[annonymous]

Thanks L.S. Your observations are correct as are those from A.C.C. Christopher, nothing is free. As a former reciepent, let me tell you that the government didn’t give me a handout. Are you familiar with the term ‘the working poor’. Many people work everyday, but still cannot provide for all of their family’s needs. Secondly, food stamps hardly buy enough groceries for a month. Take it from a sista who counted every penny, clipped every coupon,and went to the grocery store with an itemized list that already calculated the projected cost. Once a month, it was a personal challenge to see if I could beat ‘my list’. Thirdly, the government funds social programs with tax dollars. It’s not their money; it’s the tax payers money. Yours truly has held a job (and for most of my working days, 2-3 jobs simulanteously)since I was 12 years old. When I collected assistance from the goverment, I wasn’t receiving a handout; instead, I was benefitting from the dollars I have contributed these programs.And did you know that pay for servicemen is so marginal, that our men and women in uniform are often reciepents for food stamps? Let’s kill this overstated stereotype of the welfare momma living high on the hill. Trust me, she’s not feeding her babies shrimp scampi and steak. She’s more likely baking the chicken on Monday, and on Tuesday making chicken noodle soup.I did anyway. And by the third week, she’s hustlin’ a ride to the soup kitchen for a monthly steipent of staples and a few fresh produce items and then picking up her co-op ration from the neighborhood center if she’s lucky enough to have one in her area. Lastly, many lower income individuals are heavier not because they’re eating well rather they’re consuming fatty, filling foods and stocking up a bargain staples like mac & chz and 5 loaves of bleached bread from the local thrift bakery.If you haven’t been poor, please don’t make presumptions, demeaning generalizations about circumstances that you haven’t had the misfortune to endure.

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Name : annonymous, Gender : F, Race : Black/African American, Age : 34, City : Detroit, State : MI, Country : United States,