Welfare case with a problem, what would U do?

[heath]

probably the only way the poor kid gets anything from his parents, it is most likely his weekly allowance, better that than nothing at all. not his fault his parents are a waste of space. JMO

Not the governments or my responsibility to provide allowances for other peoples kids. I never got an allowance as a kid, though at the time i would have liked one. From the time I was 8 or 9 I worked my summers and weekends with my parent's landscaping company. I couldnt do much but I could pull weeds and be their go for.
Just think its pathedic the entitlement mentality that people have. Some people grow up with everything they want and others scrap by, thats the way its always been. Its the individuals responsibility to better themselves.

[JSCATTLE]

I don't really mind the programs for the needy . I'd like to see them do community service for it though. In Texas we spend over 200 mil a year cleaning up litter off the highways . Why not make it mandatory to pitch in for the free stuff . My kids weren't eligible for head start because I make to much money . The only pre k we have in our town is head start . But guess what I pay for it . The way I see it is if I have to pay I should be able to use it . And if your poor work your ass off and don't have babies before you can pay for them . I came from a hard working family that was poor . But my dad taught me a trade and I used it to become less poor . Not that Im rich lol . I'd hire 5 more hands If I could find dependable ones . People just don't wanna work anymore .

[Kathie in Thorp]

Alan, I understand your frustration, but I think the items the kid bought are probably allowable -- not alcohol or cigs or clothing or paper products or cleaning items or fuel, etc., etc. Not great kid-food, but not forbidden. Unfortunately, there are a lot of latch-key kids out there -- even those with employed parents, but they have pocket money and that's what they buy if left to their own devices.

[TexasBred]

We don't know the whole story. What if the kid's mom had scrimped and saved their food card benefits by making beans and rice, boiling up their chicken bones to make soup, etc., just so the kids could have a sweet treat?? Maybe that is all that kid got as a birthday present?

Our cousins took in a boy as a foster child, and as foster parents they got WIC for him. He had been born very prematurely and was supposed to drink the kid version of Ensure all the time to help him grow and gain weight, he was underweight and undersized. So one week they went thru the checkout at WalMart with the boy's special nutrition drinks and foods, also a flat screen TV in the cart they had bought. When they whipped out the WIC paperwork for the cashier, they said they got very dirty looks from everyone around them. It was a very uncomfortable situation for them. And by the way, they have since adopted that boy and permanently solved a problem for society and the taxpayers.

Special nutrition foods piled up by a flat screen would make me ask questions too when the WIC card came out.

[tripleBfarms]

Sadly, the poor kid was probably hungry, no food in the house, and his deadbeat mother wouldnt go shop or fix him anything, or was high or drunk, so she hands him the card and makes him walk down to the corner store to get something. He probably rarely gets a good meal.

[chrisy]

Sadly, the poor kid was probably hungry, no food in the house, and his deadbeat mother wouldnt go shop or fix him anything, or was high or drunk, so she hands him the card and makes him walk down to the corner store to get something. He probably rarely gets a good meal.

exactly. makes me sad to see kids in that situation. Although we have a welfare state we still have kids starving and going cold, it seems the World over the wrong people get the help.

[tripleBfarms]

Just proves that throwing money at a problem wont fix it. Now they can use the food stamps for fast food in 4 states, which i detest, and the big chains are pushing for it. They will pay off enough representatives and senators they will pass it in all states.

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/business/20 ... stamp-act/

[Alan]

Sadly, the poor kid was probably hungry, no food in the house, and his deadbeat mother wouldnt go shop or fix him anything, or was high or drunk, so she hands him the card and makes him walk down to the corner store to get something. He probably rarely gets a good meal.

exactly. makes me sad to see kids in that situation. Although we have a welfare state we still have kids starving and going cold, it seems the World over the wrong people get the help.

More likely a fat a$$, 300lb mom is laying on the couch and tells her kid to grab the free money card out of her purse, then writes down her pin number. Here go to the gas station behind our apts and buy me a big bag of chips a big box of candy, not the little ones for 75 cents I WANT A BIG BOX! and get me 16 oz bottle of pop..... my feet hurt honey. and you can have a box of candy and something to drink.

[wv mud river]

In bible times people would glean the fields to get food. not handed candy. kids are not healthy. make people work by doing something. and drug test all welfare receipents.

[Isomade]

probably the only way the poor kid gets anything from his parents, it is most likely his weekly allowance, better that than nothing at all. not his fault his parents are a waste of space. JMO

Not the governments or my responsibility to provide allowances for other peoples kids. I never got an allowance as a kid, though at the time i would have liked one. From the time I was 8 or 9 I worked my summers and weekends with my parent's landscaping company. I couldnt do much but I could pull weeds and be their go for.
Just think its pathedic the entitlement mentality that people have. Some people grow up with everything they want and others scrap by, thats the way its always been. Its the individuals responsibility to better themselves.

Heath, I almost thought you were my brother for a minute there, but in our house we were gophers, instead of "go fors" but I get the point. Gopher the pliers, gopher the torq wrench, gofer the shovel, gopher the rake, gopher the lawn mower.......

[Bigfoot]

I stop at a convenience store every morning for a large fountain drink. I then sip on it through out the day. I often feel guilty/stupid spending .99 cents when I could fix my on at home cheaper. I many times stand in a line of people buying sodas and candy with public assistance cards. I always have the same thought--------seems like a 20 pound sack of potatoes, and 10 pounds of dry beans would feed them a lot longer. I have experienced hard times in my life financially. All of which I attribute to weather not poor choices. We ate pinto beans, potatoes, and venison for over a year once. I am all for helping people. Infact we probably qualified for public assistance during those lean times. I guess I would have signed up if it had came down to it. Thank God it didn't. When generations have been raised on public assistance it's probably time for a change.

[Red Bull Breeder]

Bigfoot these folk are taking pity on the needy and here you are a bragging about that good stuff you had to eat for a year. be nice i been eating beans and taters all my life.

[Bigfoot]

Bigfoot these folk are taking pity on the needy and here you are a bragging about that good stuff you had to eat for a year. be nice i been eating beans and taters all my life.

You know you are right. I'm still eating them to. I guess when it's by choice they taste different.

[heath]

Heath, I almost thought you were my brother for a minute there, but in our house we were gophers, instead of "go fors" but I get the point. Gopher the pliers, gopher the torq wrench, gofer the shovel, gopher the rake, gopher the lawn mower.......

Didnt know if people would get gopher, so I wrote it out.

[tsmaxx47]

if you're asking what i would do; i would mind my own business and be happy i didn't have to eat that way......