Millions of Americans Using Food Stamps
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- Опубликовано: 27 авг 2024
- When the new U.S. Congress is sworn in in January, one of the first orders of business will be a new economic stimulus package. Legislators and analysts say a stimulus bill will likely include an increase in food assistance and food stamps. Jeff Swicord reports that the number of Americans in need of food assistance is at an all time high.
You know what? We don't know what people are going through. I used to be in the system a long time ago. It humbled me, profoundly. Today, I'm working full time, bought & paid for my house & my car. I have savings, c.d.s, some stocks. I made some bad decisions then, but now I've learned, I've grown. I'm debt free. Such freedom...we do not know what people are going by through.
The first lady they showed is using her EBT correctly. She's earing a degree in order to get off the system. That's what it was meant for: to use for a short period of time.
Oh, there are so far and few out there....I'm a taxpayer and I want my money used to feed those in need. If there is a god out there, he or she will ask outright how we treated our neighbor in their hour of need.
At least this woman is trying to become a professional. I would not mind if these people get help as they go to college. At least she will one day be independent and will contribute to this country.
Amen. Its easy for people to judge when they have not gone thru hard times. And eventually we will all suffer a major crisis in our lives. So be kind now to others...you might need that kindness in the future.
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What ever happened to child support,if you can’t feed them kids then don’t make em
My brother’s last night in town, and at dinner he begins bragging about his Food Stamp card. Great way to ruin an evening. He casually told us that he doesn’t really need the Assistance (“but hey, I qualify, so what the hell”). Then he explained how he loves to buy luxury foods and how he used $80 worth of government money to make a “raw” apple pie. Yes, one pie. He basically admitted to us, with no shame, that he’s abusing the welfare system. He is 34 and able-bodied, just lazy.
Are you kidding me? She lives in a atleast 2 story house with a fireplace and is on foodstamps? I am speechless...
It took a war and a draft to bring us out of the great depression. What we need is for everyone person 18 - 40, those on welfare, or those who volunteer to be drafted into jobs. Just like people were drafted into military service, the gov should draft people into filling jobs.
"We got hot dogs...we got pop, we got some hamburgers and stuff there."
He doesn't sound too ashamed to me, sitting on newer furniture and watching a big screen TV and eating junk food.
i am disabled and get 200 a month in food stamps and most times i run out of food all together about 3 or 4 days before my stamps get here so i often go 2-3 days without food. i pay 25/month for my internet and 600/rent and 300/other mis. household stuff that leaves little room for food so not all people who get stamps are bums
Chicken leg quarters are cheap and go along way.
Yuk
"...hot dogs, pop, hamburgers..."
and a big screen TV.
I'd be ashmed too if that's what I bought with food stamps.
somoene need to teach them, how to budjet ,save, built an emergency saving, use coupons ,
Mrs hooha what a name
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If the United States really wanted to help welfare people they would make them earn them
He is right.
Dont give to the people on drugs they need to work for food
Question: What do you call a guy who makes a baby and flies the coop?
Answer: A chicken.
125$ a month for a 2 person family to live off of (in Texas, is what I got today). And it's not renewable after 3 months. I'm sure anyone would enjoy free meals. But man, there's more to life than just decent eating.
And you can get fat off mac'n'cheese and watching Jerry Springer all day. Doesn't mean you're chowin' down on lobster. A lot of what these people buy are microwavable meals. They lost their jobs, are probably sad, and are eating their feelings away.
what i dont like is when they buy ribeyes, crab and energy drinks with it. then break their $100 bills with a pack of gum!
@erinmammi ....nursing degree....good move....a valuable profession....eventually go for your RN
better feeding people then war
I am a woman who has been on food stamps. No it was not a choice, and actually was a little embarassing. Especially because I am a black woman who is typically judged and thrown into that "category". Unfortunatelly I didnt have parents to pay my living expenses while I went and received a degree in college...But now Im greatful to have a career in the field of nursing. But successful or not, I am not going to judge anyone who I see who needs a helping hand. I've been there!!
I swear if people in this country would stop having so many kids, filling their lives with so many other unneeded problems in life and actually saved money during good economic times this "recession" wouldn't be a problem for so many Americans.
