For those in the U.S., how do you feel about food stampes (SNAP?)

[CyberCubed]

One day I will figure out how to become a welfare queen. I may have to start laundering my money from the IRS.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

One day I will figure out how to become a welfare queen. I may have to start laundering my money from the IRS.

Just get a job paying you under the table and then you can reap the maximum monthly cash assistance AND the food assistance.

[CyberCubed]

Seems like they blocked Trump from shutting down SNAP. I wonder how long that will last. I will be surprised if EBT is done away with. All those poor people and immigrants will become more of the homeless you see around and that's why we have government assistance. It's not to help people, it's to keep more homeless off the streets. It's bad enough almost every street corner has a homeless person.

Overall though poor people get our tax dollars.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Seems like they blocked Trump from shutting down SNAP.

More like, they are attempting to force Trump to dig into other monies that might be illegal to do so to keep people getting SNAP benefits. He's not shutting down anything, it's just running out of money. Like if you stop paying the power bill and then one day the lights go out... you're not "shutting down the power" it's just that the power coming in wasn't free.

I was also just looking at some pretty interesting stats. Apparently 52% of adult women on SNAP are obese, coupled with 37% of men who are also obese getting SNAP benefits.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

I was also just looking at some pretty interesting stats. Apparently 52% of adult women on SNAP are obese, coupled with 37% of men who are also obese getting SNAP benefits.

Yeah, I notice the welfare queens are always the same fat black or hispanic women. Like if they were starving and had no food to eat, logically wouldn't they be real skinny and bony...and not like 300 pounds? I always wondered how they're so damn fat if they're on food stamps.

And this is not even counting the fact that most of them have like 5 or 6 kids because they can't be bothered to use protection. So they're sitting there wondering why they get pregnant and keep popping out babies and having more mouths to feed, and then sit there complaining they need more money to feed their families. And of course usually the man leaves the woman because they don't want no fat chick with 5 screaming kids so it's now a single mother by herself.

I do feel bad for the little kids, they really don't deserve this lifestyle because of the poor choices of the parents. The deadbeat dads who leave their kids and then either get arrested or killed or do drugs, and then the 300 pound mothers who look like they'll fall over any given moment.

[Coola Yagami]

Sounds like 2 judges put a pause on this. Hopefully this means the crazies won't be looting Walmart tomorrow like they threatened.

Originally Posted by Andrew NDB

More like, they are attempting to force Trump to dig into other monies that might be illegal to do so to keep people getting SNAP benefits.

They got money, they're just refusing to touch it.

[Andrew NDB]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Yeah, I notice the welfare queens are always the same fat black or hispanic women.

Oh, I'm not sure about that. I mean, there definitely are those, but there is a SEA of obese white women on said benefits. Most of them are still relaxing after the last "No Kings" (after arriving to it on their riding machines because they're too big to walk but still able to swing a "FASCISM!" sign). But apparently statistically it's mostly men on SNAP who are the mostly obese ones. But they apparently aren't as motivated to get out to the protests as the women. So we mostly think of the women. I don't really doubt that disparity, honestly.

Originally Posted by Coola Yagami

They got money, they're just refusing to touch it.

Again, not that simple. Despite whoever is in your ear or pundit. There IS money "Around." But it's not clear if that can legally be allocated for something like food stamps vs. things like if there's a hurricane or earthquake and OMG, 10 million people need to be taken care of like NOW. Because if we put that to SNAP now then that money goes away. Two federal judges say it must (which kind of is equivalent to you can sue anything for anything, anytime), but there are other legal voices who are saying that's illegal to dip into these particular funds.

[Mayhem]

Just under half of those on SNAP are working anyhow, not “sitting on their asses”. 52% of those are single mums. Of the rest, the vast majority are retired, disabled, or children, so those often not in a position to work regardless.

It costs each American $36 per year to fund SNAP. It costs each American roughly $600 each per year to subsidise country wise company perks and tax incentives/breaks.

So maybe the actual solutions are reducing corporate subsidies and have them pay people better wages?

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

Yeah, I notice the welfare queens are always the same fat black or hispanic women. Like if they were starving and had no food to eat, logically wouldn't they be real skinny and bony...and not like 300 pounds? I always wondered how they're so damn fat if they're on food stamps.

Because the cheapest food also tends to be the unhealthiest. Doesn’t matter how much or little you consume, in general if calories in exceeds calories out, you’re going to put on weight. And sugar (read HFCS here) is a bigger leader of fat gain than fat itself, but that’s biology 101.