LOLOLOLOL! Actually thought of that, dear NC (peace!)... but thought, "Now, how'm gonna explain to her WHY I want her pic?!" LOLOLOL! I did want you all to "see" her, too, yes!
Peace!
A slave of Christ,
SA
Welfare Queen Asks For Too Much
by Bangalore 170 Replies latest jw friends
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AGuest
Sometimes to try and get ideas for something new.
Me, too, dear tec (peace, love!). Found some EXCELLENT gourmet salami from Safeway that way just last week!
Sometimes hoping to find that others have as much cookies, chips and treats as I do (the skinny girl with the skinny kids), so I don't have to feel so guilty about it, lol.
Girl, don't feel guilty - I think everyone should eat what they love... just perhaps maybe not as much (you know, where they're playing with their health), for some. Even then, if it makes another happy... I'm ecstatic!
Peace, girl... and enjoy those Oreos!
A slave of Christ,
SA
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mrsjones5
Brian Willams has a new news program that comes on I think Monday night. Just last week there was a story on the show about folks who've had to go on food stamps. Not one of them looked anything like the folks Dude featured in his posts. They all look like they were middle class. I'm gonna see if I can find a link.
Here's the link, sorry I can't make links clickable on my iPad:
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NewChapter
I just looked around, and there is an entire website dedicated to photos of walmart shoppers---naturally focusing on the weird---which is all neckbeard dude was doing. The pics weren't even relevant to the discussion, he is dishonest, he always is, and the only interesting thing about his cut and pastes is to watch when other posters come on agreeing with them.
Remember when neckbeard was banned for siding with the mass murderer in Norway? We are dealing with a cut and paste brain.
NC
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AGuest
Yeah, I got that, dear NC (peace to you!). Someone did that before on the board.
Thanks, Miz J (peace, my sistah!). The article notes:
Reeder is one of the nearly 46 million Americans who depend on federal assistance for food, according to Department of Agriculture. Nearly 15 percent of the U.S. population is part of the food stamp program, now called SNAP.
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Kathy Gardner, director of Idaho Hunger Relief Task Force. “Our food stamp participation rate was one of the lowest in the nation…because only 55 percent, a little over half of the Idahoans that were eligible and needed food stamps were participating.”
Anyway, I'm glad we've had this discussion as perhaps some DID get a little more "ed-ju-ma-kay-ted," as a result. Hopefully. Maybe not. Ah, well...
Peace!
A slave of Christ,
SA
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JeffT
What Robdar said. If drugs and/or alcohol are involved she needs to be in long term rehab before anything can be done to treat her underlying issues. Obviously she has some major mental issues. The kids might have a fighting chance if some one gets them out of that home. This is a clear case where intervention by a government agency is necessary and appropriate.
I hope Child Protective Services is better there than it is here in Washington State. CPS here has a habit of taking kids away from parents who make a mistake (and then spend months getting them back). They seem to think that they can balance that by leaving kids in an obviously dysfunctional home until they're dead. I realize that they are overworked and undersupported, but somebody needs to clean up the agency. /rant off/
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BizzyBee
Good story, Shelby!
Yeah, those preconceived notions can bite in the ass. Problem is, some people need to keep those negative stereotypes alive like the rest of us need air to breathe. Otherwise, their whole world view collapses.
Now, may I make a confession? I have worked with "disadvantaged" populations - running an employment agency, investigating child sexual abuse, writing grant proposals for social service agencies that serve the poor. What confounds me is - What is the best way to interrupt the generational cycle of discouragement and low expectations? How does a society of (ever more) limited resources begin to instill hope, self-respect and ambition in people who are surrounded only by examples of passive acceptance and the futility of effort?
What do we do about a young mother of 15 children who says " Somebody needs to pay ... for all my children ... all our suffering, all our pain ... Somebody needs to pay"? How do we break through that barrier of self-destructiveness? I mean, I believe her. Somebody has to pay - children have to eat and beyond that there is unquestionably pain and suffering. And I have learned that those children will perpetuate the cycle when their turn comes: the boys will impregnate and leave and the girls will raise the children and wail against an (increasingly) stingy and judgmental society, because make no mistake - in hard economic times, society resents the needy poor far more than they resent the fat cats who hoover up the real cash.
We are entering a period of long-term recession/depression - the resentment of the poor is going to get worse and even more deeply entrenched. What are the answers?
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NewChapter
I don't know BB, but the solution will be complex. The thing that is frustrating, is usually when we hear about programs that are really making breakthroughs--really changing lives it's usually because they are on the chopping block. It's almost like when something really works, they yank it away. The most recent case I can think of is that school in Michigan for pregnant girls. They farmed right on their property to help pay for the program. The school had a 100% graduation rate with the vast majority of girls moving on to college. And as soon as they allowed city managers to come in as dictators--it was the first program on their list. I'm not sure where it stands now, but I think it may have been turned into a charter school. I don't know if it's working as well as I haven't read a follow-up.
We actually have to care before we can invest what it needed to stop this cycle. It's a lot easier to just blame them and hold them in contempt. That makes everything better.
NC
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Berengaria
We stop buying in to the trickle down theory, stop raping the education system, start thinking about our infrastructure................................sigh..
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FlyingHighNow
Aguest, I had an experience the other day at Wal-mart. There was a nicely dressed 30 ish black woman with two kids in her cart. With her was a black man, maybe late 20's early 30's. He had on "nickers", pants that button at the knee (for you Brits) and wild socks, plastic sandles, a long vest, striped shirt in bright colors and a wig that was frosted blinde and bronze and waved back kinda like James Brown. There was a guy standing talking to them. They were laughing and cutting up. The other guy was very "flaming" in clothing and manner. I noticed the couple's cart was full of toys. I figured they were Christmas shopping. We got through the line just in time to see them put everyone of those toys, some expensive, into the Toys For Tots box. It was overflowing from their toys. The kids, who looked to be under five were giggling and as giddy as the adults. We were grinning ear to ear and the couple noticed us and smiled. The flaming guy helped put all those toys in the box. I guess he helped pay for them.
Lesson? Even the wildest looking people at Wal-mart can be pretty alright.