Well I do not know where you all live but in Maryland you do not have to have kids in order to get food stamps. Where I live they are both male and females that are working and are getting food stamps who does not have children. I started getting food stamps when I started working, I was to ashamed to apply for them because I thought I was "too good" for them eventhough I needed them. Now I'm glad I applied and receive my card. It's helps out a lot every month with groceries for my son and I.
How would one like to live in this country in the 1950's when the words food stamps were unheard of.
I would
I am on food stamps and I also have a job. I agree, people that are working should get help if they need it. I applied for Medicaid here in Michigan and have been denied twice, because they say they aren't enrolling new people. Yet they let pregnant women get on Medicaid and have their kids on it til they're 5.
I have a big screen tv, but we bought it yrs ago & used a gift card so we paid almost nothing for it, we have an old home, old cars, never go out to eat, never go on vacation, never go to the movies or anywhere, and I just applied for food stamps yesterday, worst thing I ever had to do, I held out for 2 yrs but we're now facing homelessness & I need to stop being stubborn and just ask for help, I hate it but it'll feed my son but it's something that still makes me want to hide.
I work full time in local goverment and have no debt, I needed dental treatment the total bill would have been £679, I fought for my rights and i got all my dental work done for nothing even though i had savings, I buy cheap low price goods and food, i don't care what people think of me in the shops. The money i save i help sponser a young lad in my area who has little and needs a little support and all he does is walk my dog wash the car and cut the grass.
Stop pooping out babies.
I hate how so many people are on these entitlement programs but I'm ok with this woman being on food stamps. This is what they were made for. It doesn't seem like she's on welfare or other forms of assistance, and is working as well as going to school to get a degree. It also seems like she's single and only has a couple of kids instead of like a dozen of them. Food stamps are supposed to be a short term crutch for the working poor.
Wrong.
They were not made for people to go get knocked up just so they can go on welfare and have kids without a father
no, your wrong senior and handicap people are on it I am 63 can no longer work am both a senior and handicap so there more to the story just what you think
I am a carpenter .. and my world collasped .. My woman and I get 367.00 a month .. more than enough I feel .. occasionally I have found work in the last 2 years .. some jobs paid exceedingly well .. but it is not permanent employment .. I rise above the waves .. and submerge again quickly .. I have actually felt guilt and have been ashamed .. because I have still found a way to smoke cigarettes and drink beer .. but my justification is .. All those years I paid taxes .. too Much taxes
It's a give and take system because my parents' tax money helped subsidize govt services we never used (such as public education, since I went to private elem+hs, and welfare) and never complained about it. Now that I need the help too and am working toward a degree to becoming a giving member of society, I don't see it as such a crime. For those that complain it's your tax money (actually it's our tax money alltogether, since I'm req. to work too), just know I'd feed you too if you went hungry.
dont be ashamed your family needs it gob bless you.
So you pray to gob now lol?
You cannot even spell god lol.
She only got pregnant to get on welfare that is why she did not keep the father around.
Conditioned learning mommy and daddy never go to work
Found the trumptard
@isanchezflus you could always try contacting your local Department of Human Services office. I work and am on food stamps, the guy who lives downstairs does NOT work, has food stamps, and tries to SELL his food stamps to neighbors in exchange for booze or cigarettes. Pathetic.
Are you kidding me? If you can't put food on the table and you have a HUGE TV, SELL YOUR TV! Nice furniture too. SELL IT! Two dogs too? Eat them!
Have a yard sale, sell all the expensive stuff you bought when you had the great job.
I agree, working people that going to school or dont have enough money to support their families should get assistance
but 90% of the people on foodstamps are on drugs and its a waste of tax payers money
My brother calls his food stamp card the BBQ card.
Prices on food are so fucked up, the businesses must think that if you are not on food stamps you are either rich or well off...
I'm 67 years old living on Social Security I get $21 a month food stamps
Hello do you have an update on this matter. Millions are out of work, and 11% are unemployed is what we ear but it's higher and people are struggling, losing homes.jobs closings you get sick and all your savings are gone. it's hard out there. Stay strong it must get better soon.
why the father doesn't help ?
HE IS A PARASIDIC BABY MAKER......
food stamps are a life line for single people too I am a young professional who is unemployed and I have food stamps so I can feed myself. people are not lazy I search for work daily and i have a bachelors degree.
