There is no true poverty in the United States of America.
That is, material poverty. But there is spiritual poverty, poverty of character.
And there is a virulent political philosophy that encourages taking, rather than earning....
...pleading and demanding based on envy.
Food stamps for those who need food, and cannot provide for themselves...an old and honorable heritage in America: "On January 6, 1657 twenty-eight Scottish men signed the Laws Rules and Order of the Poor Boxes Society in Boston, New England and formed the Scots Charitable Society."
http://www.linknet1.com/scots-charitable/menu1/index1.html
But what the Left has made common is a blemish on the nation and the people...
1."Mass Gov. Deval Patrick
Vetoes Ban On Using Welfare EBT Cards To Purchase Porn, Tattoos, Manicures Because It Would Humiliate Poor People
No surprise hes a close friend of Barack Obama (Axelrod ran his first campaign for Mass governor).
2. Patrick vetoed the reforms Sunday while signing the states $32.5 billion budget.
3. According to the Boston Herald, which first reported the veto, the governor berated the legislatures stab at banning the purchase of specific items like
manicures, tattoos, guns, porn, body piercings, jewelry, and bail by saying the move was political grandstanding at a time when such reforms are already on track elsewhere.
4. Im not going to do anything that
makes vulnerable people beg for their benefits.This notion of
humiliating poor people has got to be separated from how we make a program, and frankly separated and disposed of, from how we make a program work and work well, Patrick said,...
5. Patrick allowed bans on the use of EBT cards in establishments known for the sale of seemingly controversial items such as tattoo parlors, gun shops, casinos, cruise ships, and adult entertainment facilities - to stand."
Exposing Liberal Lies: Deval Patrick OKs Porn, Tatoos, Jewelry with Food Stamps
We live in a time when the welfare industry needs to convinced well-meaning folks that there is a 'need.'
Rather it is a 'want.'
Consider the above when you vote.
More lies and bullshit from PC. If you didn't lie, you'd never post.
What Can SNAP Buy? | USDA-FNS
According to the USFDA, none of the idiot blogs you linked to are correct. You cannot buy tatoos, manicures, or other non-food item using SNAP, so the idea of opposing such laws is grandstanding.
Why are you Leftists so vulgar?
Is it the fact that you can't win the argument so you inject the language of the gutter?
I never lie, never have to, because I'm never wrong:
Take the fact...FACT....that Democrats want illegal aliens here,so they can vote.
Hence.....they give illegals food stamps as an enticement.
The Food Stamp Program Rewards Households with Illegal Aliens
In this world-turned-upside-down context, let's look at the eligibility rules for Food Stamps, rules that in 46 of the 50 states mean that the U.S. government
rewards a household for having an illegal immigrant within it.
As humorist Dave Barry says, I am not making this up.
Such households have a mix of illegals (often parents) and citizens (usually kids); only the citizens are nominally eligible for the benefits of the program, but if groceries purchased by Food Stamps are on the dining room table, the common-sense assumption is that all members of the family will benefit from it.
Yes, all else being equal, a low-income household with one or more illegal aliens in it, is more likely to get Food Stamps than a household with similar income with all members being legally present. In another, related scenario both families are eligible, both have equal incomes, but the one with an illegal alien member seems to get a larger allotment.
The Food Stamp Program Rewards Households with Illegal Aliens
"According to the Department of Agriculture, 1.5 million noncitizens received food stamps
in the 2015 fiscal year, as did 3.9 million citizen children living with noncitizen adults.
Undocumented immigrants are never eligible for food stamps, though they may live in a “mixed eligibility” household that does receive them. For instance, it’s not uncommon for undocumented parents to apply for assistance on behalf of their citizen children."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news...rump-will-deport-them/?utm_term=.5d49a725aa5c
A couple of years later I was working with the Colorado State Food Stamp program at a time when Richard Lamm (D) was governor. I found, on arriving, that while illegal aliens were not supposed to get these benefits there was nothing on the application form that indicated place of birth, nor was there any technique for checking with INS on applicant eligibility. We got the forms changed and arranged for the state's Food Stamp authorities to plug into an early version of E-Verify as to the immigration status of the applicants.
The Food Stamp Program Rewards Households with Illegal Aliens
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Then there is reality: the vast majority of illegal aliens are
on welfare, and
will be for life. And far from contributing to our society and economy, illegals depress wages, and the average illegal alien
takes in $19,000 more in public benefits each year than they contribute in income, sales taxes and social security contributions
combined.
Illegal immigration is literally bankrupting this nation. And this woman is Exhibit A.
Illegal alien and mother of seven, Florida resident Marita Nelson, receives $240 in food stamps, monthly medications, $700 in Social Security and a housing allowance.
And she has been receiving government assistance for over 20 YEARS – ever since she illegally entered the U.S. by swimming the Rio Grande — which up to 290,000 illegals have done since January.
And even though she initially had a job,
Nelson hasn’t worked a day in 17 years – but still collects her checks.
http://toprightnews.com/illegal-ali...-stamps-housing-social-security-for-20-years/
