PoliticalChic
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That is why everyone wants to be poor
Champagne, Lobster, Filet Mignon with an occaisional Deep Fried Twinkie thrown in
College students would like to EAT like the poor.
I didn't want to add this...but you've dragged it out of me:
"1. Mak, 31, grew up in Westchester, graduated from the University of Chicago and toiled in publishing in New York during his 20s before moving to Baltimore last year with a meager part-time blogging job and prospects for little else. About half of his friends in Baltimore have been getting food stamps since the economy toppled, so he decided to give it a try; to his delight, he qualified for $200 a month.
Im sort of a foodie, and Im not going to do the living off ramen thing, he said, fondly remembering a recent meal hed prepared of roasted rabbit with butter, tarragon and sweet potatoes. I used to think that you could only get processed food and government cheese on food stamps, but its great that you can get anything.
2. But they also note that recent changes made to the program as part of last years stimulus package, which relaxed the restrictions on able-bodied adults without dependents to collect food stamps, have made some young singles around the country eligible for the first time.
There are many 20-somethings from educated families who go through a period of unemployment and live very frugally, maybe even technically in poverty, who now qualify, said Parke Wilde, a food economist at Tufts University who has written extensively about food stamp usage and policy.
3. And in cities that are magnets for 20- and 30-something creatives and young professionals, the kinds of food markets that specialize in delectables like artisanal bread, heirloom tomatoes and grass-fed beef have seen significant upticks in food stamp payments among their typical shoppers."
4. Youre hosting dinner parties and buying cases of wine on taxpayers money! one person wrote. Your attitude is so objectionable that youre like a trainwreck; its hard to look away. (One cannot, in fact, buy wine with food stamps, though dinner party ingredients are fair game.)
Hipsters on food stamps - Salon.com
Yup....in the Liberal mag Salon.....
This is the level of character that the Obama folks would love to see as ubiquitous.
Read the article....your blood will boil!
"Trump Administration to Close Food Stamp Eligibility Loopholes for Able-Bodied Adults
...a finalized rule Wednesday to promote self-sufficiency for able-bodied adults without children who receive food stamps.
The rule aims to close loopholes used by states that frequently grant broad exemptions for recipients to remain on food stamps longer without actively seeking a job or work training.
... the food stamp program is intended to be for assistance in difficult times, rather than a way of life. "
USDA to Close Food Stamp Loopholes for Able-Bodied Adults
The existing statute already limits adults aged