seas and the jokes I had to hear because we had that clown as our leader.

you think they like obama now?

keep fooling yourself-he has zero respect overseas

[DOMINATER]

ITS very true in America you must be very rich or very very poor. I have had guys working for me who wanted to get paid i cash only , why because they have it to well everything is paid for . If I pay them on the books they can't survive I lost at least 5 excellent body men. And I was paying them 22.00 dollars an hour with sick time vacation time., and health insurance and they turn it down and stay home and do nothing or find a body shop that will pay them cash.

[DOMINATER]

guys not to long ago we had an entire race of people on welfare, yes and it was the blacks, and Glinton put a stop to that system, I am sure in some cases it is still abused but prior to Glintons work to stop welfare the blacks ,,grandma and daughter then the next generation and it went on for ever. I consider myself to be a liberal when it comes to issues concerning blacks . They should be afforded college loans ,and schlorships for those who deserve it. I did extensive work and studied black history in the u.s.a. we called ourselves a nation that supported freedom. The way the blacks were treated from the time they landed in America , oh no kidnapped is the more correct word through the times where we decreed that all men our free and the yankee doodle bull. The Presidents and their families had slaves . They were treated disracefully for centuries. As time went on three hundred years or so the so called sharecroppers eeked out a desperate living, why do you think the woman turned to prostitution and the men to drinking. the period from 1900 to just before world war 2 might have been the worst.well as usual I ran away sorry. the point is it took all colors to make a great nation lets not mess the next 50 years up our country is on life support.

[dodger33]

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

You and the rest of the so called lefties on this thread are clueless. They have these ridiculous benefits because of unions which the left vehemently supports. The unions are one of America's biggest problems.

[dodger33]

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/...it-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.

No one ever brings this up! Thank you for posting this. Companies like Exxon take all the risk drilling, transporting, and selling only to make 2 cents per gallon while the govt takes out .50 cents and has no risk whatsoever. Then the gov't asholes sit back and put the oil companies on blast for ridiculous oil prices. Fuk some people are stupid.

[dodger33]

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

I knew it!! You finally admitted it! You and you're fukking party cater to whoever will get you elected. Right now that is the poor. Give the poor free money for not doing sh!t in the hopes that they vote for you. So let me get this straight just because he is right makes him an inconsiderate a$$hole? Without incentive there is no motivation. Without motivation there is no progress. If we are not progressing we are declining. This country is slowly turning into Greece and fuks like you want to play on the heart strings of the less fortunate. Left, center, or right we are all about to be screwed if we keep thinking with our hearts instead of our heads.

[TheLock]

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.

SOLID 17th post right here boys

[TheLock]

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

EmilyHaines is a classic liberal cop/military hater who can't get it through his extraordinary thick skull that public employees get paid far less than those in the private sector.

Pensions are not perks. They're a part of the overall compensation package.

But let's not let facts get in the way.

[betplom]

You and the rest of the so called lefties on this thread are clueless. They have these ridiculous benefits because of unions which the left vehemently supports. The unions are one of America's biggest problems.

Capitalism is one of Americas biggest problems.

[dodger33]

Capitalism is one of Americas biggest problems.

How would we know. True Capitalism hasn't been practiced in decades, if ever. Bailouts, entitlements, and big government is not capitalism. You need to help yourself to an economics book. Socialism is the greatest IDEA ever but it ends there. It is and never will be possible. No two people have the same exact work ethic. People should be rewarded for their effort, no other system does this besides capitalism.

[betplom]

How would we know. True Capitalism hasn't been practiced in decades, if ever. Bailouts, entitlements, and big government is not capitalism. You need to help yourself to an economics book. Socialism is the greatest IDEA ever but it ends there. It is and never will be possible. No two people have the same exact work ethic. People should be rewarded for their effort, no other system does this besides capitalism.

True capitalism is being practised, often at the expense of US citizens.

True capitalism means profit > anything else, even if that means misery for many Americans.

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

How can the greatest country on the planet be so fukked up ? lots of fighting within its borders and even more fighting in foreign nations all for profit for the rich.

If America were truly great it would find a solution to its problems instead of the usual finger pointing and blame game that never stops.

[dodger33]

True capitalism is being practised, often at the expense of US citizens. (again read a textbook. no it is not. which part of bailouts and government intervention do you not understand?)

True capitalism means the disparity between rich and poor will continue to grow. (which social values class did you learn this in? a free market economy creates opportunity. what you decide to do with that is your choice. the disparity between rich and poor is growing larger because of work ethic and government intervention)

If America were truly great it would find a solution to its problems instead of the usual finger pointing and blame game that never stops.(the solution is simple. its called accountability. when did such things as a balanced budget become foreign. this country and many others right now are suffering from overspending. just like many of its citizens. the finger pointing started at the top and now the citizens think that because they overspent for years they can blame someone else and it's okay.)

People need to take responsiblity for their actions. Until people stop walking around with their hands out waiting for someone else to bail them out or blame their problems on someone else this country will not change. Look at Greece, they are rioting because their country is a financial disaster. Their problems are directly attributable to overspending and too many handouts. They were forced to try and cut spending and look whats happening? Those people feel like the deserve it! They never fukking earned a damn thing in their life.

[Thor4140]

You and the rest of the so called lefties on this thread are clueless. They have these ridiculous benefits because of unions which the left vehemently supports. The unions are one of America's biggest problems.

Ah that is it. All ten percent of those dirty unions. Turn off Fox and nitwit neo-con radio for five minutes and actually learn something. I bet a hunk of crap like u has benefited greatly from unions but u are to naive to know how. U don't have to work for a union to benefit from unions. There would be about 1 percent of the country getting health benefits let alone pensions and vacation pay if it weren't for unions. The sad part is most gullible fuks are to stupid to realize it. When unions were at an all time high this country was running like a well oiled machine. People had money because people were making a decent wage. It is amazing how that works. When people are making a decent wage everyone makes money. Unfortunately in this stupid country a greedy rich asshole can make an asshole like u fight for him instead of urself. Lets keep on destroying those unions so we can all make ten cents an hour. Every benefit u have is because of some union guy fighting for them. Sad a shitbag like urself reaps the benefits when u have done dic to get it.

[MoneyLineDawg]

I'm in between jobs right now and currently getting unemployment (should only be temporary).....I'm an example of what unemployment is supposed to be used for and I paid into it so I dont give a damn what people think......

But anyway, I think it's really fukkin dumb the way it's set up...I could find a small part time job until my real job starts up but they give us no incentive to work because they take away some unemployment benefits if I work a day or 2 a week......I would literally be working for like 25% of what I should be making an hour since it cuts into my weekly benefits


Sysytem is fukked!

[Balco10]

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

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[Balco10]

Dump food stamps and unemployment benefits ASAP!!!!!