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dionysus

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43. while the story told in the post you mentions reeks of utter bullshit,

Fri Jun 21, 2013, 02:10 PM

Jun 2013

I've seen potential abuse of benefits all the time. In my area, if you go to convenience stores a lot, you'll often see people with expensive clothes and new smart phones paying for food with EBT and buying a shitload of blunts... hopping out of the store into a lexus they are not...

a small part of me can't help but wonder, you can afford that shit, *and* weed, but not food?

the larger part of me doesn't give a shit because if they are scamming the system (and you don't really know if someone is just by looking at them), the amount of money lost to such shenanigans is probably .000000000001% of money skimmed off the defense budget by dodgy contractors.

that, and it's none of my business what other people do.

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"I don't like to judge but..." [View all] LaydeeBug Jun 2013 OP

How does he know she JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #1

Or she bought it before she lost her job. Recursion Jun 2013 #4

Great morality test! CrispyQ Jun 2013 #29

You grasped my sentiment exactly. LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #5

Exactly, and using two EBT cards Warpy Jun 2013 #53

Personally I'd just call him a liar sharp_stick Jun 2013 #2

this is great. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #16

Not directed at the OP personally KatyMan Jun 2013 #3

Yep. Normally it's a souped up Hummer. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #6

I certainly don't call bullshit on every one of them. Recursion Jun 2013 #7

sometimes when you have lost everything a $1 lottery ticket gives you just a bit of hope. liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #26

I spent a couple of months living in my car and collecting bottles Recursion Jun 2013 #28

just because it is a bad idea mathematically doesn't mean it can't bring just a little bit of liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #31

OK, but we live in a democracy Recursion Jun 2013 #33

Just because you have a degree in math and know it is a bad decision does not mean you get to liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #36

let me try again: I believe in a no strings attached minimum income Recursion Jun 2013 #37

I agree it is a political reality for the right wing. That just means we need to come up with a liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #41

Excellent point Recursion Jun 2013 #44

Usually when somebody starts out with HappyMe Jun 2013 #8

It's a bullshit story. Just Saying Jun 2013 #9

No one should have 2 EBT cards, but Puzzledtraveller Jun 2013 #10

or she was shopping for her two shut in aunts Recursion Jun 2013 #34

It doesn't even need to be relatives. Many who have the benefit don't have a car or are elderly okaawhatever Jun 2013 #45

a million and one possibilities disidoro01 Jun 2013 #11

Yes, it could very easily be someone who is doing the shopping for a group home of some sort. Sheldon Cooper Jun 2013 #12

There could be any number of reasons for that. rrneck Jun 2013 #13

Report it if you really think it's fraud! JimDandy Jun 2013 #21

is there a reason you mention he is gay? he's also white, right? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #14

Yes, there is a reason I mentioned he 'happens to be gay' because that is part of a minority LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #15

but white people are more likely to be against antipoverty programs La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #17

In that righties are more likely to be against anti-poverty programs... LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #22

i am not conflating but people shouldn't hold gay people generally to a higher standard La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #32

No one is holding him to a HIGHER standard, but rather the SAME standard HE applies LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #40

do you think poor people as a demographic are less judgmental of gays? La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #47

Please stop fishing for sanctimony...You are saying what he said was right and justifiable by LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #48

now you are just lying about me. at no point have i said that he was right La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #49

The only person making his gayness "an issue" is you LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #52

you are fishing to justify why you randomly mentioned his sexual orientation La Lioness Priyanka Jun 2013 #55

No. I am not. If he judges by that lens, he deserves to be judged by LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #57

Respond with this Sherman A1 Jun 2013 #18

EXACTLY. If he expects to judge, he should expect to be judged...everything else is semantics. nt LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #23

That was Ann Romney buying food for her housekeepers. hunter Jun 2013 #19

Volunteers often shop for elderly, homebound, disabled or mentally challenged JimDandy Jun 2013 #20

There are a million reasons this could happen...none of those would appease his spite though LaydeeBug Jun 2013 #24

Indeed. n/t JimDandy Jun 2013 #54

bullshit....he (she) likes to judge. spanone Jun 2013 #25

I don't like to call people liars, but... backscatter712 Jun 2013 #27

What? Zombie reagan is gay? n/t Egalitarian Thug Jun 2013 #30

As a business owner, his complaining makes HIM look bad LeftInTX Jun 2013 #35

I don't like to judge either LanternWaste Jun 2013 #38

I think the people who have never been on EBT don't know what they're talking about. Initech Jun 2013 #39

Since this person was using multiple EBT cards I would guess they are helping out other people WhollyHeretic Jun 2013 #42

while the story told in the post you mentions reeks of utter bullshit, dionysus Jun 2013 #43

You mad bro!? Rex Jun 2013 #46

We are taught to scapegoat everyone but the 1% that owns everything, Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #50

Becoming temporariy unemployed does not mean you have to sell your car either. Lil Missy Jun 2013 #51

Would these people like it if we just brought back sumptuary laws? ck4829 Jun 2013 #56