Quote Originally Posted by ForgetClassC
The welfare and food stamps system is bs. My old acquaintance who had a child and no job got around $200 a month for foodstamps. Then, once he gets a paper route, around $400 a week, he then gets $350 of foodstamps every month. Now at Walmart, you can get about 2 1/2 carts of food if you buy the store brand of everything, for just around $300, which of him, his babies momma(a total *cough*cunt*cough*) and a couple stoners sitting at his house, that amount of food lasted like more than a month. So where does the concept of, "k now you have a job and can support yourself a bit more here's more free money", make ANY sense......

-C
Well here in Washington state, if you get any income over $50 per month, they deduct from the $339 cash they give you and cut your food stamp amount. So, you would need to show that they are giving more FS benefits by making more money working. And, I too, would prefer to be self sufficient and not take a dime from the state or gov, but if I need it, I'm gonna take it. But, I'm still not getting what farmers are getting for not doing anything. For my measly subsidy, I have to go through all kinds of bullshit and prove I'm not stealing from the system. :thumbsup: