US: $4 billion on food stamps

http://freebeacon.com/issues/feds-spent-100-billion-on-food-assistance-last-year/

At least 40% of the entire population of the US participated in food assistance programs.

WTF?

Ridiculous.

Half of that could've been spent trying to alleviate other problems, like perfectly edible food being discarded. Instead it's funnelling money back into corporate interests.

Thats 40% of the liberal vote.

I read about some woman who had her food stamps application declined, even though she tried to beg online by posting pictures of her half-empty fridge.

She lived in a 5k a month apartment and had her fridge chok full of expensive vegan shit. lmao

Originally posted by krisblaze
I read about some woman who had her food stamps application declined, even though she tried to beg online by posting pictures of her half-empty fridge.

She lived in a 5k a month apartment and had her fridge chok full of expensive vegan shit. lmao

Look at this shit, you would't believe.

Getting the rich off food stamps would save tons of money.

http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2012/jan/06/kay-bailey-hutchison/hutchison-says-getting-millionaires-food-stamps-un/

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/13/us/gop-bill-would-block-food-stamps-and-jobless-pay-for-millionaires.html

http://miami.cbslocal.com/2014/03/29/authorities-look-for-lavish-couple-living-on-food-stamps/

http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/Millionaires-Collecting-Food-Stamps/2011/06/23/id/401095/

I suggest removing this system and giving people salaries they can live off 👆

Originally posted by krisblaze
Ridiculous.

Half of that could've been spent trying to alleviate other problems, like perfectly edible food being discarded. Instead it's funnelling money back into corporate interests.

That money could've gone to government welfare or job assistance for these lazy ****ers.

I'm thinking about this:

http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306919212000693

So much food is discarded. You could literally build a system around the collection and distribution of unused food. It would eliminate a lot of the need for food-stamps.

I have a friend who makes twice as much as I do and is on foodstamps, simply because he can.

http://qpolitical.com/maine-just-put-welfare-leeches-in-their-place-every-american-needsto-see-what-happened-next/#.VVlIGrZPRzh.facebook

Originally posted by Lestov16
http://qpolitical.com/maine-just-put-welfare-leeches-in-their-place-every-american-needsto-see-what-happened-next/#.VVlIGrZPRzh.facebook

Ha, nice.

But I think the 3 year cool down period is too long to wait. It should be once every 3 months. People's financial situation changes so often that you can go from success to complete poverty in less than 3 months.

Originally posted by Lestov16
http://qpolitical.com/maine-just-put-welfare-leeches-in-their-place-every-american-needsto-see-what-happened-next/#.VVlIGrZPRzh.facebook

That's just messed up.

Perhaps if people were paid livable wages, there wouldn't be such a great need for food stamps. The people that abuse the system make up a small percent of those who actually need food stamps.

I needed them at one point being sick and out of work, but it was ridiculously hard to apply for them, so I wasn't able to get them. Not easy to get in Texas. srug

Originally posted by Time Immemorial
Thats 40% of the liberal vote.

79% of people on food stamps vote Conservative. Since we're just throwing out numbers.

That seems like a lot until you think about other crap money has been wasted on. Like that one jet plane(I forget the name) that cost hundreds of billions of dollars and has BARELY been used. Where is the outrage over that? People can eat food, they can't eat aircrafts or fighter jets.

The amount of money spent on food stamps PALES in comparison to the amount we've spent on other stupid crap we don't even need or use that much. Isn't that sad though and scary as hell? That the 4 billion dollar figure PALES in comparison?

Originally posted by Surtur
That seems like a lot until you think about other crap money has been wasted on. Like that one jet plane(I forget the name) that cost hundreds of billions of dollars and has BARELY been used. Where is the outrage over that? People can eat food, they can't eat aircrafts or fighter jets.

The amount of money spent on food stamps PALES in comparison to the amount we've spent on other stupid crap we don't even need or use that much. Isn't that sad though and scary as hell? That the 4 billion dollar figure PALES in comparison?

Yes, it also pales in comparison to the amount of taxes religions don't pay.

Which in itself is bunk that religions don't pay. Why the f*ck do we give these shitheads so much power?

Originally posted by Surtur
Which in itself is bunk that religions don't pay. Why the f*ck do we give these shitheads so much power?

The reasons churches and such have exemptions is because they take the money they make (through donations, events etc) and then turn around and help their community with it.

I have no idea if there's any oversight, imo, there should be if there isn't.

Originally posted by Robtard
The reasons churches and such have exemptions is because they take the money they make (through donations, events etc) and then turn around and help their community with it.

I have no idea if there's any oversight, imo, there should be if there isn't.

So they spend EVERY single cent they make on the community? Is that all it takes to gain so much unwarranted power, you donate a lot?

Bill Gates and JK Rowling should be the leaders of the free world then.

Originally posted by Surtur
So they spend EVERY single cent they make on the community? Is that all it takes to gain so much unwarranted power, you donate a lot?

As I said, I have no idea if there's any oversight. I doubt there is actually.