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Egalitarian Thug

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50. No they didn't. It is so much worse today than when we were kids that the situations

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:03 AM

Sep 2012

are incomparable. I am about the same age as the President and my parents were poor college students living on assistance when we were growing up. It was no picnic, but it was light years better than it is today.

Maybe that's why we allow this crime to continue. Practically nobody that isn't in this situation cares to learn how inadequate and how outrageous it is. If they ever allowed themselves to know, they would either have to do something about it or get up every morning and look into the face of a morally bankrupt person in the mirror.

And isn't it a bit ironic that he was working with those poor families in Chicago before Bill Clinton made it the Dickensian nightmare we have today by "ending welfare as we know it" which in reality was nothing more than ending welfare?

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I challenge Barack & Michelle, Joe & Jill Mitt & Ann and Paul & Jana before election day to live [View all] diabeticman Sep 2012 OP

The President did as a child....n/t chillfactor Sep 2012 #1

wonder why poster doesn't want to respond to any reply that mentions this JI7 Sep 2012 #28

I HAVE IN OTHER POST! I also think proverty today is a slight bit harder than it was 10 years diabeticman Sep 2012 #32

Poor and hungry is timeless. JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #58

Hell you can watch him say it , I posted a video former-republican Sep 2012 #39

Except that when the president & his mother were living it, she was in college & had two employed HiPointDem Sep 2012 #55

Do you have a source for that claim? JDPriestly Sep 2012 #33

what is a food stamp budget? former-republican Sep 2012 #2

It does depends. I know that a consturtuction worker get food stamps during his off season diabeticman Sep 2012 #3

make it harder former-republican Sep 2012 #4

I'm saying give them an average amount that is given for people to live on a week. diabeticman Sep 2012 #5

I guess I'm not following you then former-republican Sep 2012 #7

Comment #8 is supposed to be a reply to you. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #9

you can't get 'welfare' unless you have kids. The $367 is the maximum for a working couple HiPointDem Sep 2012 #56

Phoenix, Arizona: $29 per week. See below Tx4obama Sep 2012 #8

See my other post former-republican Sep 2012 #11

Not always. When my wife was ill last year and off work for months we could not get any diabeticman Sep 2012 #15

I kind of understand the sentiment in your original post but former-republican Sep 2012 #26

That doesn't sound right Tsiyu Sep 2012 #54

Huh? If you are a single man or woman without a child you do not get section 8 housing. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #17

Isn't there HUD programs that do help single or married couples with rent? former-republican Sep 2012 #19

Here in Western PA our social program that helps people pay their rent is OUT OF FUNDS they diabeticman Sep 2012 #24

Just try to get on any of those programs, especially in Arizona. The waiting list for section 8 was Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #22

Thank you for those facts I would just like to add that $449 per month is suppose to help that famil diabeticman Sep 2012 #25

maybe I do my friend former-republican Sep 2012 #31

When I first went down this road trying to help a friend I was completely shocked. Even putting the Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #49

This post is just about how much people receive in food stamps. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #34

Thank you TX for that post info. I couldn't find it. This is part of the reason why I started this diabeticman Sep 2012 #12

Umm the President DID grow up that way, and Michelle's Dad worked at the Water plant. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #6

IT ISN"T AN ATTITUDE! I have seen other politican take this challenge we even have an diabeticman Sep 2012 #10

and the poster said the Pres has already lived it JI7 Sep 2012 #14

Do you have a link to a source saying that Obama and his mother received food stamps? JDPriestly Sep 2012 #36

how about this former-republican Sep 2012 #38

Thanks for that. Since the poster who requested it couldn't be bothered. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #43

I think now this thread should come to rest by the OP former-republican Sep 2012 #44

No they didn't. It is so much worse today than when we were kids that the situations Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #50

why include the Pres and VP in this ? JI7 Sep 2012 #13

why do democratic politican take the challenge like the Mayor did in Arizona? diabeticman Sep 2012 #16

it wont speak a lot more , it would be viewed as opportunist JI7 Sep 2012 #18

I think you are wrong. I believe it would open peoples eyes to the trouble we have in this country. diabeticman Sep 2012 #27

yeah, but the PRes HAS already lived it , which you refuse to acknowledge JI7 Sep 2012 #29

Link? JDPriestly Sep 2012 #37

See Post #38. You asked for it, and then didn't acknowledge it. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #47

I just got back here today. Thanks. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratsForProgress Sep 2012 #53

So you basically want the president and his wife to play dress up? "People's eyes" are.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #45

You know, I'm really really tired of this "they're all the same" bullcrap. 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2012 #20

I don't want an energy deprived president loyalsister Sep 2012 #21

Try being a mother energy deprived. Try being a man driving a truck energy deprived. You don't diabeticman Sep 2012 #23

I get that loyalsister Sep 2012 #41

+1. You'd think that would be obvious to everyone. He's only the most powerful man.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #46

You haven't heard the President speak? CakeGrrl Sep 2012 #30

I have heard him BUT I still think doing the challenge will be more powerful than any speech he'd diabeticman Sep 2012 #35

He's the President not a contestant on survivor former-republican Sep 2012 #40

Obama increased it from $140 a week to $200 a week I thought nt ErikJ Sep 2012 #42

Obama also has spent time working at food shelves getting food out to people. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #48

No thanks. madamesilverspurs Sep 2012 #51

In case you haven't noticed Summer Hathaway Sep 2012 #52

President Obama, VP Biden, Michelle, and Dr Jill Cha Sep 2012 #57