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Originally Posted by Kevin
I started reading, but will admit that I gave up when they started on the guilt trip about us being the richest country, etc. etc.
If you don't want to live on food stamps, get a job. If someone can survive on the current food stamp budget, power to 'em. The government should only provide the very basic minimum needs. If food stamp recipients want to be able to afford some cheese for those chips, they can enter the work force.
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You started reading but FINISH reading...and it's not as easy as saying 'get a job' what about those who are TRYING to get jobs but for many reasons are turned away...what about those who are disabled? Can we just tell them 'get a job' ?
Now mind you I understand the frustration when we see able bodied folks out there how are taking advantage of the system BUT point is, we dont know what thier story is.
I sure would like to see u tell Katrina victims to just 'go get a job'...heck almost 2 years later sopme are still waiting for assistance that has yet to come.
Problem is, almost a century ago, the food stamp situation was supposed to be a temporary thing for folks coming back from wars and those whose businesses went under etc...BUT...it got institutionalized and more and more people that got on it...couldn't get off of it.... and yeah...the govt is taking step to try and curb the amount of people that get and stay on it but fact is, unless you are in that person's position....telling them to get a job is not as easy as it sounds.