yeah, living on 300 cash and 300 food each month is like living in the 1% if you happen to have a flat screen or a phone .. or video games or a nice computer ...lol, unbelievable


doesnt matter if they worked and hit hard times, if they happen to have family or friends who dont want them feeling like they are pieces of CRAP that society treats them as and gets them some 'gifts' sometimes, doesnt matter if they had a partner or another source or non tax income that ended and they are struggling ... they dont deserve to have what 'working' folks have ....

and THATS the ego problem that kills me. The assumption people have that they can know another persons situation in terms of their life and the 'things' that may be in it.

yeah, living on 300 cash and 300 food each month is like living in the 1% if you happen to have a flat screen or a phone .. or video games or a nice computer ...lol, unbelievable


and thats in the nutshell, its about the idea that if they are on assistance, they are not as 'deserving' as the people who are not.

doesnt matter if they worked and hit hard times, if they happen to have family or friends who dont want them feeling like they are pieces of CRAP that society treats them as and gets them some 'gifts' sometimes, doesnt matter if they had a partner or another source or non tax income that ended and they are struggling ... they dont deserve to have what 'working' folks have ....

and THATS the ego problem that kills me. The assumption people have that they can know another persons situation in terms of their life and the 'things' that may be in it.

if you can afford what exactly?

a candy bar? Cause thats like a dollar. So a dollar should suffice to prevent you from needing assistance?

or how about video games that someone else GIVES you or that you get discounted five dollars a pop. could that five dollars support your needs instead?

and that is the issue for me, people need help before they get to 'threadbare' because once you are THREAD bare the further you have to go to get out .... ASsistance can help the 'thread bare' poor, but it can also assist people trying to avoid becoming 'thread bare' poor.

It's kind of sad, that people won't do the math.

Consider this.
Tonight, if you cook your dinner on a stove, instead of over a fire, you just made it into 32% of the richest people in the world.

If your water comes out of the faucet, instead of a well, you just needed into the top 28% of the richest people in the world.

If you have electric lights, instead of candles to illuminate your home, you just made it into the top 25% of the richest people in the world.

If you sleep on a bed, instead of a mat, you just made it into the top 21% of the richest people in the world.

If you have more than three pairs of shoes, you just made it into the top 17% of the richest people in the world.

If you have a roof over your head, even a leaky one, (and yes that includes our homeless people in shelters.) You just made it into the top 9% of the richest people in the world.

Everyone here has a computer, at least one TV, Internet service in their home, and at least a high school education.

Congratulations, you're in the top 5% of the richest people in the world.

And you're really complaining that someone might get something like you have? Really?

No wonder the rest of the world thinks all Americans are spoiled and rich.

whatevs ... Im done.

whatevs ... Im done.

It's kind of sad, that people won't do the math.

Consider this.
Tonight, if you cook your dinner on a stove, instead of over a fire, you just made it into 32% of the richest people in the world.

If your water comes out of the faucet, instead of a well, you just needed into the top 28% of the richest people in the world.

If you have electric lights, instead of candles to illuminate your home, you just made it into the top 25% of the richest people in the world.

If you sleep on a bed, instead of a mat, you just made it into the top 21% of the richest people in the world.

If you have more than three pairs of shoes, you just made it into the top 17% of the richest people in the world.

If you have a roof over your head, even a leaky one, (and yes that includes our homeless people in shelters.) You just made it into the top 9% of the richest people in the world.

Everyone here has a computer, at least one TV, Internet service in their home, and at least a high school education.

Congratulations, you're in the top 5% of the richest people in the world.

And you're really complaining that someone might get something like you have? Really?

No wonder the rest of the world thinks all Americans are spoiled and rich.

how about everyone stop whinging about the choices they made not being the choices EVERYONE make ..

how bout dah?



yeah, fraud and abuse are problems, so is the insistence by some that there should be a restricted list on items that people on assistance can enjoy or be in possession of.

I know what people have said during TV news interviews, and video doesn't lie.

Deal with it.

whatevs ... Im done.

first time I have seen you quit ms harmony . now who will be the voice of welfare

first time I have seen you quit ms harmony . now who will be the voice of welfare

Nothing to deal with.

And video(s) do not have the capability to lie or tell the truth , however people in the videos do.

That being said , people in videos and what they say doesn't constitute the whole world or even a tiny fraction for that matter.

Nor do blanket statements .

even ms harmony gets tired of dealing with jerks sometimes ...

and believes even 'welfare' recipients are people who count and should have a voice, as opposed to merely being beholden like property to tax payers.


and now, Im done ...