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originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: angeldoll
If you know of a person, not based on rumor and hateful old wives tales, then report it.
There is a national hotline reporting line, but it will go quicker if you do it in your own state.
Use your search engine "Food Stamp reporting Hotline" and the name of your state.
Remember you will need some way of identifying the person so they can find them. They actually do prosecute those who abuse the SNAP program.
Yeah, and get shanked for the snitching. Better to let them get caught themselves.
originally posted by: Bloodworth
People on food stamps in the u.s. seem to be extremely overweight. They could use it.
Working class families fridge is very moderate
Food stamp recipients fridges are always over filled
originally posted by: angeldoll
originally posted by: Bloodworth
People on food stamps in the u.s. seem to be extremely overweight. They could use it.
Working class families fridge is very moderate
Food stamp recipients fridges are always over filled
ALWAYS overfilled. you somehow know this. Alrighty then. You must have an omnipresence!
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
This is all Trumps fault.
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
originally posted by: Teikiatsu
So... they have a month to prepare for lean times. Or find a job. Or realize they are not as bad off as they think and stop using assistance so the real crisis cases can keep getting help. Or start buying cheaper food. Or...
You get the idea. This is not the end of the world, especially if the "problem" is recognized now.
Could be the end of the world if your a single mother with a few kids living in a impoverished community and you need those stamps to get your kids some decent food.
Just be thankful you don't know what its like to live like that.
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
originally posted by: eXia7
originally posted by: OtherSideOfTheCoin
This is all Trumps fault.
Lets get right back to the basics. He promised a wall would be built and Mexico would pay for it. Now there isn't actually going to be a wall and he wants the taxpayer to spend $5 Billion for a metaphorical wall so he can rally his base of support.
So because he's not getting that he is basically holding the country ransom, its quite obviously wrong but his supporters seem to be the only ones who don't quite see it that way. So no more food stamps, as Trump says he is willing to let this shutdown go on for months if not years as people struggle to eat so he can win some political points.
How is this Trump's fault when the dems have just been obstructionists from day 1?
Because he is doing it quite literally to break a campaign promise so that his supporters will somehow think that him breaking said promise is winning. This is all about him scoring political points and nothing else, he might tell you its about boarder security but its not. Boarder security to him is just a euphemism for "keep my supporters voting for me".
He promised Mexico would pay for all of this, they're not and now he expects taxpayers to pay for it just so he can score political points.
It is wrong that as a result of this people are going to be losing food stamps.
originally posted by: angeldoll
This thread was meant to be informative.
However, I've been on ATS long enough to know threads sometimes develop a life of their own.
This one has turned into "I HATE POOR PEOPLE and I don't want to contribute a dollar to keep them from dropping dead, because some of them cheat" thread.
So have it with your old wives tales, imagination, greed, resentment, but mostly misinformation.
Let everyone tell a story about seeing a Mercedes in the parking lot of the food stamp office. Let everyone tell a story about how their next door neighbor's brother-in-law's cousin saw a recipient's frig full of steaks.
Have at it.
See ya.
originally posted by: angeldoll
originally posted by: yuppa
originally posted by: angeldoll
If you know of a person, not based on rumor and hateful old wives tales, then report it.
There is a national hotline reporting line, but it will go quicker if you do it in your own state.
Use your search engine "Food Stamp reporting Hotline" and the name of your state.
Remember you will need some way of identifying the person so they can find them. They actually do prosecute those who abuse the SNAP program.
Yeah, and get shanked for the snitching. Better to let them get caught themselves.
These reports can be made anonymously.