FunkMistress said:

let the rest of us reminisce in peace.

OMG!!!!! You talking about bringing back memeories!!!!! I have worked since I was 12 and in my Grandparents time they didnt have food stamps when they were bringing up families.

My parents are deceased and now I take care of my 85 yr-old Grandmother and the state dont give me or her shit!!!!! Hell yes I will buy somebody's card if they are selling it!!! That other money will then go for her medicines or our utilities!!! I dont even think about myself!!!

Old folks in my city only get like $10-15 in food stamps IF the qualify but the ones her who get drug and alcohol checks get $150 a month fopr a single person!!! Do you know what I could do with that!!!

My girl gave me $50 in food stamps for my b-day last year and I cried!!! She said you are always thinking of others, here get something for you self!!!

No the system is not fair by no means at all because single people who are the working poor like me we dont get shit!!! and I dont have kids and I dont recieve welfare!!!

There was a woman in front of my sister and I at the grocery store and she had LOADS of WIC coupons and foodstamps...and...was carrying a COACH bag...



I've been working since I was 15 and never had a Coach bag.

applekisses said:

whats wrong with her having a coach bag?

brownsugar said:

She's on WIC coupons and food stamps and can afford a Coach bag?! Do you know how expensive those things are? That's a luxury item...if you have extra money to buy a Coach bag maybe you should rethink your priorities and buy your own damn food.

applekisses said:

Maybe it was a gift.

Nothing personal, Apples, but you should think before you go getting mad at someone for something like that. I'm so sick and tired of poor people having to justify everything as if we don't have a right to have cell phones, televisions, etc.

FunkMistress said:

I can get mad at whomever I want...I was that poor at one time and NEVER had foodstamps or government help of any kind. I busted my ass to get through college and paid for it myself...I've been laid-off twice and just three months ago had all my shit burned up in a fire...and I have never had a Coach bag.
Fuck that.
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FunkMistress said:

people have the right to own what they earn. cell phones are a luxury item. people on welfare definitely should NOT be paying for cell phone bills

FunkMistress said:

exactly.

Anxiety said:

Ummmm.....


That's Terrance Stamp

XxAxX said:

Exactly.

applekisses said:

But does the fact that you never had foodstamps make you better than me because I do receive them? (By the way, I go to work every single day and still get stamps) It doesn't make sense for your frustrations about your situation to be directed at another person who's struggling. Why aren't we directing our frustrations at the system that keeps us all struggling in teh first place?

XxAxX said:

Why are you so intent on judging other people and their choices? I know plenty of low-income folks who have a pre-paid cell phone instead of a house phone because it's cheaper. Others have a family member who pays for their phone.

Bottom line, though: It's none of your business.

FunkMistress said:

because not all of us make the same deicisions in life. i see you're an unmarried single mom. i chose not to go that route because i never wanted to be a burden to anyone...

FunkMistress said:

I never said I was better...but, I don't go out and buy things I can't afford and then ask the government and other hardworking people of this country to feed me either.
That's why I'm frustrated at people who take food stamps or assistance, but still buy luxury items. I only buy luxury items if I have the extra money to afford them...I don't ask for other people to buy me food so I CAN afford them. If someone needs legitimate help then I wish them the best...and I understand why they take it...but, it PISSES ME OFF to see people using food stamps and carrying a $350 purse.

XxAxX said:

And?

FunkMistress said:

so where do you think the money comes from anyway?

FunkMistress said:

Actually, it's the business of every taxpayer in this country.

FunkMistress said:

and you are defending your right to be a drain on public services. as long as you're living on the good will of strangers you should be responsible in your life choices. imo

XxAxX said:

Like I said above, a miniscule fraction of taxpayer dollars.

I don't see anyone up in arms about the sons and daughters of wealthy oil magnates who will never have to work (and buy plenty of luxury items) because government backroom deals make their parents millions and millions of dollars. That's the kind of welfare that pisses me off. Not a woman who is expected to live on $400 a month and happens to (oh, no!) have a nice pocketbook.

XxAxX said:

Living on the good will of strangers? I don't see much good will in here.

FunkMistress said:

Why is she EXPECTED to live on $400/mo? Why can't she get off her ass and get a job? My sisters were both single mothers with deadbeat ex husbands and they ALWAYS worked and NEVER had food stamps.

applekisses said:

Why?

FunkMistress said:

even the most basic of jobs pays more than 400$ a month. c'mon.

yes, the system is fucked. but the more people who abuse it the more those in power will justify their oppression of the thieving masses. don't you see that? welfare abuse is one readon the republican aprty is reluctant to increase social services programs. they figure folks are just abusing the services. and in some cases they're right

FunkMistress said:

it's an expression of speech. besides, it's enough my taxes are going there. don't be demanding my energy too

applekisses said:

1. Parenting is work.
2. Here in Massachusetts at least, most families with jobs qualify for food stamps because the cost of living is so high.
3. Hats off to your sisters. It's not easy for mothers.

and again what is wrong with that? just because a person gets foodstamps does not mean all sit on their ass and do nothing. i get them and i work also, and i pay taxes too. i also go to school while my kids are in school. so so what i gotta cell phone, i need it for my kids if something happens at school or what ever. stupid. stop cryin' if its any consolation i'm still broke.

XxAxX said:

Going where? Like I said, I work every day. My ex (does that make me more of a person in your eyes? My kids were planned, with a partner) is mentally ill and doesn't work so I receive no child support. I earn a paycheck and get a measly 80 bucks a month in food stamps. Which I budget out painstakingly every single month to buy the most nutritious and economical food possible for my daughters.

I can't believe folks are so bitter about a few bucks going to buy food for kids.

FunkMistress said:

I know parenting is hard work...a full-time job...the cost of living here in Michigan is really high too...and if my sisters can do it, why can't other women? Not to mention, they sacrificed for their kids...often going without things themselves so their kids could have them. They have NEVER bought a $350 handbag...or anything else that extravagant. They know what their priorities are.

FunkMistress said:

i don't hate poor people. nor do i mind paying taxes to fund social support systems. i just hate that shit where food stamps are being used as devalued currency to buy non-food items.

gotta sign off now. work calls