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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP does realize that people who receive food stamps by and large still work right? I know of quite a few people on food stamps and every single one of them works and pays taxes. They are the working poor, going from paycheck to paycheck and EBT benefits allow them to feed their kids and still survive. I wish people would stop acting like every single person in this country who receives public assistance is some lowlife scum that is just sitting around with a hand out. [/quote]

No, they are not all lowlife scum, that we can agree on and we can also agree that we need to look out for each other.  I do find it a little difficult though to reach into my "compassion" bag when one of the young ladies who works at our local McDonald's is pregnant with her fourth child, is 22 and not married.  I asked her how she handles this and she told me that Mcdonalds actually counsels its' employees on how to seek government aid to supplement their wages.  Great, she is working, but she is digging herself into a bigger hole with each child, although the monthly allotment  and rent subsidy apparently goes up with each child as long as she is not married.  I had one child, why?  That is what my husband and I felt we could comfortably afford and even though we would love to have more, we stopped at one.  I think at the heart of this thread, OP is reaching for personal "responsibility" and I know that I would be eating pasta and beans on that EBT card saving every dime I could to get off of that card.  I just think we have taken that incentive away.[/quote]

Different poster, wondering if you're also the type who actively opposes access to family planning.[/quote]

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