What is that on the back of the baby left hand.
Where's the shame
A friend of mine who is a nurse told me that she can always tell when shes in line behind someone who is getting foodstamps... She said they have a BASKETFULL of all kinds of meat.. She said thats how you know THEY aint payin for it...ha
Unemployment benefits are two thirds of previous job assuming one paid into systemic ly good fir a quarter thirteen weeks
@aggierose86 the time to sock away money is when you "are" employed. Too many people think things are going to be fine forever. When the money is "coming in" is the time to live like you have no money. Always live way under your means, keep that old car serviced and in good shape, don't have more than 2 children (or none), do you really need a $5 cup of coffee each day? Find a place to live near public transportation (if possible) so you don't need a car....save, save, save
Mrs. Brewhaha will help!
This government program along with Social Security is in jeopardy due to the ridiculous government spending and rising rates of student loan defaults, housing crisis and higher costs for food!!!
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ANOTHER "single" mother. Where does this end???? Same OLD OLD STORY!
Alright people buy crockpots. It will change how you eat and food last longer. It has changed everything for me!!!
I have a Crock-Pot and use it (especially now since the weather is getting colder), but it's not the panacea that you're making it out to be. Making soups or stews in big batches in the slow cooker is a great way to economize, but it takes a lot of time to shop/plan/prepare, things that people working and going to school don't often have. Oh and it takes having a well equipped kitchen to dice up veggies and cook the meat for stew, which not a lot of poor people have.
@cassandrabadie Wow, you go from being Mean,hateful and condemning to sweet as pie? Amazing!!
I guess everything they've got there are on credit... They can use those but those are not theirs.
@TheUnmaskedMagician read my previous comments before commenting on irrelevant subject matter. Thank you though for your words of wisdom.
does anyone know how to report food stamp fraud, i got next door neighbors who are getting them for more than 5 YEARS, AND THEY HAVE EVEN A 35 THOUSAND DOLLAR CHEVY TRUCK!!!!!!
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I used to live in Kentucky with my mother, my father was no where to be seen since they had gotten a divorce. She took two jobs just to pay me and her and even that wasn't even enough. Ask anyone waitresses and factory workers don't get enough even working both. She would cry at night knowing that she couldn't even afford to feed us and had to rely on the state. We had a house yes but that had been in our family for years.We looked middle income but we weren't, things can look high but be cheap
actually they did not resemble postage stamps
the were more like specialized dollar coupons
Do you garden? I do and it's not possible to grow enough food to support your self unless you have a ton of farm land and farm animals
Yo Michael i feel You man
What I don't get is why people are allowed to buy stuff like candy, chips, and soda with fs. A steak and some veggies and juice is cool, but 50 bucks worth of Doritos and candy? (seriously wtf)? They're starting to ban those vending machines in public schools, so why are they still letting people get it tons of it through a fed program?
This could be a coverage about the German welfare system just as well. Those food banks we call "Tafeln" (dining table, festive meal). Since the social security reforms in 2005 also such people go to see them who have never sought help before.
a good portion of the problem is outsourcing
I'm white and my family is on food stamps, shit were so poor we don't even buy the food we just eat the stamps.
food stamps are good
@cassandrabadie I don't get scared by people who claim to know it all but do nothing but badger and throw out other topics off topic to stir things up.
There are 310 million souls in the US and 200 million are all alone, no real friends, no family who will speak to them. We have become alone for one reason. Because of our transgressions against others. Not because our coworker is different and we can not tolerate him. That is the side effect of the transgressions against humanity. And because we have become disconnected from others and find everyone else wierd or moronic or just different, we are alone and man can not fend for himself alone.
It too bad that you have turn you down for government assistance because of one thing and that was that you are making too much money to apply for it.
i agree with you, they buy alot of junk food, that fs does cover, and oh the even worse part is they share the foodstamp card with family and friends as well!
I suggested the card, but I suggested work.
Steve from Eco the goat
facts
Every week I get 10 "naked juices'" they are 3.98$ each that's about 40 bucks just in juice lol
A bowl of oat meal,with a little butter,cream and sugar.fill you up,in cheap very health for you.try it.
