Now, understand that Jason isn’t doing anything illegal. Obama wiped out work requirements for EBT in 2009.
Which makes the Leftists at Media Matters all the more mendouchious in their whining that Jason isn’t “representative.”
The same Leftists who scream “racist” any time an EBT recipient of enriched-melanin appears on camera.
Jason is a white dude taking advantage of Obama’s fundamentally changed America. He never could have gotten food stamps for any length of time prior to 2009.
Nothing wrong with showcasing what Barry has wrought, as it isn’t going to get any better.
What was that stat that went out recently, something like 103 million people getting SNAP food in one way or another (around 50 million card holders, and presumably another 53 million children/spouses)?
If that’s accurate, then of course there’s going to be plenty of useless white folk augmenting the lottery/booze/drugs budgets via the money they’re saving on food – “there simply ain’t enough beaners ‘n’ darkies to go around” as the saying goes. (There is a saying that goes that way, right?)
It’s disgraceful; there’s no one in this country with a roof over their head that can’t afford to eat… if they weren’t wasting their food money on other recreations, that is. Last I checked, you could still get a pound of spaghetti for $1, tack on another buck or so for some flavor-goo, and bam, you’re fed for a day for $2.
Perhaps as a money-saving maneuver we could make it so that SNAP cards can be used to directly purchase Powerball tickets. Then nearly all of the money we’re spending on this useless program would go right back to the government, with no pesky “food retailer/farmer/etc.” middlemen in the way. For the EXPEDIENCY!
Based on my admittedly anecdotal experience of being a grocery clerk many moons ago, I can say that probably 90% of Food Stamp recipients do not use them wisely. Carts loaded with expensive brand names and frozen prepared meals. Ten percent were smart shoppers and bought in bulk to obviously cook meals from scratch. Further, for many, many recipients, food stamps just freed up their cash to by smokes, liquor and dog food. Oh, and the whole WIC program was a response to the failure of recipients to provide nutritious food for their children. That is, in classic progressive form, never admit a program has structural problems. Instead, create a new program to address problems created by the first, instead of cleaning up the first.
y’all are forgetting about the multiplier effects
food stamps are the lifeblood of the whole economy except for the non-food stamp parts
– How the hell do you expect the Left/Democrats could EVAH get elected if they couldn’t pander for petes sake. You people are so raaaayyyyyycisssss.
*** BREAKING *** – Egypt in turmoil. Army storms protest camps. Approximately 100 killed, many more injured. Live vids from Nasr city in Cairo.
According to Nancy Pelosi, that’s helping to grow the economy.
Why do you hate economic growth, racisssss!?
I’m not altogether clear on how that was legal.
– Muslim brothergood trying to rally supporters to turn out in the streets to respond to military crackdown. 200 leaders arrested, others out rabel rousing as Army clears incampments.
JohnB
At least WIC was restrictive … one got coupons specifying exactly what it was good for (e.g. milk, cheese, eggs, certain cereals, dry beans/lentils). EBT cards are pretty much cash cards.
– Brotherhood leaders 17 yo daughter killed in Mosque sit-in protest.
It was in the Porkulus bill.
Yeah, Democrat’s loved the way Bill Clinton ended welfare as we knew it back in 1996 so much that the first thing they did in 2009 was to end ending welfare as we knew it.
– Egyptian cabinet ministers blame Muslim brotrherhood leaders for bloodshed. Say protesters given multiple opportunities to disperse and army acted only after they refused. Cleanup of encampments continues.
– UN expresses “concern” over ongoing violence in Egypt.
– Loyal Americans express “concern” over ongoing UN.
Wow, Obama’s Cairo speech casts a long shadow. His Arab Spring in twilight.
Is there nothing this man cannot do?
– The Muslim brotherhood is banking on international backlash for their protests. Awaiting Obama’s reaction for support.
– White House issues a press release of Micheles Rap Album.
EBT cards are for pikers. The real sweet is gittin’ in on Solyndra-style gravy.
– Egyptian ministry announces that a “state of emergency” will be declared today, lasting at least four months.
– *** Breaking **** British press discovers that bullets will kill you.
White House issues a press release of Micheles Rap Album.
While Egypt burns, Mrs. Nero pretends to fiddle.
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2013/08/13/michelle-obama-s-rap-album-is-kind-of-embarrassing.html
Is it just me or does FLOTUS look like a hairless muppet?
Let’s play “guess who said it:”
They’re not upset with our new found friend Jason here, they’re upset with you for noticing him.
In case you might think the genius misspoke:
Jason, if that is his name, is having us on. He has to be a Trustafarian. He’s driving an Escalade, for pete’s sake.
I was at the grocery store a couple of weeks back, and the woman in front of me paid for pretty much her entire haul with food stamps.
Then she took it all out to her brand-new Nissan and loaded it.
And people wonder why this could possibly irk.
Now, there’s a possibility that she could have gotten the car as a gift or something. But it still seems wrong.
BTW he doesn’t stand a chance in hell of being Motley Crue, or any band at all that enjoys an income. As a musician, he’s one in a thousand. Which means there’s a few hundred thousand people just as good, if not more.
Really, I suspect fraud. The guy’s purportedly a surfer, but we never even saw him don a wetsuit. What self-respecting (or otherwise) surfer would sit out just to give a news interview.
Have the marijuana smokers figured out — based on testing of hair for determination of marijuana use, of which they’re surely aware — that they’re missing out on the ultimate renewable resource recycling? Smoke your hair, people, it’s free dope! Don’t let it go to waste.
I’m just surprised anybody is surprised.
Drug dealers have been known to give a 100% markup if you use your EBT card.
There’s also this lovely lady,Vivencia Bellegarde, taking advantage of EBT cards – she had 3 of them (only one in her name) when she was pulled over for DUI/running a Boston Globe delivery truck off rt 93.
http://tinyurl.com/khrfwn2
Ask your friendly neighborhood pharmacist, the licensed kind, about the fraud and abuse of Medicare if you really want to see an epic rant.
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