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Title: Foodstamps
Post by: levettepough on June 19, 2014, 11:19:26 am
Do anybody in this world think that foodstamps should be cutoff completely?
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: Sendmicheck on June 20, 2014, 12:26:40 am
Everybody situation is not the same and I neither agree or disagree with the Foodstamps issues.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: loulizlee on June 23, 2014, 10:22:51 am
I agree with Send... in that I neither agree or disagree with the issue.  I have never gotten food stamps as an adult, but when we were kids, my mother got food from a government food program for us. (There were no food stamps then.)  My father had deserted his family, and it being at the time before dads were located and charged with not taking care of their children, my mother had a difficult time raising four children alone.  However, I know of people who receive food stamps that probably shouldn't get them.  And those who use food stamps for things they shouldn't.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: ladavia89 on June 23, 2014, 10:53:58 am
There are plenty of people that wouldn't be able to eat unless they were able to get food assistance. I know there are so many kids in my community that only really get decent meals at school because their parents can't afford much else .

I know there are some people that take advantage of the system but those who truly need it shouldn't be punished
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: ro901 on June 23, 2014, 11:34:14 am
There are plenty of people that wouldn't be able to eat unless they were able to get food assistance. I know there are so many kids in my community that only really get decent meals at school because their parents can't afford much else .

I know there are some people that take advantage of the system but those who truly need it shouldn't be punished
This is very true! Most of the abuse is by the retailers who are breaking the law by their actions. You hear about the abuses but you do not hear about the people who are barely managing to feed their families and not able to work or can't find work.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: kuma88jen on June 23, 2014, 12:08:57 pm
Everyone situationS are different. When my husband lose his job we depended on employment checks. 2 years went by could find work and the unemployment check ran out we force to go on foodstamp. Finally about after a year he found a job and starting back our life again. It tough when you have children you swallow your pride and go stand at foodstamp window. NO, I don't  think we should cut off completely.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: sharonpatri55 on June 23, 2014, 03:03:32 pm
Our country provides assistance to countries all over the world and I believe that if people in our own country need some type of assistance, especially so they will not go hungry, they should receive it. The only problem I have is with the people who choose to abuse such a privilege that is being offered.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: moon29 on June 23, 2014, 06:03:59 pm
i think that food stamps are a good thing that are being misused horribly.  there needs to be more strictness to the food stamps and with any type of assistance i think that you should have to pass a drug screen (just saying). 
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: spdunne on June 25, 2014, 10:21:01 pm
People who are on foodstamps genuinely need them. There are very few actually cheating the government and taxpayers as far a statistics go. Most people on foodstamps either have children or are elderly. I think. These populations are the most vulnerable. You do not want to hurt the weak.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: reneeclay28 on June 27, 2014, 07:11:51 am
No why because jobs dont wont to hire people thats y so many are on foodstamps if they do cut it off they better be trying to give people jobs instead of layinthem off...
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: tfw6693 on June 27, 2014, 02:56:52 pm
 :) If you actually need food stamps, you should be able to get them.  :)
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: skrogman on June 28, 2014, 03:34:41 am
Great question.  No, food stamps should not be done away with.  There are families that truly need them.  Especially since the cost of a tank of gas has gone up over 25 bucks in the last three years.  Now, I do agree that each year when people have to do their annual re-certification that there should be a drug test.  That would not be an issue.  I think if a family is living on them but can do that kind of stuff, then there is indeed an issue.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: loulizlee on June 28, 2014, 10:53:30 am
I agree with skrogman about drug tests, but I think they should be random.  If the applicant is expecting a drug test at re-certification, they can cheat.  But if they don't know when they will have to take the test, it may be more realistic.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: pmagalei on June 28, 2014, 11:08:52 am
If food stamp was used just for a temporary purpose so that people and family who needs them the most will get that assistance then it is worth it. But for some reason when there is an abuse of using it, then that is NOT right. My family used to benefit from this assistance until I was able to be healthy again and find a job. I am grateful for this assistance when I couldn't afford to work due to some health issues. Now I am totally healthy again and do NOT need that assistance anymore.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: Sendmicheck on June 29, 2014, 08:58:12 pm
I neither agree or disagree with the Food Stamps issues because there are no jobs available.  What should single mother  when her husband ran away and forget about his responsibilities seek help.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: lgemini on June 30, 2014, 07:12:11 am
Please stop food stamps, because all I see is people abusing the system.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: ladavia89 on June 30, 2014, 07:21:07 am
Please stop food stamps, because all I see is people abusing the system.

