Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many people on welfare and other public assistance programs live better than a young college graduate, working an entry-leve professional job. When I was in my 20s - before Internet and cell phones - I remember comparing phone plans carefully before deciding I would buy the LIMITED phone plan rather than unlimited, saving 30% off my bill. It was what I could afford at the time.

In the meantime, I rented an apartment in a dumpy building where I was afraid to come home after 10 pm. At the same time, a 19-year-old with a baby was living in a government-subsidized 3-bedroom apartment for $87 a month, and renting out the other two bedrooms for cash, under the table. She had money to spare, and was always dressed in nice clothes and fancy hats. (Yes, I remember the hats in particular. People didn't even wear them and she had one for every day of the week!) In the meantime, I did all my shopping at JCPenney and Sears. Something is very wrong when a teenager living on government assistance programs has a higher lifestyle than a college graduate in her 20s.

I think this is what so many people are upset about. So many of us had lean years without assistance and it's hard to see people getting assistance and still not using it to their full advantage.

You have to be in extremely dire circumstances to qualify for EBT. There's no way you can comprehend that level of poverty.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many people on welfare and other public assistance programs live better than a young college graduate, working an entry-leve professional job. When I was in my 20s - before Internet and cell phones - I remember comparing phone plans carefully before deciding I would buy the LIMITED phone plan rather than unlimited, saving 30% off my bill. It was what I could afford at the time.

In the meantime, I rented an apartment in a dumpy building where I was afraid to come home after 10 pm. At the same time, a 19-year-old with a baby was living in a government-subsidized 3-bedroom apartment for $87 a month, and renting out the other two bedrooms for cash, under the table. She had money to spare, and was always dressed in nice clothes and fancy hats. (Yes, I remember the hats in particular. People didn't even wear them and she had one for every day of the week!) In the meantime, I did all my shopping at JCPenney and Sears. Something is very wrong when a teenager living on government assistance programs has a higher lifestyle than a college graduate in her 20s.

I think this is what so many people are upset about. So many of us had lean years without assistance and it's hard to see people getting assistance and still not using it to their full advantage.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many people on welfare and other public assistance programs live better than a young college graduate, working an entry-leve professional job. When I was in my 20s - before Internet and cell phones - I remember comparing phone plans carefully before deciding I would buy the LIMITED phone plan rather than unlimited, saving 30% off my bill. It was what I could afford at the time.

In the meantime, I rented an apartment in a dumpy building where I was afraid to come home after 10 pm. At the same time, a 19-year-old with a baby was living in a government-subsidized 3-bedroom apartment for $87 a month, and renting out the other two bedrooms for cash, under the table. She had money to spare, and was always dressed in nice clothes and fancy hats. (Yes, I remember the hats in particular. People didn't even wear them and she had one for every day of the week!) In the meantime, I did all my shopping at JCPenney and Sears. Something is very wrong when a teenager living on government assistance programs has a higher lifestyle than a college graduate in her 20s.

I am not on public assistance and I shop at Sears and Penney's. no shame in that

Me too. Sears is the best. Many people don't buy those designer looking clothes/hats/purses...we make them.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Many people on welfare and other public assistance programs live better than a young college graduate, working an entry-leve professional job. When I was in my 20s - before Internet and cell phones - I remember comparing phone plans carefully before deciding I would buy the LIMITED phone plan rather than unlimited, saving 30% off my bill. It was what I could afford at the time.

In the meantime, I rented an apartment in a dumpy building where I was afraid to come home after 10 pm. At the same time, a 19-year-old with a baby was living in a government-subsidized 3-bedroom apartment for $87 a month, and renting out the other two bedrooms for cash, under the table. She had money to spare, and was always dressed in nice clothes and fancy hats. (Yes, I remember the hats in particular. People didn't even wear them and she had one for every day of the week!) In the meantime, I did all my shopping at JCPenney and Sears. Something is very wrong when a teenager living on government assistance programs has a higher lifestyle than a college graduate in her 20s.

I am not on public assistance and I shop at Sears and Penney's. no shame in that

Anonymous wrote:Many people on welfare and other public assistance programs live better than a young college graduate, working an entry-leve professional job. When I was in my 20s - before Internet and cell phones - I remember comparing phone plans carefully before deciding I would buy the LIMITED phone plan rather than unlimited, saving 30% off my bill. It was what I could afford at the time.

In the meantime, I rented an apartment in a dumpy building where I was afraid to come home after 10 pm. At the same time, a 19-year-old with a baby was living in a government-subsidized 3-bedroom apartment for $87 a month, and renting out the other two bedrooms for cash, under the table. She had money to spare, and was always dressed in nice clothes and fancy hats. (Yes, I remember the hats in particular. People didn't even wear them and she had one for every day of the week!) In the meantime, I did all my shopping at JCPenney and Sears. Something is very wrong when a teenager living on government assistance programs has a higher lifestyle than a college graduate in her 20s.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always better to mind your own business OP , You probably get tax breaks that that person doesn't get such as mortgage deductions or other deductions that poor people can't take advantage of. Try to see the good in others and not the bad. Your life will be much happier ... I guarantee it.

Your post makes sense except for the "tax break" comment. Poor people generally do not pay income tax, so no tax breaks needed.

That's . . . exactly what the PP said?

Anonymous wrote:Many people on welfare and other public assistance programs live better than a young college graduate, working an entry-leve professional job. When I was in my 20s - before Internet and cell phones - I remember comparing phone plans carefully before deciding I would buy the LIMITED phone plan rather than unlimited, saving 30% off my bill. It was what I could afford at the time.

In the meantime, I rented an apartment in a dumpy building where I was afraid to come home after 10 pm. At the same time, a 19-year-old with a baby was living in a government-subsidized 3-bedroom apartment for $87 a month, and renting out the other two bedrooms for cash, under the table. She had money to spare, and was always dressed in nice clothes and fancy hats. (Yes, I remember the hats in particular. People didn't even wear them and she had one for every day of the week!) In the meantime, I did all my shopping at JCPenney and Sears. Something is very wrong when a teenager living on government assistance programs has a higher lifestyle than a college graduate in her 20s.

Anonymous wrote:Maybe her employer gave her the Iphone?

Anonymous wrote:I went to Golden Corral last night. This lady had an Virginia EBT Card, she also had IPHONE. This is what wrong with America. This is What Mr. Trump will fix if his elected president. Why does she have an Iphone? Why is she eating out when she has food stamps?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always better to mind your own business OP , You probably get tax breaks that that person doesn't get such as mortgage deductions or other deductions that poor people can't take advantage of. Try to see the good in others and not the bad. Your life will be much happier ... I guarantee it.

Your post makes sense except for the "tax break" comment. Poor people generally do not pay income tax, so no tax breaks needed.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It's always better to mind your own business OP , You probably get tax breaks that that person doesn't get such as mortgage deductions or other deductions that poor people can't take advantage of. Try to see the good in others and not the bad. Your life will be much happier ... I guarantee it.

Your post makes sense except for the "tax break" comment. Poor people generally do not pay income tax, so no tax breaks needed.

Point is, people who get mortgage deductions are being subsidized. And what about the carried interest loophole, subsidy for billionaires?

Anonymous wrote:I went to Golden Corral last night. This lady had an Virginia EBT Card, she also had IPHONE. This is what wrong with America. This is What Mr. Trump will fix if his elected president. Why does she have an Iphone? Why is she eating out when she has food stamps?