Food Stamps

[paints]

Helen Kellers' parents hired Anne Sullivan.  She didn't just show up on her own.  So Kellers' parents clearly weren't as irresponsible as you paint them.

Nor are most food stamp recipients. 
And as was the case with Helen Keller, education is what makes the difference. 
Educate people as to what foods are better for health, and then leave them alone to make their own choices.

Paints, I didn't say Helen Keller's parents were irresponsible.  I said her mother was indulgent, and she was.  And my point was that it was Anne Sullivan's no-nonsense attitude, not her mother's indulgence, that saved Helen.  Anne Sullivan held Helen to a standard and expected the most from her.  That's the lesson.  The poor are not helped by excusing their bad behavior.  They should be held to account like everyone else.  And if they're on the gov't dole, then there are certain rules they have to follow.  People are free to buy any kind of food they want, so long as they're using their own money.  But when your food dollars come from the taxpayers, what you buy is the taxpayers' business because we're paying for it.

We'll just have to agree to disagree, Dwana. 
The poor behave no more badly than anyone else.  As for myself, I'd rather subsidize poor people than have my tax dollars go to fund billionaire bonuses.

Give a poor man a hundred dollars, and he'll spend it to survive.
A rich man will  take that same hundred and put it in his pocket.

[danmo783]

Nahhh Paints, that rich man will go buy a hooker and hide it from his wife.

[DwanaMR]

Nahhh Paints, that rich man will go buy a hooker and hide it from his wife.

LOL!  But what makes you so sure the poor man wouldn't do the same thing?

[DwanaMR]

"We'll just have to agree to disagree, Dwana."   Game, set, match.

[paints]

"We'll just have to agree to disagree, Dwana."   Game, set, match.

Was it a game??

Not to the 65 year old woman who has to chooses between food or medicine.
Nor to the 30-something who works 3 jobs, and has to choose between food and paying the rent.

Empathy is not a sin.

[paints]

Nahhh Paints, that rich man will go buy a hooker and hide it from his wife.

And then, after his high profile divorce, he'll write a book, marry a couple more times, and run for president.
Only in America! LOL

[DwanaMR]

"Empathy is not a sin."  Ok, ok, paints, I admit it!  You're more righteous than anyone else!

[JediJohnnie]

And this whole thing started because someone bought Halloween candy with food stamps? 

[DwanaMR]

And this whole thing started because someone bought Halloween candy with food stamps? 

   Yep.

[paints]

And this whole thing started because someone bought Halloween candy with food stamps? 

No, it came about because of someone judging someone who bought Halloween candy with food stamps.

[iadoretay]

I dislike when people judge. If that is what someone wants to, or has to use to keep them alive. Let them be.

[DwanaMR]

I dislike when people judge. If that is what someone wants to, or has to use to keep them alive. Let them be.

I never judged people for being on food stamps, but for using them irresponsibly.  If you're so poor that the government has to cover some or all of your food bill, then you should use that allowance to buy as much real food for yourself and your family as that allowance will get.  You should not be buying junk like candy.  That's being irresponsible with the taxpayers' money, not to mention your family's well-being, and that's wrong, period.  You don't get a pass on bad behavior/judgment just because you're poor.

[Segun15]

i think candy should be banned from food stamps. food stamps are for nutritious foods and not junk food like candy or cookies or even soda

[king4cash]

Food stamps should only cover food items only.....

[blackprincenow]

can help you get food when your parents are broke