What trips me out is people getting welfare that show up in private jets.
Conditioned learning mommy and daddy's paycheck comes in the mail and they get to eat lots of food and never go to work
she doesn't need food stamps, it says so right here on the video, what's wrong with night school? Small stuff? You have no idea how much social programs like this cost do you?
Just keep in mind that some people have injuries and weren't compensated by the insurance companies, The taxpayers foot the bill while the greedy insurance companies keep the money for them and their investors.
I say, if they're wasting money on lobster or steaks, then shame on them. They're probably hurting themselves. Which is why you see them rush to the store at the 1st of the month (because they're probably starving b/c they didn't buy quality cheap foods).
yea she aint got no money for food but she got enough money to glam herself up right
That is her fault why he then that it document she Shutting have Spread her legs and made a baby if you could not afford it As a Tax pair I don't know want to pay for itThat's her fault where is the husband
nice...lets show all of America your ebt card number!
@Lydianne1992 Yeah, no doubt!
Isn't It Ironic? The food stamp program, part of the Department of Agriculture, is pleased to be distributing the greatest amount of food stamps ever. Meanwhile, the Park Service, also part of the Department of Agriculture, asks us to "please do not feed the animals" because the animals may grow dependent and not learn to take care of themselves.
maybe skip Christmas? Would have been a good idea to skip the last dozen?
You can't tell me how to live - I'm an American, now give me my food stamps.
Now take regular people walking down the same street. a higher percentage will help than of those in DC pretending to be our servants. Not a lot higher because we as a people have become disconnected from one another. I had to spread sand on an icy road to get my RWD vehicle out of my neighborhood. Most everyone was home but NO ONE came out to help me. I was helping them be able to get their own car out of the neighborhood. Most didnt even look. No one said thank you for and one girl smiled. Sad
I'm a full time grad student who may have to go on food stamps if scholarships and loans don't help me make ends meet. I might feel guilty or humiliated for it, but thinking about it more closely, I probably shouldn't because (1) I may genuinely need it and (2) it's a mutual give and take system, not a simply a free loading system. I'll explain why, at least as it pertains to my case: (continued below)
Wanna know how to get them i could tell you funny thing about being poor is the poor find ways nobody else thinks of to survive
@questionauthoritah Yes I can cut costs and have learned to manage well since that post nearly a year ago. It can be done and I am no longer receiving food stamps either so it can be done. Merry Christmas buddy.
Wrong. Usually the more rich you are, you LIKELY have found ways to write off as MUCH expenses as you can, to the point where you don't pay taxes.
Even as a foreclosure inspector, I earned 60k a year. 42k after expenses. I paid 0 dollars on my taxes. Sometimes even got money back. Gas, print outs for work, envelopes, etc... All write offs.
That's just as a SMALL contracted inspector for mortgage companies.
BIG rich corporate company owners, don't pay shit. Think about it.
@cassandrabadie I DIDN"T SAY NOTHING ABOUT A FAMILY OF 2 now did I???? I SAID THE SINGLE MOTHERS WITH 5 OR 6 kids!! AND WHO HAVE THEIR BABY DADDY's LIVING WITH THEM SELLING DRUGS- READ WHAT I WRITE!!! I HAVE NOTHING AGAINST people being on assistance NONE what SO EVER. I DO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH PEOPLE ABUSING THE SYSTEM. I don't have health insurance right now- but these people abusing the system have it all!! & I SAID THE ABUSERS HAVE IT ALL.
If they paid decent wages ppl wouldnt need foodstamps
This program is beneficial to those who really need the help. The main problem that I see...is when the women are trying hard to educate themselves. These males who keep dating them, are rushing to the V.A. Hospital & pantries to snatch-up all they can get. Before the women & children had ever had a speedy chance to. These are the same males who get up real early in the morning to drink liquor, get high, and harass every female they see...coming out of residences and walking. Loveface43
welfare and private jets? havent heard that one before...
@cotterfour She is nasty on most of her comments on posts- I just read another post where left a comment that all blacks are loud and it embarrasses her- she had so many negative reactions to it- that her comment was removed. I agree with you, her bigotry and HATRED is what sickens me with her too. Thanks for being the voice of "reason" to this post. Best Regards.