Or as I like to call them, leeches.

Food stamp rolls have been growing rapidly. But what many may not realize is that participation among able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) has been skyrocketing compared to the total number of participants. That’s just one reason Congress should reform the food stamp program in the farm bill now under consideration. In just four years, the number of able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) on the food stamp rolls skyrocketed by over 2 million. While overall food stamp use grew by 53 percent between Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year 2010 (from about 26 million to nearly 40 million), it more than doubled among able-bodied adults without dependents during this time–from 1.7 million to 3.9 million–an increase of roughly 127 percent. Food stamp spending today is roughly $80 billion, double what it was in Fiscal Year 2008.

Going forward, food stamp policy should ensure that resources are going to those most in need — particularly at a time when budgets are tight for so many Americans Able-bodied recipients should be encouraged to work. This way, help is available to those who truly need it, while at the same time individuals are encouraged to do what they can to help themselves.

Congress has the opportunity now to reform food stamps as policymakers debate the farm bill. The House’s current proposal makes some steps towards encouraging work, but it is yet to be seen whether the House will maintain the work component of their proposal, or if they will fold on this important matter.

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/01/16/gues...um=twitter

Once the stigma on all these societal ills is gone, this is what you can expect. Dovetail This with the out of wedlock pregnancy, 13 yo's being exposed to oral and anal sex in the FREAKING SCHOOLS and now the cool factor of being a pajama boy, PBR sipping, dope smoking freeloader and it's the new normal.

Welcome to the leftist utopia!

I can just imagine how disgusted T.J. would be to have his image on something like this.

Lets all hate the poor! yay

(01-16-2014 08:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Lets all hate the poor! yay

As usual 100% wrong.

We see compassion as getting as many people OFF the dole and into productive, contributing successful lives. You call that hating.

You see compassion as how many people you can keep subservient to the federal government and of course the democrat party. Yay, compassion, yay foodstamps!

(01-16-2014 08:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Lets all hate the poor! yay

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 47 million people as of the most recent figures available in 2013. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us "Please Do Not Feed the Animals." Their stated reason for the policy is because: "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves."

UofMemphis is proud he stole food stamps from poor people when he was in college.

True story

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(01-16-2014 08:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Lets all hate the poor! yay

More like let's keep the poor poor.

If a charity or food bank wants to give people who are healthy enough to work food, that's fine, but these people are scum who just abuse the system and morons like UM just encourage it.

Honestly, how do you encourage such dependency? Do you not see how this does nothing but numb their drive to support themselves?

(01-16-2014 08:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Lets all hate the poor! yay

We should pity them, they are the one's who thought the Chicago messiah would get them a high paying shovel ready job in this "REAL" recovery.

Part-time jobs and food stamps the new normal in Obama's economy.

(01-16-2014 08:48 PM)maximus Wrote:  UofMemphis is proud he stole food stamps from poor people when he was in college.

True story

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BAMMMMMMM!!!!!!!! Now we know his story. Typical lib. Talk the talk, but doesn't walk the walk.

(01-16-2014 08:44 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

(01-16-2014 08:17 PM)UofMemphis Wrote:  Lets all hate the poor! yay

The Food Stamp Program, administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proud to be distributing this year the greatest amount of free Meals and Food Stamps ever, to 47 million people as of the most recent figures available in 2013. Meanwhile, the National Park Service, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, asks us "Please Do Not Feed the Animals." Their stated reason for the policy is because: "The animals will grow dependent on handouts and will not learn to take care of themselves."

That says all you need to know. It really is a shame.

Not to mention the federal government conveniently ignores inflation in food prices.

Tapeworms.

Several years ago one far left poster here, Schadenfreud, tried to post that Bush's unemployment numbers were bad b/c of the U-6 number. The challenge was put out, what are those people supposedly not looking for jobs, doing?

John, as usual, couldn't answer because he get all of his thoughts from someone else.

Now the same thing is being posed w/ Obama's numbers, which are much much worse than Bush's. The leftists suddenly don't care about that, but when confronted recently they have offered the same response: what are those allegedly unemployed people doing to survive.

Only this time the answers are abundant: food stamps. Disability pay. Early forced retirement.

All the "safety nets" are being strained by leftists policies...while the leftists clamor for more rope to hang the country.

Americans are still suffering in this economy folks. Sure, there are some waste cases but this terrible economy is driving this.

These are all Obama's people, those who actually need the help and those abusing the system.

(01-16-2014 07:22 PM)EagleRockCafe Wrote:  

Or as I like to call them, leeches.

