How does one one get off foodstamps?

Is being on foodstamps bad?

  • wholly bad

    Votes: 13 26.0%

  • indiferent

    Votes: 5 10.0%

  • depends on circumstance

    Votes: 21 42.0%

  • no, they are good

    Votes: 2 4.0%

  • get off of them now!

    Votes: 9 18.0%
  • Total voters
    50
palm said:
That was printed in the newspaper and edited by the editor. I'll go with him on this one
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Sigh. Then why did you post it?

I thought you wanted us to tell you how to help you past your childhood trauma.

(Kids from single parent homes are many times more likely to be abused than kids from homes where the parents are together. Did you know that?)
 
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Yeah I should get my Mom a boyfriend, even though she is schizophrenic.
 
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I was against food stamps. Now I seriously am on board with the people who think the shit will hit the fan no matter what. Might as well get em if you can. This country can't be fixed.
 
WOW what a discussion. Personally i have never taken any gov assistance. I grew up poor and had to deal with land lords wanting to kick my dad and i out. We never asked for help from the gov (family and friends helped). I slept on floors, couches, and at friend's houses for most of my teenage years (2000-07). I barely got to see my dad because he would work his ass off to provide a roof over my head, and food to eat. Because of his actions i have learned ways to save money and work hard. I only went to community college for a semester (wasn't going to go into debt or use others money), i decided to get a job waiting tables while also working as there dishwasher and help catering. I easily out preformed my coworkers and help deliver meals and was the emergency call for anything (cooking to repair).
Last year i decided that i had saved up enough money and needed to get out of Fallon, NV. I moved to Boise as a young (22 at the time) adult with no degree and with no friends or family up here. Had no job connections. What did i do? I applied everywhere. I ended up getting a job in Caldwell Idaho, which is about a 40 minute drive for me. Since living up here i had a medical emergency and just got the bill for it and after insurance i still own a good amount. i barely made enough to replenish my savings. after bills, gas, rent, gov mandates (car bs) and food i have almost nothing. With this bill, im going to spend $35-40 on food weekly (eggs, sandwiches, and bananas) until its paid off. Its depressing to lose so much that i saved up, but i am improvising. I will move closer to work in 4 months, with a roommate. that will save me about $500 in rent and gas. Impressing my coworkers with my work ethic, honesty, loyalty, and vast improvements with now prior experience in this field before.

My point is life is not fair. It is morally wrong to accept money that was taken from people by force. I have never had the government send me money or taken a helping had from them. In fact, when doing my taxes i was able to get a food credit, after filling out to the best of my knowledge i still had extra credits or something. i was asked if i wanted the rest to help fund food stamps. I gave them a big FUCK NO!!!! Learn to take care of yourself and if you need help. Have it be provided voluntarily. Using welfare only increases the idiots that use it as a tool to win elections.
 
Can I ask a question here? And please believe me when I say that I am being completely serious here. Palm, are you a pathological liar?

You claim you are unemployed and on food stamps, but yet you have turned down jobs before? Long term jobs?

You claim that you got all A's and B's in school, but yet your writing shows a lack of a basic literary structure?

You claim that you got an interview in a marketing position, but yet you do not have the aforementioned skills required to write with proper grammar.

You claim that you are poor, and have nothing, but yet you claim that you do not need the food stamps, and you give them away.

If you are not a pathological liar, then excuse me. But then that means you must be the luckiest man alive.

Did you seriously turn down a long term job, that would be paying you REAL money? So you can go an work at an internship for free, with the possibility that you might one day make some money?

I am sorry, but I am face palming here. I busted my butt looking for a job, and never turned ANYTHING down (I sold vacuum cleaners for goodness sake) and I never once complained about it being someone else's fault, nor did I ever once take unemployment. I kept chugging along, and I got a pretty sweet job now, because of the work that I put into life. And I am proud of my job. But you sit there and turn down jobs (Also, pro tip, if you take a job and leave in the summer time to do your internship I guarantee you that employers will hardly consider you for their job in the future. No one wants an employee that will bounce around).

I mean look. I am a diabetic, and I need to make sure that I am going to be able to take care of myself and buy my medications. But I never took government handouts. Ever. I would rather beg on the streets before accepting government handouts. I plan to quit my job shortly (by shortly meaning in the next year or so) to try my luck at starting up my own business. THAT son is success and the American way. Not accepting handouts and crying a moaning that you have it hard. Yeah you were abused as a child, that sucks and I am deeply sorry that you happened. But move on. Do not EVER say that you had a hard life and that is why you are the way you are. My mother starved most days because her father was a drunk that would spend money on beer for himself than food for her. Did she ever cry and whine about that and use it as an excuse? No. She said this is what I will NEVER be, and made a better life for herself. THAT is how you get off food stamps. You look at them, and you think "I will NEVER go back to this again" and you leave them and you start working towards a better future for yourself.

Also, this is going to go against conventional wisdom. Drop out of college. Get a job, save some money, self educate, and then go back. Because the only thing you are doing right now is racking up a lot of debt that you will NEVER pay off, which will keep you living on the publics dime for a long time.

**edit: 100th post. Like a boss :D **
 
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Palm, I wish you luck. When you finally hit bottom, things will begin to look up for you. I won't chastise you for using gov handouts. That is up to you. But, I will say, you will only get out of life what you are willing to put into it. If you are not willing to sacrifice your comfort for integrity, then you will have very little of either. Once your life gets bad enough, you will understand and be willing to give up your self and be a better man. Good luck.
 
Whats wrong with taking handouts from the government when the government steals money from you? The way I see it, you're just getting some of the money back that the government stole from you.

My father when on unemployment a little while back. Yet he paid more in property taxes alone than he ever got from unemployment.

A better policy would be to end handouts and stop taxing people. There are far too many people I've seen who are struggling yet still have to pay taxes. Thats a completely stupid policy.
 
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