i think the food stamps should be regulated - if you are going to get free food - there should be a six month limit unless you get a waiver for special circumstances. also, if you get free food, you should have to cook it. there should only be fresh vegetables, staple items (ie flour, sugar, cornmeal, etc.) and inexpensive cuts of meat, you should have to work for it somehow - and at least cooking it applies somewhat. if you want boneless chicken buy a fryer and cut it up.
i cook all my food from scratch whenever possible, this means home made stews, roasts, chicken and dumplings, meat and potatoes, my cakes and pies and puddings are also from scratch - it is a lost art in the time of the microwave.
in this economy i don't always have that luxury since i'm working one full time job and one part time job and my husband has been laid off since january with no job opening in sight, apparently i make $100 per month too much to qualify for food stamps or medicaid so i have no medical insurance, and that is not likely to change unless my husband finds a job.
our pregnant daughter lives with us as her boyfriend has a part time minimun wage job and gives no financial assistance at this time though he wants to, he simply doesn't have it. my house should technically be condemed since i have large holes in the kitchen floor that are patched with plywood (buyer beware - new floor doesn't mean it's not covering up the old rotten one)
there are no assistance programs out there for me, since i'm a middle/lower income family, paying taxes for all the free-loaders who get everything for free. my daughter had friends in high school who's occupational goal was to get pregnant and get into the system. that this is an option is an outrage. the fact that i stand in line and see these people eating WAY better than i can afford to, and go outside and get into a $50,000 new ford excursion is a slap in the face to people like me.
when my mother was diagnosed with cancer and given 6 months to live, she applied for her retirement from the government, she got $278.00 per month and did not qualify for food stamps,(my husband had back surgury during the same time period) i worked a full time 50 hour per week job and two part time jobs, and maxed out 5 credit cards to support both households.
i think if the "welfare system" can't assist someone in my situation (i was told to put a second mortgage on my house) then the welfare system should be completly abolished. i also think we should take it one step further and have out children "fixed" when they hit puberty (supplied by the government and wont that piss alot of people off) this would completely eliminate unwanted pregnancy, abortion, pregnancy from rape or incest and the majority of families living on the current welfare system. if you dont fix your kids you pay a fine to have the privilege of doing so.
we are asked to be responsible for our pets but not our children, how messed up is that. when your child is economically self sufficient and chooses to be a parent - they can take a class and get "un-fixed" as this is a completely reversible procedure for both the male and female.
when we stop supporting the free-loaders we can begin to fix our economy - we should stop worrying how bad other people have it and help our own. even as bad as i have it, there are still people out there who have it worse with no home at all and eating out of trash cans - if you are not a legal american get the hell out and let us help our own, we cant afford you or your children, if you arent legal you cant work and we are supporting you and all your children at a good $500 each per month. this is bullshit.!!!!!
the companies that are out-sourcing our customer service should be charged a fine for doing so. if they train and employ current welfare families they should get a tax break sufficient to the amount of training and equipment necessary to releive our system of one family on welfare.
thats about all i can think of today - wait for the next installment
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