House Votes To Cut Food Stamps By $40 Billion

[Danno 1,228]

Call me a commie if you want, but I think everyone, rich or poor, should get food stamps enough to cover the basics for their family -- anything extra can be worked for.

I think similarly about shelter, as well as higher education and medical care.

And your definition of "extras" would include what?

False teeth, cosmetic dentistry, name brand basketball shoes?

[Karee 4,189]

Call me a commie if you want,

Commie.

[Karee 4,189]

What is it now, 40 million people now eating off the dole? (Obama-Yes-we-can)

Wonder how many people from the fattest demographic would have to claim hunger before libs would agree-

"we are not feeding hungry people as much as we are building a socialist state."

Here is your housing.

Here are your food stamps

Here is your medical

Here is your home phone.

Here is your cell phone.

Here is you heating oil.

here is your pension.

Here is your court appointed attorney.

That's how you get votes. Give people free stuff. Why get a job making $10 an hour, when you can get $40k/yr in govt. benefits for doing nothing?

Frankly anyone working for less than $15 an hour is stupid. Wait. My wife makes $7.25 an hour. I wonder how much she can get from Obama for doing nothing?

[duraaraa 203]

I think the #1 job of a government is to make sure that its people have the basic necessities taken care of. Why is it that countries suck so much at this?

[Karee 4,189]

I think the #1 job of a government is to make sure that its people have the basic necessities taken care of.

Since when? I've never seen that in the constitution. The #1 job of the govt. should be national defense. #2 should probably be making and enforcing laws.

[duraaraa 203]

Since when? I've never seen that in the constitution. The #1 job of the govt. should be national defense. #2 should probably be making and enforcing laws.

Since never, it's just my opinion. I don't like to see people be homeless or hungry, while we have enough money to go do a bunch of utterly useless military stuff.

[Karee 4,189]

Since never, it's just my opinion. I don't like to see people be homeless or hungry, while we have enough money to go do a bunch of utterly useless military stuff.

I agree with you on the utterly useless military stuff. However, I disagree with you when it comes to rewarding laziness.

[duraaraa 203]

I agree with you on the utterly useless military stuff. However, I disagree with you when it comes to rewarding laziness.

It might reward laziness but it might also encourage creativity. If I knew that I had, no matter what, a safety net of food, housing, etc. for my family, I would try to start my own innovative business, because I'd have a fallback if it wasn't successful.

[Karee 4,189]

It might reward laziness but it might also encourage creativity. If I knew that I had, no matter what, a safety net of food, housing, etc. for my family, I would try to start my own innovative business, because I'd have a fallback if it wasn't successful.

Congratulations. You fall into a very small minority. Unfortunately, the vast majority see it as a way to avoid working and get rewarded for having multiple children while watching Jerry Springer and Maury all day. That's the simple reality. When you give people a benefit for doing nothing, chances are they'll try to do less than nothing, if that's possible.

Edited for spelling.

Edited September 20, 2013 by Karee

[GandD 5,966]

Congratulations. You fall into a very small minority. Unfortunately, the vast majority see it as a way to avoid working and get rewarded for having multiple children while watching Jerry Springer and Maury all day. That's the simple reality. When you give people a benefit for doing nothing, chances are they'll try to do less than nothing, if that's possible.

Why don't you or I do that?

[Karee 4,189]

Why don't you or I do that?

First we're the wrong gender. Second we both probably have motivation to have a decent future and nicer things, rather than just live on the bare minimum.

Plus most chicks hate bums.

[Pooky 3,365]

It might reward laziness but it might also encourage creativity. If I knew that I had, no matter what, a safety net of food, housing, etc. for my family, I would try to start my own innovative business, because I'd have a fallback if it wasn't successful.

Security breeds complacency.

Necessity breeds industry.

[Danno 1,228]

I think the #1 job of a government is to make sure that its people have the basic necessities taken care of. Why is it that countries suck so much at this?

What was it that you studied that brought you to that conclusion?

[Darnell 8,478]

Call me a commie if you want,

CoMmIe !!! Heathen ! Unwashed ! Unclean !

[RGinWA 816]

How much is 40 billion of the total budget over 10 years? I bet it's like a drop in the bucket.