Food Stamps!!!

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I noticed that a lot of college students have been getting food stamps lately (now are actually scannable cards w/ a set amount of money given each month that you can only buy groceries with). Well I wasn't about to get left and I just got the card in the mail today. It has $383 on it that has been accruing over the last couple months and I get $200 more at the begining of next month. Please give me some suggestions of outrageous and delicious meals to help me spend this money. lol

Sparksnotes: Tell me what food to buy with my goverment given $$$!
 
wow, this is exactly what is wrong with government aid. People who don't need it abuse it. You are fucking pathetic. I have seen people in lines at the grocery store pay for lobster and really expensive shit with food stamps. That should be a crime, I really hope someone reports you. Chances are if you are in college, you can afford to pay for food. Get a life you looter.
 
exactly, put a picture of my face on that card will you? After all, I am paying for shit you don't need...great example of the imbecilic stimulus package and it's extension of welfare. This doesn't create jobs. It doesn't help people get jobs. It lets blockheads like you abuse the system.
 
Dude if you can afford to go to college, most likely you ski since you are on this forum, most likely if your in college and ski you do some sort of drug or drink alcohol,

drop out of college, quit skiing and sell ALL your gear, and give up all your drugs, alcohol and tobacco and then see if you "dont" have enough money for groceries. I hate when I see fucks like you abusing my tax dollars and I jus spent 94 dollars on groceries for me and my fiance out of my own pocket and I am a college student jus like you.

but u prolly wont read this or learn from it .....
 
Everybody shut the fuck uppp!! You have no idea who I am or what financial situation I'm in. First of all, the only reason theres so much $ on the card is becuase they took soo long to send it. Secondly, I actually DO need the help as I'm a recently unemployed, full-time student thats looking for work everyday. I have no money and haven't bought groceries in two weeks. I agree, a lot of people take advantage of the system but if government food aid isn't for people that can't afford to buy groceries than who is it for?? My own tax dollars are paying for this, so I'm obviously going to take advantage of it while I still can.
 
probably one of the douchest and most selfish moves ive ever heard of, i mean shit why dont you go into down town detroit, kick a black baby in the face, rape his mother and eat their last piece of government cheese while your at it, cause now they might not be eligible for government food. what do you think this government is just made of money? that we just continue to hand it out? i hope that you are just wealthy enough to get taxed out of your asshole and that uncle sam fucks you in the butt hole every January
 
Wow..make a couple more assumptions, you douchebag. You're not paying for this shit, i am, with the thousands of dollars the government has taken from me throughout my whole life while cooking in shit hole restaurants. Don't be mad b/c you're too dumb and lazy to find a way to even out the tax dollars being taken from you. And food stamps aren't meant to create jobs, they're meant to help people out who are having financial struggles. I do agree, however, that there are a lot of people abusing the system that don't actually need the help. This urged me even more to apply for the card..if all these people are getting government help that don't actually need it, then I def. should since I really do need it.
 
You're a fucking loser. Things like this are why I have little to no faith in the welfare and government aid systems. I work my balls off and have to buy store brand stuff so that greedy fucks like you can reap all the benefits. Send me some of the food I just bought you.
 
Do you just post w/o reading other previous posts? You didn't buy me the food!!! I'm not some loser who is trying to take advantage of the government. I've worked hard my whole life, giving the government my hard-earned tax dollers and for the first time in my life, I'm unemployed. I'm broke and swamped with tuition fees. I hand in applications daily and will take the first job I can get. If you have any other ideas (besides a loan) of how I can feed myself give me some suggestions!! kthxbye
 
this is the kind of bullshit that needs to stop. and don't even try to play the "oh I really need the money and can't afford any food" card when you just asked NS for crazy ideas of what kinds of food you should buy with the foodstamps. if you really needed the money you wouldn't need to ask us for stupid ideas about what you should waste it on. plus you go to college, it's not like you can't get food there. get a fucking life
 
Wow alot of ignorant people in here. There are people out there abusing the system every single day. I know a lot of people who fucking are abusing it and get away with it every day.

Sounds to me how ever this dude is not doing this, sounds to me like he is a responsible person who is jsut going through some hard shit and not intenting to be on them forever.

Every situation is different. Just casue he comes on NS doesnt mean he is loaded or that his parents buy all his shit.

 
For real..I just wanted some ideas of some dank food to make with this excess money. Guess thats not gonna happen haha. Should I just give the money back to the goverment? Will that make you all happy?...cuz thats what I care most about. lol
 
I have food stamps.. fuck you.. i live uder the poverty line.. i have no job and got my stamps when i did have one.. and all my money went to my living situation.. the state quailifed me . and when i lost my job. i got 10 bucks more. i am not a mooch ive payed my taxes.. i pay for old people to shit in there depends. so get off your high horse and find something else to bicker about.
 