Food stamp rolls have been growing rapidly. But what many may not realize is that participation among able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) has been skyrocketing compared to the total number of participants. That’s just one reason Congress should reform the food stamp program in the farm bill now under consideration. In just four years, the number of able-bodied adults without dependents (ABAWDs) on the food stamp rolls skyrocketed by over 2 million. While overall food stamp use grew by 53 percent between Fiscal Year 2007 and Fiscal Year 2010 (from about 26 million to nearly 40 million), it more than doubled among able-bodied adults without dependents during this time–from 1.7 million to 3.9 million–an increase of roughly 127 percent. Food stamp spending today is roughly $80 billion, double what it was in Fiscal Year 2008.

Going forward, food stamp policy should ensure that resources are going to those most in need — particularly at a time when budgets are tight for so many Americans Able-bodied recipients should be encouraged to work. This way, help is available to those who truly need it, while at the same time individuals are encouraged to do what they can to help themselves.

Congress has the opportunity now to reform food stamps as policymakers debate the farm bill. The House’s current proposal makes some steps towards encouraging work, but it is yet to be seen whether the House will maintain the work component of their proposal, or if they will fold on this important matter.

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/01/16/gues...um=twitter

So the suggestion is that reforms should be made so that no able bodied people should receive food stamps even if they cannot find a job?

Interesting.

(01-17-2014 10:28 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  So the suggestion is that reforms should be made so that no able bodied people should receive food stamps even if they cannot find a job?

Interesting.

Forever?

(01-17-2014 10:28 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  So the suggestion is that reforms should be made so that no able bodied people should receive food stamps even if they cannot find a job?

Nobody is suggesting that Fit... but let's put some control and get rid of the waste.

I'll give you an example, there was a woman who got on the local drive-time radio show at 4p.m. one day, as the hosts (who are conservative-libertarians for the most part), were talking about this.

Note: this had to happen sometime back in November I think (before the hoildays)

The hosts were suggesting checks and balances... they never proposed just chopping out EBT or benefits.

Why is a drug test bad to receive welfare? But the big debate of the day was "Why not deny certain items (cookies, candy, alcohol, etc.) as cannot be used on EBT cards or food stamps"?

One woman than called up the radio station, and began to rant that "You don't know how hard it is for us to feed our kids what they want. Do you know what it'd be like to tell my kid they coudln't have a bag of cookies?"

The host then said.. "Yes, I do. I told my kids all the time "NO". I've been poor and had to tell my kids "we can't afford it"

The woman continued to go off about how it was her duty to give her kids what they wanted. Not what they needed, but what they wanted. She then (after the fact) that when she bought cookies, it was because it was "doctor ordered". Really? Doctor ordered? I suppose it's possible.

It was just sickening how many excuses this woman was trying to give about why she needed to spend EBT money on junk food.

(01-17-2014 11:09 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  

(01-17-2014 10:28 AM)Fitbud Wrote:  So the suggestion is that reforms should be made so that no able bodied people should receive food stamps even if they cannot find a job?

Nobody is suggesting that Fit... but let's put some control and get rid of the waste.

I'll give you an example, there was a woman who got on the local drive-time radio show at 4p.m. one day, as the hosts (who are conservative-libertarians for the most part), were talking about this.

Note: this had to happen sometime back in November I think (before the hoildays)

The hosts were suggesting checks and balances... they never proposed just chopping out EBT or benefits.

Why is a drug test bad to receive welfare? But the big debate of the day was "Why not deny certain items (cookies, candy, alcohol, etc.) as cannot be used on EBT cards or food stamps"?

One woman than called up the radio station, and began to rant that "You don't know how hard it is for us to feed our kids what they want. Do you know what it'd be like to tell my kid they coudln't have a bag of cookies?"

The host then said.. "Yes, I do. I told my kids all the time "NO". I've been poor and had to tell my kids "we can't afford it"

The woman continued to go off about how it was her duty to give her kids what they wanted. Not what they needed, but what they wanted. She then (after the fact) that when she bought cookies, it was because it was "doctor ordered". Really? Doctor ordered? I suppose it's possible.

It was just sickening how many excuses this woman was trying to give about why she needed to spend EBT money on junk food.

I don't have a problem with restrictions on junk food. That isn't a problem for me.

I just take issue with the notion that people who are on food stamps are lazy. I have a friend who is no food stamps and he works every day delivering flowers. The guy just can't feed his family of four on that kind of a pay check.

Quote:I just take issue with the notion that people who are on food stamps are lazy. I have a friend who is no food stamps and he works every day delivering flowers. The guy just can't feed his family of four on that kind of a pay check.

Those kind of average people, I (and I'd wager most of us on here feel the same way) don't have as much of an issue with (unless they're not looking for a better job if the opportunity presents itself.).

It's the people who are getting a check and arent' trying to get off those subsidized roll-calls, such as the people we talked about earlier, they go to a job interview in a manner they _know_ is not going to get a job, then they go tell their unemployment office "I went here , here, and here for a job". Or the ones who simply abuse the system and don't even bother trying to look for work.