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In reply to the discussion: On Food Stamps and Disability Benefits [View all]duffyduff
(3,251 posts)47. Unless people have been through the experience of being poor, they need to shut up.
I am serious. I have read so many ignorant points of view about how supposedly the poor are "gaming" the system when it is damned hard to get any kind of public assistance and you have to account for it.
People need to direct their outrage over the billionaires and Wall Street crooks who have ruined this country and have been controlling the politicians.
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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
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
I wonder were you friend got the idea that those on SNAP or EBT get $4 a meal.
plantwomyn
Jun 2013
#81
Folks are sick, bitter, and selfish. So worried that somebody is getting over.
TheKentuckian
Jun 2013
#15
They cut mine to $16 a month. Hardly worth the paperwork hassles, which I suppose is the point.
silvershadow
Jun 2013
#17
Yep. I find more dignity at the food bank. I am grateful for whatever they can provide, and I know
silvershadow
Jun 2013
#22
Perhaps you should read my replies in the thread before stupidly lashing out?
cstanleytech
Jun 2013
#75
Healthy people with good jobs buying alcohol, cigarettes, and prescription drugs
Babel_17
Jun 2013
#38
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
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
To quote DUer 'nadinbrzezinski' out of context, your post "should be on the
HardTimes99
Jun 2013
#83
I agreed to look over someone's household finances a while back and,...
Spitfire of ATJ
Jun 2013
#97
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
Me neither. I don't like anything you have to work to eat that you need to crack a shell.
southernyankeebelle
Jun 2013
#117