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In reply to the discussion: A friend of mine saw someone using food stamps to pay for ice cream bars. [View all]gopiscrap
(23,761 posts)we have been so conditioned by the fucking republican party and the media whores of that party to be mean spirited, to lose empathy for the poor. That is the biggest problem in this country today...we have lost being a great nation, because great nations have a concern for ALL their people. Great nations have social nets and programs for those who need a lifting hand...great nations have rules and regulations that curb the appetites of the rich and the aggressors!
On a personal note...who gives a fuck what people on food stamps buy with their stamps. For a very short time I was on fod stamps and I know you can't buy cigarrette or alcohol with them. If they can buy ice cream bars with their food stamps then I feel that they are more than entitled to recieve what little enjoyment is possible when you are ecomnomically disadvantaged.
Furthermore, food stamp programs are administered by the states...Everyone pays taxes and so everyone is entitled to recieve the benefits!