You know they get a set amount of money right? So they buy lobster and waste all months money let them do it. Hope that lobster tastes good casue they wont be eating the rest of the month once its gone
 
most of these kids have no conception of what food stamps even are, so to the OP i would not give a fuck what these kids are yelling at you about. they should be glad they are not in your situation.
 
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Make some crazy pasta variations. Different types of pasta, different types of sauce, there's so much you can do with it.

Buy meat and prepare it in interesting ways,.

Basically, watch the food network and get inspired.

Fuck all of the haters, I see where you are coming from.
 
a huge portion of the stimulus bill was devoted to the expansion of welfare...this includes food stamps. This Harvard business prof and member of the Cato Institute spoke at my school about the stimulus. He said it failed to do what it was supposed to do because of the amount of money allocated to things not essential to economic recovery and job creation. He railed on the welfare section of the bill. It was actually a great talk/debate. His basic premise was that less should have been dedicated to programs that effectively stunt economic recovery and job creation, like welfare programs that provide incentives for people to settle with unemployment and mediocrity. Check him out, his name is Jeffrey Miron. I doubt you will agree with much of anything he says. He is a Libertarian and a genius. He got a pretty good reception, which is shocking because he spoke at UVM.
 
the problem i have with that is this fundamental assumption that welfare=laziness. if this is true, why do people get promotions etc? its the same concept, you have to do more work to get more. if everyone was truly inherently this lazy, no one would ever work beyond their menial jobs.
 
You gotta admit though, if you were really that desperate I don't think you should be spending it on "dank" food, but rather try to figure out a way that you can use that money bit by bit (even if it is accumulated) so it lasts longer and still feed you and keep you healthy.
I don't think it's in your best interest, considering your situation (according to you) to be buying luxurious food because you have more money than you need.
Learn how to cook, raw and unprocessed ingredients and groceries are far cheaper than processed food. Buy a whole chicken, use the breast for stir fry, drumsticks the next day, use some for pasta, then with the leftover "carcass", bone and meat included, throw it in a pot and use the broth for some delicious homemade chicken noodle soup. There are so many ways to save money and yet keep your diet healthy, put some effort into it.
Also, try changing up your resume. I see so many shitty resumes going around, its not even funny. Actually put some thought into the design, the look, the layout and content of it and change it each time you apply. Think about what the employer wants to see, and what you would look for if you were the guy looking through the resumes. Remember, these guys see possibly hundreds of resumes a day, even paper quality can make the difference between the other 150.
Lastly, use your head. Be smart. Do some research. And don't go wasting the food stamp money, its a gift, and not something to depend on. Use it wisely.
 
Well the way I see it, being on the government dole doesn't exactly inspire someone to aspire to new heights. If your food is paid for, if you live in subsidized housing, where's the incentive to raise your situation. Certainly, it is an incredible assumption to suggest that every unemployed person is a lazy bitch. It is not that simple, and I understand there are different circumstances in each situation. At the same time, I put a huge amount of trust in an individuals ability to surmount certain odds and difficulties. I think welfare is a good temporary safety net, but the way it is today is fuckin ridiculous. Back in the day, before FDR I think, they used to call welfare "RELIEF." There is no implication of permanence in the term "relief" like there is in welfare. The purpose of relief was to provide you with just enough to get you back on your feet, finding a job. People used to be embarassed about being on relief. It's not like that anymore. Some punk-ass kids my brother used to work with aren't taking jobs right now because they can make more money on welfare. They figure it's not worth working for less money if they can stay unemployed and make more. That is complete and utter bullshit. A wholesale abuse of what used to be a legitimate government endeavor. I'm all for giving people a hand to get them back into the game, but what I am not for is funding shit like that, or the poor decisions of others. Part of me wants to believe that welfare is only necessary for the handicapped who cannot possibly ever hope to obtain employment because I have a tremendous amount of faith in the individual ability of my countrymen. I guess that is unfounded in some cases, but again, it isn't my job, or your job, or anyone's job to provide a living for another man. It just isn't.
 
that didnt really address my point though. how is it any different for a job vs welfare? if it REALLY is a problem, then it must be human nature/part of the vast majority.

and if that is so, then it should also apply to people with jobs, with no one working towards promotions, raises, bonuses, etc.

there are leeches for sure. there are flaws in any system. unfortunately it is hard to weed them out, and i find it hard to believe they really are the strain on the system some people claim them to be. its a shame theres not quantitative way to really go through and figure out who is riding the system vs who isnt. id be fascinated to see that study
 
Thank you for making a useful, intelligent post. I didn't really mean to come off in my original post the way that I did. I'm not looking to blow all the money away on stupid, expensive shit and I appreciate the money I'm receiving a lot. There's just a bunch of excess money on the card so I was trying to think of something good to make. I should prolly just conserve it though for even harder times. As a cook, I'm more into the raw, unprocessed food than the premade expensive stuff. It still ends up to be about the same price though many times b/c you need to buy more ingredients that you wouldn't think of initially. As for the resume, I'm still in college and most of the jobs I apply for just have applications. I def. get where you're comin' from though. I'll keep that in mind in the future.
 
