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In reply to the discussion: So I'm in line at the grocery store, and the lady in front of me used Food stamps and the guy in [View all]stonecutter357
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So I'm in line at the grocery store, and the lady in front of me used Food stamps and the guy in [View all]
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
OP
I also said, "You don't think it's you...you don't think you're the problem. It's you! It's you!"
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#6
As someone who was ridiculed using food stamps once - I know what the ridicule is like.
nini
Dec 2016
#14
I AM armed-- I carry a purse that many have suggested be registered as a lethal weapon, and
niyad
Dec 2016
#150
+10000! Can't wait until the situations presents itself to me as I will not hold my tongue nt
iluvtennis
Dec 2016
#71
Everyone - Yes You too - need to stand up for what is right and not let people get away
List left
Dec 2016
#27
I have one and it's not easy to identify. It looks and works like a debit card.
Kaleva
Dec 2016
#226
Do you usually drop by DU for the express purpose of accusing DU'ers of lying?
Maru Kitteh
Dec 2016
#80
IF the poster made it up that definitely wouldn't be the way to "make someone feel good about
Raine
Dec 2016
#168
In Pennsylvania, there is no way to mistake the Access card for a credit/debit card
Orrex
Dec 2016
#113
Good on you Laydee. We appear to be entering another Reagan age. Me! Me! Me!
Tarheel_Dem
Dec 2016
#39
Yep. He eagle eye spotted her card because I was reaching into my cart and putting my things on the
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#47
I did no such thing.."..calling her a liar.."...I said I'm not buying it.
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#176
If I said you were lying I would say you are lying...exactly like that...no grey, I'd say it.
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#268
Sorry. You don't get to have it both ways. Saying you don't buy it is the same
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#271
I NEVER said what you've put in quotation marks, and you can't show I have...
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#278
Or..you provide a link to your claim...I typed my posts....I know what they say.
Uggwearingdad
Jan 2017
#283
Who decided we are at war with Russia or called them enemies? Besides Romeny in '12?
Uggwearingdad
Jan 2017
#294
They decided we are at war with them when THEY committed an act of war against the USA
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#301
Awwww, and yet, it *still* happened, and by now, I think that makes you upset
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#273
Not buying it...if you worked for social services you'd know they changed the design
SticksnStones
Dec 2016
#241
...but...but...they said, "Shall we compare cards?" Royal *we* and everything.
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#259
Some of the conversations here at DU seem to be unnecessarily hostile of late.
SticksnStones
Dec 2016
#260
I think many of us are feeling all kind of raw nerves, right on the edge...
SticksnStones
Dec 2016
#262
That's the new card.....new applicants started getting these in the 4th qrtr..
Uggwearingdad
Dec 2016
#269
Not wrong....I quoted the linked material...which is included in our work literature.
Uggwearingdad
Jan 2017
#284
Absolutely wrong, since you are trying to tell me what happened didn't happen
LaydeeBug
Jan 2017
#286
Wild guess...but these parts it's a pretty safe bet. Truth is, I didn't know
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#106
Those assholes THINK they are in the majority. They have to be shown they are not. n/t
Binkie The Clown
Dec 2016
#60
I'm not on public assistance, but I would have been horribly embarrassed had it been me.
cwydro
Dec 2016
#155
My son and his girlfriend received SNAP benefits before and after their child was born.
kickitup
Dec 2016
#167
good for you, LB!!! we cannot allow these bigoted jerks to go unchallenged in their arrogance.
niyad
Dec 2016
#149
That's so funny! My bestie's initals are LB, and I call her this all the time
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#157
As stated below in post 231, EBT cards can be used for fast food in 4 states
Packerowner741
Jan 2017
#296
They are available in FL only for some who are disabled, elderly, or homeless.
DLevine
Jan 2017
#298
People who use EBT cards know *Exactly* what it can be used for - and it's NOT fast food
nadine_mn
Dec 2016
#192
PA Access cards are a solid blue-green background with ACCESS written in bold,
DLevine
Dec 2016
#232
I would have joined in with you my friend. I would be pointing my finger directly at him
YOHABLO
Dec 2016
#186
I wish it were Luke - more than what we usually get from them: a Leviticus mentality.
calimary
Dec 2016
#265
They should really ask whether they follow the Old Testament or the New one.
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#266
I feel like I am watching " Invasion of the body snatchers " as I come in contact with
geretogo
Dec 2016
#212
Wow! Good for you for leveling a clear-eyed response he couldn't miss!
FailureToCommunicate
Dec 2016
#213
I am so glad people like you are out there. Big hugs to you, ladeebug!
AgadorSparticus
Dec 2016
#218
It was the bright orange card...I don't know what they're called. We call 'em food stamps.
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#228
I am not sure what a safety pin moment is, but am shocked at the response here
LaydeeBug
Dec 2016
#242
wearing a safety pin to indicate that one is "safe haven" if someone is being bullied or
niyad
Dec 2016
#250
the safety pin idea started in britain after the insane brexit vote. and I would guess that
niyad
Dec 2016
#252
I asked you in another thread what you meant (in a practical sense) by 'fighting back'
FiveGoodMen
Dec 2016
#243
My one and only issue with food stamps is that it perpetuates Medicaid expenditures.f
MadDAsHell
Dec 2016
#255