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In reply to the discussion: Food Stamps ***Rant*** [View all]zuzu98
(450 posts)I merely posed a question to get some other points of view. As I said in another post I have mixed feeling about the issue: I would hope that any person/agency/institution using any form of public money would do their best to make the most of it, while at the same time I have enormous sympathy for the hard lives of people living in poverty. I am trying to explore why there is often a feeling that people using EBT cards/TANF etc. should be restricted in any way but no one (I hope) thinks that people receiving SS or Medicare should be subject to such scrutiny. And the whole "corporations do it too" argument doesn't satisfy me. I do appreciate the thoughtful responses from many people on this thread who have actually helped me clarify my thoughts on the issue.
As to your judgment about a "glaring defect in my humanity:" just as many in this thread have urged others not to judge someone about whose circumstances they no little or nothing on the basis of how they pay for their groceries, I would urge you to do the same regarding one or two posts on a discussion board. I have spent my entire adult live serving an indigent population in a rural community and every single day I try to help them resolve their problems and get to a better place in life. I am active with our local animal shelter and a rescue group, to which I also contribute monetarily. I look after a former client who lives in a converted shed with no running water; she gets disability and a few dollars in food stamps -- which I do help her stretch as far as possible (I guess that makes me a bad person). Guess who buys her cigarettes and the little luxuries that her meager income won't cover? Yep, me, the one with the glaring defect in my humanity who hates poor people.
You certainly live up to at least part of your user name.