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DreamSmoker

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98. imagine this,

Sun Jun 23, 2013, 03:06 PM

Jun 2013

I to am one of those Folks who lives on a very limited income.. I don't receive Food Stamps just yet.. But We do struggle here just to eat....
I was in tears recently when i was at the Store.. I watch an Man study these Packages of Hot Dogs... I pointed out the ones on sale..
He was so grateful.. He said he has to be very careful as he was on a budget and those Hot Dogs in that Package has to last him all Week..

I live they very same way every single day of the year.. Including those Holidays like Thanks Giving and Christmas... So imagine being so thankful in a prayer that you have one Hotdog left to even calibrate the Holiday.. Let alone get through the Week.. Week in and Week out 365 days a year.. With no hope for an end in site...
So many of us living this way now for years now....

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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