Before I begin with my rant I need to clarify a few things first. Do not misunderstand my words, I am all for state and government assistance programs helping people who genuinely need the help. I simply feel like they would work better with certain provisions being made to their application and continuance policies. This post is in no way racial in nature it is about ALL of the gutter scum pieces of trash who do everything they can to take advantage of the system in order to sit on their asses (or lay on their backs in some cases) and leech off money they didn't earn.
These programs are in place for people who have fallen on hard times and unable to buy food for their families. It is NOT for the hood rats that decide it's easier to have kids they don't raise properly than to actually get up and go to work like the rest of us. NO, its easier to have US go to work, pay taxes, struggle to pay OUR bills, and have the state take our tax money to give them $800 worth of food stamps. All this so they can either send their kids to the store for soda and munchies or sell the food stamps to someone who would actually buy groceries with it and spend that extra money on their drug addiction. Too many times I've been grocery shopping adding everything up perfectly so I'd be able to buy the things I need and not have to put anything back because I couldn't afford it and look at the cart in front me and see Bebe and her 9 kids with 3 carts full of candy, soda, chips, snacks, and a whole variety of junk food, not to mention the 2 cases of beer below. Everything gets scanned and she'll whip out her Access card (Modern food stamps so they won't get embarrassed) to pay for the food, but pay for the beer and cigarettes with cash. SERIOUSLY?? Our tax money at work, it's a wonderful thing isn't it, contributing to Bebe's kids obesity problem because she doesn't care enough about them to feed them properly. Or an even better example, going into the gas station to pay for fuel and standing in line behind 2 guys who are obviously stoned off their asses carrying 2 12-packs of Mountain Dew and a variety of chips and candy. The cashier rings everything up and he pulls out his nifty little state issued Access card. Feels so good to pay for munchies, I bet he sold some of his food stamps to buy the weed he just smoked.
Florida recently passed a law requiring anyone who is to receive state assistance benefits must pass a drug test before receiving those benefits. GO FLORIDA!! This is something I've been saying for years. It may be costly at first but once the state doesn't have to shell out that $800 to crack addicted Bebe that just paid for several drug tests, and that is just 1 case. In my opinion the drug tests should be completely random and once a person pees hot, DONE. They are not eligible to receive benefits for 6 months and must attend a support group for the entire 6 months before being eligible to receive those benefits again. Oh yea, 3 strikes, you are out for 2 years, no exceptions. Should have stayed clean, time to get a job buddy.
Which brings me to my next point, if you are unemployed and receiving state benefits you are required to do one of two things, either turn in 3 job applications each week (which will be followed up on) or community service 40 hours a week. If you want the money bad enough, the community needs your help equally as bad.
My next point will be a little more difficult to implement but equally as effective. Company's like CVS have card that can track purchases on particular products so that one customer can not get more than a few of one particular deal. I propose the same be done with the Access cards but only to limit the amount of soda and junk food can be purchased in a one month period. For example, 2 cases of soda, 4 bags of chips, 2 boxes of cookies, and so on, the rest of the money, however, should be limited to only healthy food and basic necessities such as milk, bread, cheese and so on. By healthy food I mean raw meat, fruits, and vegetables. Remember these are on state assistance because they can not afford to purchase food on their own so do you really want them to be eating like shit the whole time? Also, by doing this it would help with the obesity epidemic in America.
Oh yea, if you don't like the these changes, too damn bad, get a job and learn what an honest day's work is.
I agree whole heartedly, and it's a problem the world over. The welfare system where I live works a little differently but breeds the exact same problems. When it comes to having kids to receive the handout it's particularly problematic because those kids will go on to have the exact same problem, except there are more of them.
ReplyDeleteI agree. I had to fight 3 1/2 years to get my disability after 4 doctors all said I could not work. I could not get Food Stamps or any other form of help because my husband worked. I just lost a job making $45,000 a year down to Zero a year. How in the heck do you think we could manage on just what he made, let alone all the medical bills? We charged groceries for 3 years along with gas for him to work. We also refinanced our home 3 times and now there is no equity just to make sure our bills got paid. I finally got the approval but then they wanted $7,000 of it back for taxes!!! That was the first time in my life I became disillusioned with America. They care more about the illegals being fed and getting medical care than they did a born and bred American whose father served 22 years in the Army defending this country. Such a waste! Anyway, a new follower thru GFC and would love a follow back. Thanks and have a great Labor Day!
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@bhorrorblog you make a good point that I didn't even think of. When the kids grow up in a household so accustomed to bleeding the welfare system dry, like anything they encounter on a daily basis, they assume it's ok and will likely do the same when they grow up.
ReplyDelete@mmbear I will definitely follow you back. And I agree the disability system is so out of whack it's unreal. My dad ran into the same issues you did as far as plenty of drs saying he couldn't work at all, not that anyone would hire him due to insurance reasons, and still took several years to start collecting. It's a sad day when it's easier to get help when you pop out kids am take advantage of the system than when you work your ass off your whole life, contributing everything you can to this nation and once you ask for help you have to jump through a million hoops and still get shafted. But hey, it's the American way right? I don't mean to sound unpatriotic because, trust me, that isn't the case at all, it's just the system that has been in place needs to be updated to weed out the ones who have learned to manipulate it.