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Thank you. PDJane Jun 2013 #1
+1 cali Jun 2013 #2
It is nobody's damned business CountAllVotes Jun 2013 #3
Right you are! madamesilverspurs Jun 2013 #4
Some people can be auntsue Jun 2013 #8
I really don't John2 Jun 2013 #27
Same here AnnieK401 Jun 2013 #43
she's a stupid thing d_r Jun 2013 #9
Buy another pizza for YOU, and enjoy it! JimDandy Jun 2013 #32
You buy whatever the hell you want and tell anyone who wants to talk trash to Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #50
You deserve a medal for not having cussed her out. Which she richly deserved.nt raccoon Jun 2013 #54
What a generous way to thank this young man for helping you out. It is people who don't midnight Jun 2013 #89
Wow! You have great patience with ignorance.. busterbrown Jun 2013 #105
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Welcome to DU. Allow me to refute your "bull-fucking-shit." Akoto Jun 2013 #11
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How many times are you going to come back today? maddezmom Jun 2013 #21
I'm starting to think they have a bit of a crush on Akoto arcane1 Jun 2013 #23
I regret that I didn't get to see that post before it was pulled. Brilliant stuff, I assume? n/t Akoto Jun 2013 #25
Just more bloviating maddezmom Jun 2013 #28
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There is a difference between poor and broke. SwissTony Jun 2013 #88
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exactly, my friend ! auntsue Jun 2013 #6
Sounds exactly like my situation. AnnieK401 Jun 2013 #45
K&R. The smug superiority of those lecturing people on food stamps on what forestpath Jun 2013 #7
A friend of mine joined a "movement" to live on $4 per meal auntsue Jun 2013 #10
You think? Lady Freedom Returns Jun 2013 #40
I wonder were you friend got the idea that those on SNAP or EBT get $4 a meal. plantwomyn Jun 2013 #81
King Crab Legs KT2000 Jun 2013 #12
+1 nashville_brook Jun 2013 #14
Don't let that shit get to you. MelungeonWoman Jun 2013 #13
Folks are sick, bitter, and selfish. So worried that somebody is getting over. TheKentuckian Jun 2013 #15
My thoughts exactly. AnnieK401 Jun 2013 #46
They are taught to think that way n2doc Jun 2013 #86
The reason why there is no soldiarity DonCoquixote Jun 2013 #16
They cut mine to $16 a month. Hardly worth the paperwork hassles, which I suppose is the point. silvershadow Jun 2013 #17
I know the feeling, to a degree. Akoto Jun 2013 #19
Yep. I find more dignity at the food bank. I am grateful for whatever they can provide, and I know silvershadow Jun 2013 #22
Thank you JustAnotherGen Jun 2013 #76
the paperwork and interview hopemountain Jun 2013 #104
Thanks. This is something which is getting very ugly in the UK too. LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #18
also cover to cut benefits, which the uk is doing? HiPointDem Jun 2013 #24
Yes. And cut just about everything. LeftishBrit Jun 2013 #29
Great post, Akoto. Thanks for speaking up. Skeeter Barnes Jun 2013 #26
Thats why I have never understood why the states dont alter the program. cstanleytech Jun 2013 #30
Why treat poor people like children, or second class citizens? DLevine Jun 2013 #33
Oh I agree cstanleytech Jun 2013 #37
I understand what you're saying. DLevine Jun 2013 #42
This message was self-deleted by its author Zoeisright Jun 2013 #70
So when someone gets to the checkout line, not only Zoeisright Jun 2013 #71
No, they can still buy most of the stuff they currently can but cstanleytech Jun 2013 #73
Amen to that. Who the hell do these people think they are? bread_and_roses Jun 2013 #74
Perhaps you should read my replies in the thread before stupidly lashing out? cstanleytech Jun 2013 #75
At you? Not intended. bread_and_roses Jun 2013 #94
Apology accepted :) cstanleytech Jun 2013 #101
