Food Stamps

concealer404

steveinaz wrote: »

Unfortunately, there's always gonna be the few abusers/idiots/soulless wonders that wreck it for truly needy (IMO, children, the elderly and disabled).

Why common-sense policies, and strict compliance/eligibility standards cannot be developed for these programs is beyond me.

For there to be common-sense policies, common sense must first become the majority, and not the minority.

Demiurge

I had a lady approach me in line at the grocery store 3 years ago with this same proposition. I hadn't ever heard of it before, but I immediately recognized that going along with the scheme would have resulted in me committing fraud. Beyond that, its just plain wrong.

I feel sorry for anyone who actually needs these things and wants to get off them as soon as possible. This lady was dressed to the 9s and certainly could have been cutting expenses elsewhere as to not need to be on food stamps in the first place.

The entitlement mentality strikes again. Didn't people used to feel shame in even having to apply for this taxpayer welfare?

hearingimpared

Grimster74 wrote: »

On a different rant about food stamps. When people like my wife and I which are both unemployed and collecting unemployment checks file for food stamps we are told after receiving food stamps for two months, we get a letter stating that we make to much money on unemployment only to have our food stamps taken away from us. It's the people or families like my wife and I that have kids and could really use the help that get denied. Been working everyday of my life up until the last year, paying taxes like hell all my life and can't get any help, go figure. Hell, they even took my kids medicare insurance away cause they said we made to much on unemployment. So we are considered a uninsured hungry family.:biggrin:

Right there with you Rob except for a detail or two!

One thing that really is scary when needing help is that when you apply they ask you to empty your pockets. Any money or change found is added to your list of "assets" and believe me one dollar or change over their measly total income or "assets" gets you a big denial. The list of fraud and deceit is long but the people who really need it seem to get the shaft.

Just a couple of cents here; you can't use your EBT card for medication. Now if you are totally cash strapped and in need of medication, out of desperation, one would try to use their food stamps to raise cash for the meds. There are other scenarios too but you get my drift.

It really isn't a black & white issue (and I'm not talking race here), there are grey areas that are not taken into consideration.