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bread_and_roses

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74. Amen to that. Who the hell do these people think they are?

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 08:40 AM

Jun 2013

The very notion that those who receive some sort of "benefit" should have their food choices manipulated - even if with a carrot rather than a stick - betrays the underlying assumption that they are somehow lesser, inadequate, undeserving or incapable of the ordinary choice of what to eat.

Guess what, Health Police? They are just POOR. And when you're poor you make the best choices you can to survive. I am quite sure that if people receiving the paltry starvation "benefits" we dispense had more money, they'd buy better quality food. I am intimately aquainted and shop with a mother of two who relies on SNAP. SHE CAN'T AFFORD FRESH FRESH FRUIT AND VEGETABLES. Got it?

I've been here for years and we regularly have this discussion - it sickens me every time.

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On Food Stamps and Disability Benefits [View all] Akoto Jun 2013 OP

Thank you. PDJane Jun 2013 #1

+1 cali Jun 2013 #2

It is nobody's damned business CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #3

Right you are! madamesilverspurs Jun 2013 #4

Some people can be auntsue Jun 2013 #8

I really don't John2 Jun 2013 #27

Same here AnnieK401 Jun 2013 #43

she's a stupid thing d_r Jun 2013 #9

Buy another pizza for YOU, and enjoy it! JimDandy Jun 2013 #32

You buy whatever the hell you want and tell anyone who wants to talk trash to Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #50

You deserve a medal for not having cussed her out. Which she richly deserved.nt raccoon Jun 2013 #54

What a generous way to thank this young man for helping you out. It is people who don't midnight Jun 2013 #89

Wow! You have great patience with ignorance.. busterbrown Jun 2013 #105

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Welcome to DU. Allow me to refute your "bull-fucking-shit." Akoto Jun 2013 #11

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How many times are you going to come back today? maddezmom Jun 2013 #21

I'm starting to think they have a bit of a crush on Akoto arcane1 Jun 2013 #23

I regret that I didn't get to see that post before it was pulled. Brilliant stuff, I assume? n/t Akoto Jun 2013 #25

Just more bloviating maddezmom Jun 2013 #28

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There is a difference between poor and broke. SwissTony Jun 2013 #88

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exactly, my friend ! auntsue Jun 2013 #6

Sounds exactly like my situation. AnnieK401 Jun 2013 #45

K&R. The smug superiority of those lecturing people on food stamps on what forestpath Jun 2013 #7

A friend of mine joined a "movement" to live on $4 per meal auntsue Jun 2013 #10

You think? Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #40

I wonder were you friend got the idea that those on SNAP or EBT get $4 a meal. plantwomyn Jun 2013 #81

King Crab Legs KT2000 Jun 2013 #12

+1 nashville_brook Jun 2013 #14

Don't let that shit get to you. MelungeonWoman Jun 2013 #13

Folks are sick, bitter, and selfish. So worried that somebody is getting over. TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #15

My thoughts exactly. AnnieK401 Jun 2013 #46

They are taught to think that way n2doc Jun 2013 #86

The reason why there is no soldiarity DonCoquixote Jun 2013 #16

They cut mine to $16 a month. Hardly worth the paperwork hassles, which I suppose is the point. silvershadow Jun 2013 #17

I know the feeling, to a degree. Akoto Jun 2013 #19

Yep. I find more dignity at the food bank. I am grateful for whatever they can provide, and I know silvershadow Jun 2013 #22

Thank you JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #76

the paperwork and interview hopemountain Jun 2013 #104

Thanks. This is something which is getting very ugly in the UK too. LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #18

also cover to cut benefits, which the uk is doing? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #24

Yes. And cut just about everything. LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #29

Great post, Akoto. Thanks for speaking up. Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #26

Thats why I have never understood why the states dont alter the program. cstanleytech Jun 2013 #30

Why treat poor people like children, or second class citizens? DLevine Jun 2013 #33