Thank you and well said. nt rrneck Jun 2013 #31
I agree wholeheartedly. marew Jun 2013 #34
When you change a pereson into a label, Nac Mac Feegle Jun 2013 #35
I receive the maximum... thenooch Jun 2013 #36
You're so right. Give a tax break to a rich guy, it's hidden away. mountain grammy Jun 2013 #44
You don't need to justify how you spend your allotment. duffyduff Jun 2013 #48
Healthy people with good jobs buying alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs Babel_17 Jun 2013 #38
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I receive the maximum... thenooch Jun 2013 #39
I believe you are correct. Enthusiast Jun 2013 #62
Well said Akoto. Well said. bearssoapbox Jun 2013 #41
Unless people have been through the experience of being poor, they need to shut up. duffyduff Jun 2013 #47
Just for these heartless assholes, can we waive the DU rules against advocating violence? nomorenomore08 Jun 2013 #49
every once in a while you deserve a treat hollysmom Jun 2013 #51
I have just drawn my last month of food stamps, chervilant Jun 2013 #52
Of course treestar Jun 2013 #53
For a single adult Newest Reality Jun 2013 #55
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here,hear! undergroundpanther Jun 2013 #56
Tonight I warmed up a can of healthy choice low sodium for my autistic son kimbutgar Jun 2013 #57
K & R !!! WillyT Jun 2013 #58
Thanks for bringing the truth! nt MrScorpio Jun 2013 #59
K&R! Enthusiast Jun 2013 #60
rec! SammyWinstonJack Jun 2013 #61
Some people will go out of their way to feed their stereotypes and prejudices. Rozlee Jun 2013 #63
My husband & I were next in line when a young woman with a baby were told pacalo Jun 2013 #64
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I'm With You starzdust22 Jun 2013 #65
I have no problem with those programs. nt Honeycombe8 Jun 2013 #66
the reason you and others like you will be criticized on this board is because we're told we should liberal_at_heart Jun 2013 #67
Back in the early 60's, before food stamps, SheilaT Jun 2013 #68
That was really good Kolesar Jun 2013 #77
And then there's this ... Scuba Jun 2013 #69
Excellent graph. Too bad actual results of policy Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #78
Poverty is an INSTITUTION, not a "choice"!!!!! mntleo2 Jun 2013 #72
How right you are Cal Carpenter Jun 2013 #90
Mega-nons should be abolished IMO mntleo2 Jun 2013 #100
Article about non-profit + "rich people" greed mntleo2 Jun 2013 #102
you nailed it backwoodsbob Jun 2013 #79
There's Turbineguy Jun 2013 #80
To quote DUer 'nadinbrzezinski' out of context, your post "should be on the HardTimes99 Jun 2013 #83
Gohmert's crazy with greed. Hubert Flottz Jun 2013 #84
i object! keroro gunsou Jun 2013 #107
Okay Hubert Flottz Jun 2013 #110
much better! keroro gunsou Jun 2013 #112
Wonderful fjlovato Jun 2013 #85
sad this even has to be said on DU. iamthebandfanman Jun 2013 #91
i`ve been on food stamps for three months madrchsod Jun 2013 #95
I agreed to look over someone's household finances a while back and,... Spitfire of ATJ Jun 2013 #97
imagine this, DreamSmoker Jun 2013 #98
Everything that John2 Jun 2013 #99
We are a family of 6 and live on $380 food stamps and VA disability KBlagburn Jun 2013 #103
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Too bad our congress will not share their access to information that helps them live more midnight Jun 2013 #106
The first time I heard the idiot from TX talk about food stamps and crab legs I thought southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #109
umm CreekDog Jun 2013 #111
I'm not a shelffish person. Dr. Strange Jun 2013 #113
Me neither. I don't like anything you have to work to eat that you need to crack a shell. southernyankeebelle Jun 2013 #117
When I was little.... GTurck Jun 2013 #115
K & R ctsnowman Jun 2013 #116
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