Funny since those are also the states that vote Republican.
Ok, and your point is ?
The notion of people driving to pick up Medicaid prescriptions in a BMW is a popular conservative myth, originated by Ronald Reagan's "Cadillac-driving welfare queens" stories in the '80s. There is no basis in fact for these tales of horror, and simple logic (
link) contradicts their validity.
Now, I suppose you
could argue that when one loses one's job, instead of applying for unemployment and/or other government assistance, you should immediately proceed to selling your house and your car, move to the ghetto, and buy a '93 Escort. I don't know that that would be the wisest long-term solution (particularly given that as a working taxpayer,
you paid into these programs for years), but I guess you
could do it.
No, it's not a myth. I see it on an ongoing regular basis and have seen it for years. They just multiply like roaches and never get married and milk the system dry. You don't have to own the car or be on the title to use and drive the vehicle. Hell, go to a colorful area of town and see the expensive vehicles that cost more the house they are parked in front of. Not to mention those expensive silly looking shiny wheels they have on them.
The problem of that receipt is on the store owners and not the recipients. That store wanted to increase profits, so it illegally takes in food stamps for items not covered by food stamp( i.e. the basics.) Of course you ignore this simple fact because then that means business owners are also a main cause of the problem but since they tend to vote GOP the right cannot attack them for their crimes and greed.
Obviously you don't know that there are no restricted food item on the program. According to the USDA Food and Nutrition Services website, prohibited items include alcohol such as beer, wine or liquor; tobacco products such as cigarettes; non-food items such as cleaners or paper products; pet supplies; over-the-counter medicine or vitamins; food that is meant for on-site consumption; and all hot foods. So it's not the retailers fault if the clowns in the government let bums, freeloaders, and "baby mommas" with multiple kids and unknown "baby daddy" eat steak and lobster while the rest of working America eats what they can afford
Also you use anecdotal evidence of Cadillac drivers using stamps. Even though this does not apply to the majority of users, you continually broadcast it out as the truth about the whole. I grew up in a rural area that had high unemployment( well over 10% in the 80's) and I never once saw the people using food stamps ever leave or arrive in a nice vehicle.
The problem with people selling food stamps? Once again you have businesses who will take food stamps to make profit without insuring that they are not being used illegally.
So at least a couple of the major problems with how food stamps are being used can be combated by vigorously going after the business owners who are enabling the illegal uses of food stamps. Good luck ever getting the GOP to go after those criminals. Poor people do not have a lobby to defend them.
No, YOU are WRONG. It is not anecdotal, it is actually what I have personally seen and witnessed for myself. And again it is not illegal to buy steak and lobster on food stamps. It should be, that is the problem.
Pure supposition and blatantly false. The underlying assumption of this statement is that over half of the population of the United States is using food stamps. Do you really believe that, Mitt?
There is no correlation between obesity and food stamps. This is utterly ridiculous.
NO CORRELATION ? Ummmm, ok. A quick Google search would suggest otherwise.
>>>>>>>>see here-
http://researchnews.osu.edu/archive/foodstamp.htm The demographic charts would also suggest otherwise.
The #1 state in both obesity and food stamps. Drum roll please..................Missi
ssippi.
The only thing that is utterly ridiculous is the people in this country that refuse to admit to the problems that need to be fixed.
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