You've obviously never struggled or know people who truly struggle
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: msmoneybags48 on June 30, 2014, 08:11:56 am
I don't think the food stamps should be abolished completely.  I have been a recipient and they came in handy because I had a daughter to feed.  I worked a job for 12 years, was laid off, and was forced to go on food stamps in order to eat.  My grandmother raised my sister, my cousin and me from the garden because she could not get food stamps.  I have known children who don't get enough to eat.  I know of a situation where a woman got her behind whipped because she was in the store and a woman was shopping with food stamps; this other woman had the nerve to say something about shopping with food stamps.  There are children whose only food they eat comes from in school.  Cutting off food stamps causes people to have to figure out another way to eat.  How heartless can you be? :( :( ??? :rainbow: :rose:
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: king4cash on June 30, 2014, 06:29:51 pm
There has to be something we can cut before cutting food stamps. Maybe we could cut back on our military bases in the seemingly 100+ countries we have around the world.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: stretch1967 on July 06, 2014, 10:32:24 am
Foodstamps are there as a temporary means and not used to make a living
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: ro901 on July 06, 2014, 11:56:03 am
The abuses get a lot of attention. There are a lot of people who have worked over40 years for minimal pay and paid their taxes the whole time and had to take home as much as possible to take care of their family and not enough to invest in retirement plans and then after all that time working hard, they find themselves in a position that whatever money they have is needed to pay rent and expenses of living and these are honest hard-working people but they cannot scratch up enough money to feed their family and they go to the food banks and get out-of-date food to take home and try to live until the next month of food stamps comes in and they can go to the cheapest grocery store and stock up on the CHEAPEST food they can find to hopefully last another 2 weeks.  Again, these are HARD-WORKING people who just cannot AFFORD to live in today's world where what cost a dollar last week goes up to $1.98 next week. It can happen to you. Don't be so quick to judge.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: bowrunner on July 11, 2014, 08:38:24 am
Food stamps should go to those who truly need them and I am opposed to them being used for the most expensive items in the store.  They should be for the basics.  When I read about these college kids getting food stamps (because they don't live at home and don't have a job) then selling them it makes me ill how the system is being abused.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: poochee on July 20, 2014, 03:42:35 pm
No, I don't think that food stamp should be completely cut off. So many kids would starve. Most of the people I know who get food stamps work FT jobs. The problem is that a lot of them make minimum wage, so they can't afford to buy food. Then I know some people who make above minimum wage, but the cost of living is rising while their pay stays the same so they use food stamps to supplement their grocery budget.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: skrogman on July 25, 2014, 09:05:07 pm
Thank you.  Yes.  I agree that random drug testing would be a better idea.  But's let's talk about the truly handicapped who are honestly not able to do an honest day's work.  In today's world, the sad fact is that Social Security does not even cover the bills.  I believe 100% in what you have said that food stamps should be used as a temporary fix between jobs and a person should get back to work after losing a job as soon as possible.  Yes, but in the case of a truly handicapped person, going back to work again may not be an option.
I have just recently had this same argument with a very close family member.  I have a family member who is 21 and ADHD and collecting Social Security based on the ADHD.  I think this is wrong, wrong, wrong.  I have spoken up and said either channel your hyperactivity into a high-paced job or if it is an attention problem work a split shift in the day or something, but ADHD is not a permanent disability to get a check and stamps to live on.  On the other hand, I have another family member who in the last few years has lost his vision and is not going back to work.  I can't imagine.  That would horrify me.  Without his vision, yes, he needs to be at home with his check and even after working from age 16 to age 50+ he only qualified for SS at a rate of $780/mo.  That does not pay the rent, electric, water, etc.  Does a trip to Burger King have to be considered a luxury?
He also qualified for food stamps at a rate of $210/month for a family of two.  Okay, $210/month breaks down in a 30 day month to 7 dollars a day or $3.50/person per day.  What are you going to get to eat for your day today on your daily $3.50 allotment?  I would like to put President Obama in a Kroger with $3.50 and say "Here ya go...go get your day's allotment and I'll give you the same tomorrow".  How would that go over?  NOT!
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: nguzman1 on July 26, 2014, 09:00:26 am
I don't think so. I believe that people who don't need them shouldn't take advantage of the government but single parents without any support definitely need them.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: catchow on July 26, 2014, 10:36:12 am
not at all, yes some people do abuse the system, I used to work for a convenience store when I was younger, I would get people come in with $1.00 food stamp bill, buy a 5 cent piece of candy, and get the 95c change, leave, and walk around the building, come back in and try to buy a pack of $1.00 cigarettes.

After awhile you learned who would do this and refuse to sell them the cigarettes.

Now they have a card they use, but for some, they cant afford food, and if they have children, those children would go without food if they didnt have this program

Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: sigmapi1501 on July 30, 2014, 09:03:16 pm
Please stop food stamps, because all I see is people abusing the system.

I am willing to bet all of the money I've earned on this site on the fact that you have never personally seen food stamps abused.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: king4cash on August 30, 2014, 07:17:57 pm
Too late for wisdom. We are in waaay too deep. Time to plan for offgrid survival and security. Hope u started brother!!
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: maxinmotion on August 31, 2014, 09:29:04 pm
Times are very hard for some of us. The fact that we are here on sites like this shows that a little extra money is needed. In my opinion Food Stamps for a long time was the only means of getting food or anything else for a lot of people. Food Stamps like a lot of things that support a large mass of people get a bad rap because everybody don't or won't follow the rules.

The struggle is real and why start with cutting off food stamps from those who need them the most. I've heard more about cutting off food stamps than anything else.

America's issues are way bigger than the food stamps.

Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: bowrunner on September 01, 2014, 09:14:37 am
Some people need the help but the system is being abused by many and the government either can't or won't try to clean it up.  A lot of college students are getting food stamps because they don't have jobs and aren't living at home.  Then they sell them for cash and the taxpayers have to pay for it.
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: stretch1967 on September 01, 2014, 06:19:53 pm
They are there for people to help them get on their feet. They should be limited. it shouldn't be for the illegals coming into our country either
Title: Re: Foodstamps
Post by: sarabtrayior on September 04, 2014, 05:31:44 am
There are people who NEED food stamps, there are valid reasons to get food stamps, SO NO I don't think you should cut everybody off....