Oh I agree cstanleytech Jun 2013 #37

I understand what you're saying. DLevine Jun 2013 #42

This message was self-deleted by its author Zoeisright Jun 2013 #70

So when someone gets to the checkout line, not only Zoeisright Jun 2013 #71

No, they can still buy most of the stuff they currently can but cstanleytech Jun 2013 #73

Amen to that. Who the hell do these people think they are? bread_and_roses Jun 2013 #74

Perhaps you should read my replies in the thread before stupidly lashing out? cstanleytech Jun 2013 #75

At you? Not intended. bread_and_roses Jun 2013 #94

Apology accepted :) cstanleytech Jun 2013 #101

Thank you and well said. nt rrneck Jun 2013 #31

I agree wholeheartedly. marew Jun 2013 #34

When you change a pereson into a label, Nac Mac Feegle Jun 2013 #35

I receive the maximum... thenooch Jun 2013 #36

You're so right. Give a tax break to a rich guy, it's hidden away. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #44

You don't need to justify how you spend your allotment. duffyduff Jun 2013 #48

Healthy people with good jobs buying alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs Babel_17 Jun 2013 #38

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I receive the maximum... thenooch Jun 2013 #39

I believe you are correct. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #62

Well said Akoto. Well said. bearssoapbox Jun 2013 #41

Unless people have been through the experience of being poor, they need to shut up. duffyduff Jun 2013 #47

Just for these heartless assholes, can we waive the DU rules against advocating violence? nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #49

every once in a while you deserve a treat hollysmom Jun 2013 #51

I have just drawn my last month of food stamps, chervilant Jun 2013 #52

Of course treestar Jun 2013 #53

For a single adult Newest Reality Jun 2013 #55

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here,hear! undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #56

Tonight I warmed up a can of healthy choice low sodium for my autistic son kimbutgar Jun 2013 #57

K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #58

Thanks for bringing the truth! nt MrScorpio Jun 2013 #59

K&R! Enthusiast Jun 2013 #60

rec! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #61

Some people will go out of their way to feed their stereotypes and prejudices. Rozlee Jun 2013 #63

My husband & I were next in line when a young woman with a baby were told pacalo Jun 2013 #64

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I'm With You starzdust22 Jun 2013 #65

I have no problem with those programs. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #66

the reason you and others like you will be criticized on this board is because we're told we should liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #67

Back in the early 60's, before food stamps, SheilaT Jun 2013 #68

That was really good Kolesar Jun 2013 #77

And then there's this ... Scuba Jun 2013 #69

Excellent graph. Too bad actual results of policy Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #78

Poverty is an INSTITUTION, not a "choice"!!!!! mntleo2 Jun 2013 #72

How right you are Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #90

Mega-nons should be abolished IMO mntleo2 Jun 2013 #100

Article about non-profit + "rich people" greed mntleo2 Jun 2013 #102

you nailed it backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #79

There's Turbineguy Jun 2013 #80

To quote DUer 'nadinbrzezinski' out of context, your post "should be on the HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #83

Gohmert's crazy with greed. Hubert Flottz Jun 2013 #84

i object! keroro gunsou Jun 2013 #107

Okay Hubert Flottz Jun 2013 #110

much better! keroro gunsou Jun 2013 #112

Wonderful fjlovato Jun 2013 #85

sad this even has to be said on DU. iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #91

i`ve been on food stamps for three months madrchsod Jun 2013 #95

I agreed to look over someone's household finances a while back and,... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #97

imagine this, DreamSmoker Jun 2013 #98

Everything that John2 Jun 2013 #99

We are a family of 6 and live on $380 food stamps and VA disability KBlagburn Jun 2013 #103

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Too bad our congress will not share their access to information that helps them live more midnight Jun 2013 #106

The first time I heard the idiot from TX talk about food stamps and crab legs I thought southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #109

umm CreekDog Jun 2013 #111

I'm not a shelffish person. Dr. Strange Jun 2013 #113

Me neither. I don't like anything you have to work to eat that you need to crack a shell. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #117

When I was little.... GTurck Jun 2013 #115

K & R ctsnowman Jun 2013 #116