I'm not sure I understand what you mean by jobs vs welfare. Are you saying that not everyone who works aspires to get promoted? My answer to that is not everyone deserves a promotion.I know a large portion of extremely hardworking people don't get recognized the way they should with greater compensation, but that is the reality of the system. You have to really distinguish yourself to rise up. I mean, once you are employed, you are off the gov't weal and making your own living. Right then and there, it's your prerogative if you want to settle or if you aspire to greater things. I guess what I'm trying to say is that in a job situation, people that settle for their situation don't really hurt things. I can't imagine someone who is fine working in a cubicle could bring down a business in any way with their lack of ambition. What I'm trying to get at is that in a situation where the government provides an unearned living to a large number of people, that system is inherently unsustainable. If all of these people on welfare are fine with getting paid, getting fed, to do nothing, they are never taken off the proverbial teet. They suck and suck away. They are parasitic in that they need a host to feed on. That host, by virtue of lawful financial ties to the federal and state government through taxation, is inevitably the employed, American taxpayer. I don't know if that gets around the point at all.
 
are you fucking kidding me? Let's say,for the sake of argument, he really needs it -- say it's the only way he's going to get food. With $200/month that's $6.6/day...

Why don't you see how long you can live on $3.3 a meal, tell me it's something someone can take advantage of. Sure if the person on SNAP didn't need it in any way you might have a case, but you're joking if you think they just hand out benefits.

Did you see how he's got a bunch of money on it because it took them so long to get the card to him? If you need food today, or even this week, you're not getting helped by the government.

They way they calculate the assistance you get is totally fucked -- someone with super legitimate need may not qualify to receive SNAP because they 'earn too much' even though after rent, utilities, etc. they have $2/day.

From paying attention to all your posts over the years, I know you think you're a super hard worker (probably true), but you also think that luck has no part in the story of your life... one unfortunate turn of events and you could be the one down at the soup kitchen, or at the food pantry, just trying to pick yourself up.

Quit kidding yourself--there are those who epitomize the person you've described, the freeloader and the person who's habitually made all the wrong choices in life, and will continue to do so. But that's not the majority of people in need. I ask you to please show just an eency-weency bit of compassion, if only for my sake. In doing so, you'll not only help those truly in need, but perhaps even inspire someone who has lived that life of dependence to break free, and make a positive change by themselves.
 
i understand that people in the workplace dont draw the system down like leeches do. my point was more that if welfare leeches are a serious problem, i doubt that its the welfare causing them to be lazy, its a general human nature sort of thing. and if thats true, then it must also be true in the work place. which means why do you see people getting promoted, because again the majority i would assume would not want to work any harder, and be content where they were. this would lead to a general stagnancy in american business, rather than the inventions etc we see. you follow? sorry if im not making sense.
 
haha no I kinda get it...I really hope humans aren't inherently lazy hhhaha, then again, that may give me an excuse to slack off in school every so often. You bring up a good point though, but I still think to an extent government aid has the tendency to maybe highlight and nurture our lazier tendencies. From an evolutionary perspective, laziness is def not a selective adaptation, but then again, evolution and adaptation in humans has gone screwy because we don't live in the wild like we used to. I hate to go cliche tea party on you, but here's a quote.

"I am for doing good to the poor, but I differ in opinion of the means.

I think the best way of doing good to the poor, is not making them easy

in poverty, but leading or driving them out of it. In my youth I

traveled much, and I observed in different countries, that the more

public provisions were made for the poor, the less they provided for

themselves, and of course became poorer. And, on the contrary, the less

was done for them, the more they did for themselves, and became richer."

also

"Repeal that [welfare] law, and you will soon see a change in their

manners. St. Monday and St. Tuesday, will soon cease to be holidays.

Six days shalt thou labor, though one of the old commandments long

treated as out of date, will again be looked upon as a respectable

precept; industry will increase, and with it plenty among the lower

people; their circumstances will mend, and more will be done for their

happiness by inuring them to provide for themselves, than could be done

by dividing all your estates among them."

I think Franklin was an absolute genius in soooooo many ways, but I know this kind of sentiment has fallen out of favor over the years. I could be a real "teabagger" and say something like "BEN FRANKLIN IS TURNING OVER IN HIS GRAVE!!!" but I'm not sure I like saying shit like that anymore, it's too played.
 
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