One in Eight Americans Now Receives Food Stamps

I'm not here to argue against the food stamps. They are good. Everybody deserves to eat, if nothing else. I'll even exclude the argument that Americans, even the most measly and poor, have taken to gluttony.


I feel for Grail. I also applied for FAFSA when I was single. All I was approved for was a loan, because my folks made around 40k a year combined (mind you, this was after I moved out and my brother was a teenager, allowing them the ability to both work once again).
The loan was not even that much. Enough to help me through a small amount of community college, and certainly not enough to live off of. And the realistic income from my job in the first 5 years of employment in that field was not much to pay it back without the interest crippling me.

Now, I have a friend who's sister had a baby. She's receiving something like 5 grand a semester to go to school and raise her kid.
I HAD TO JOIN THE FUCKING ARMY TO GET FREE SCHOOL.

Do you see the comparison?


My question is, who the fuck thinks being a mom is a legitimate job? That's what welfare has turned it into. Have a kid? We'll pay your for it.
Some cases are fair. Families are doing what they can or getting by, and tax benefits help them out, or possibly welfare in crippling and uncontrollable situations.
But in most cases that I've seen, it is from unprepared parents having children when they can barely get my themselves. This, by my assessment, is an irresponsible act, especially considering the contraceptive technology we have these days.
Who's being rewarded for this irresponsibility? The parents. Sure, the kids get to eat and have clothes and roof, but it's the parents that get the money. it's the parents we send to higher education, not the children. Do you see the flaw?


Overall, there is just not enough money for the amount of people who want it. The solution I honestly believe would help is to have government funded vasectomy and tubal litigation programs and administer tax benefits to those who've taken advantage of them, and on top of that, stop issuing tax benefits to families beyond 2 children. Why the fuck do I need to pay for your 3rd, 4th, and 5th? YOU pay for them.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Bradylama

Of course! We should just let those parents stay ignorant, low-income earners so their kids can be too when they grow up. Somebody's got to flip my burgers.

Additional Spam:
I understand the injustice that you had to join the military to get an education, but the solution to that problem is to make education free, not make it harder for single parents to get an education.

Well, from my viewpoint, people aren't that likely to change once they start fucking up. And I know you can't politically apply this stereotype, but I honestly think that if you want help these families out of poverty, you would start with the generation that hasn't muggled it up yet.

Free education does sound appealing, though.

How ya doing, buddy?