I like my money too much to cast a vote for Trump

[Hkindiana]

I was just behind a gentleman at the grocery store. I was minding my own business while wearing my "Hillary for prison" t-shirt. This guy was in his thirties and LOOKED to be in top physical condition, but while checking out using his welfare credit card, he said "I like my money too much to cast a vote for Trump". I should have replied "do you mean that you like MY money too much and/or FREE money too much to vote for Trump?" Instead, I just shook my head in disbelief. On a side note I watched a couple yesterday buy $160 worth of junk food using a welfare credit card, and then their "Hoosier works" card to buy their bags of Starbucks coffee. Do I REALLY need to be paying for junk food and Starbucks coffee for others? What ever happened to BASIC needs?

 

[Hohn]

I say we go back to govt cheese and powdered milk.

 

[craigkim]

I was just behind a gentleman at the grocery store. I was minding my own business while wearing my "Hillary for prison" t-shirt. This guy was in his thirties and LOOKED to be in top physical condition, but while checking out using his welfare credit card, he said "I like my money too much to cast a vote for Trump". I should have replied "do you mean that you like MY money too much and/or FREE money too much to vote for Trump?" Instead, I just shook my head in disbelief. On a side note I watched a couple yesterday buy $160 worth of junk food using a welfare credit card, and then their "Hoosier works" card to buy their bags of Starbucks coffee. Do I REALLY need to be paying for junk food and Starbucks coffee for others? What ever happened to BASIC needs?

That is funny. That is exactly what he meant. When I was a kid "welfare" had a certain stigma or shame to it and now it's pretty much just a credit card. It's treated like it is something they have earned or deserve.

I have been saying for a long time that we need to, as part of food labels, add a food grade something like, "nutritious preferred, nutritious, staple basic food item, non-nutritious, detrimental to health (junk food)". Something like this anyhow and then when someone with a Hoosier Works card attempts to buy the non-nutritious, or junk food items, they will not ring up. Years ago when I was a cashier, those cards would not pay for feminine hygiene products....weird, but why would we pay for coffee, soda, high sugar fruit juices, candy, ice cream, donuts, etc?

 

[HoughMade]

The government is buying $20 million in surplus cheese - Aug. 23, 2016

 

[SEIndSAM]

The government is buying $20 million in surplus cheese - Aug. 23, 2016

I remember the "Government Cheese" of the late 70's. That stuff was gooooood.

 

[indiucky]

I remember Government Cheese back in the 1980's....They were awesome...

[video=youtube;i6ikTqrST-Y]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i6ikTqrST-Y[/video]

 

[phylodog]

Wait just a minute here... you mean to tell me that you're not ok with providing garbage for the entitlement crowd to stuff themselves on then when that creates health issues, paying five times what you used to for health insurance so they can have free insurance as well? How very non-progressive of you.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I remember the "Government Cheese" of the late 70's. That stuff was gooooood.

Yes it was! My dad used to get it (I think it was available to seniors at the time) pretty often.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

That is funny. That is exactly what he meant. When I was a kid "welfare" had a certain stigma or shame to it and now it's pretty much just a credit card. It's treated like it is something they have earned or deserve.

I have been saying for a long time that we need to, as part of food labels, add a food grade something like, "nutritious preferred, nutritious, staple basic food item, non-nutritious, detrimental to health (junk food)". Something like this anyhow and then when someone with a Hoosier Works card attempts to buy the non-nutritious, or junk food items, they will not ring up. Years ago when I was a cashier, those cards would not pay for feminine hygiene products....weird, but why would we pay for coffee, soda, high sugar fruit juices, candy, ice cream, donuts, etc?

That's the way the WIC vouchers work. They have a pretty specific list of approved items and if you try to get something that's not on the list, it is declined. Should be easy enough to make the EBT cards work the same way.

 

[sdtech58]

While I was in college, I just about puked when I saw the woman in front of me (with her 5 children) pay for a cartload and a half of groceries with the food stamps, then pull a gangster's roll of $20's out of her purse to pay for the cigarettes, beer and liquor. So while I was struggling to make something of myself on a steady diet of ramen noodles, tuna and Busch Light, she was pumping out more mouths to feed and eating steaks for all of her "efforts". Still makes me sick when I think about it.

 

[Alpo]

Yeah, let's get the anecdotes going.

Can someone tell me about the F-35 handout or the new $1million/round ammo for the Navy?

 

[cobber]

Yeah, let's get the anecdotes going.

Can someone tell me about the F-35 handout or the new $1million/round ammo for the Navy?

And Congress could put an end to both this and the earlier complaints up-thread... hmm, what are the odds?

 

[churchmouse]

While I was in college, I just about puked when I saw the woman in front of me (with her 5 children) pay for a cartload and a half of groceries with the food stamps, then pull a gangster's roll of $20's out of her purse to pay for the cigarettes, beer and liquor. So while I was struggling to make something of myself on a steady diet of ramen noodles, tuna and Busch Light, she was pumping out more mouths to feed and eating steaks for all of her "efforts". Still makes me sick when I think about it.

Bought and paid for block of reliable voters.

 

[indiucky]

Yeah, let's get the anecdotes going.

Okay...

The KKK endorsed Trump...

Trump called a fat girl fat...

There is a tape (10 years old) of Trump saying if you are a celebrity you can grab a woman by the ***** and they will let you....

You mean stuff like that???? Just little anecdotes that don't show the whole picture and unfairly smear someone for political gain????

 

[miguel]

Yeah, let's get the anecdotes going.

Can someone tell me about the F-35 handout or the new $1million/round ammo for the Navy?

Will the Navy round fit in the Lee Classic?

 

[HoughMade]

At least for the defense boondoggles, you get something. In the end, you get a cool toy which is sometimes useful. You keep engineers and workers employed...you know, people who do actual stuff.

On the other hand, what the taxpayer ROI on welfare.....wait wrong question- what is the politician ROI on welfare? Votes!

 

[Alpo]

Will the Navy round fit in the Lee Classic?

Yah, with Hornady dies....but you gotta hold that sumbeach jest right.

 

[Alpo]

At least for the defense boondoggles, you get something. In the end, you get a cool toy which is sometimes useful. You keep engineers and workers employed...you know, people who do actual stuff.

On the other hand, what the taxpayer ROI on welfare.....wait wrong question- what is the politician ROI on welfare? Votes!

I think your Econ 101 is a little rusty. Try again.

 

[HoughMade]

I think your Econ 101 is a little rusty. Try again.

You're telling me there isn't a multiplier when government money is used to buy weapons, but there is on straight transfer payments?

 

[Methane Herder]

Or The Rainmakers......

https://youtu.be/WLzFhOslZPM