tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post29312697914734682..comments2024-03-16T10:18:51.784-07:00Comments on The Next Chapter In My Life: Pleading Poverty While Living High on the HogDebbiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16449564619872452771noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-63755902980620933622012-03-27T16:01:32.223-07:002012-03-27T16:01:32.223-07:00Denise, I do not begrudge families getting special...Denise, I do not begrudge families getting special treats (like steak) now and then on food stamps, we did it also when we were on food stamps once I made sure that we had all the necessities met first and it was a rare occasion that we did that. I am talking about the constant abuse of the system. You sacrificed and did everything you could, just as many others did and do. I have always been so impressed with they way you have and still do sacrifice for your family and community and stretch what you have and are always willing to share with those in need. (((((HUGS))))Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449564619872452771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-51851062309428683772012-03-27T15:46:15.105-07:002012-03-27T15:46:15.105-07:00I whole heartedly agree. . . I've been down th...I whole heartedly agree. . . I've been down the poverty road (you all know my story of using dish towels for diapers and bread wrappers for plastic pants on my oldest). We got food stamps for months - just long enough to heal from surgery then the baby's birth, and get back to work.<br />However, many in true poverty conditions, may not have access to kitchens - so I try not to judge to harshly on the convenience foods. (and we save our food stamps for a steak dinner for our anniversary, I'm sure people thought we should not be able to buy steak with food stamps, but we'd eaten beans and rice for weeks to save enough to get it).De - aka, Denise or Neoma Denisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18081257925737829261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-50150569435919142812012-03-27T13:24:48.553-07:002012-03-27T13:24:48.553-07:00It is sad isn't it. The pleading poverty ment...It is sad isn't it. The pleading poverty mentality is being passed down generation to generation and those around these families suffer the most.Debbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449564619872452771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2283658887503348180.post-14991024338315299512012-03-27T12:53:15.409-07:002012-03-27T12:53:15.409-07:00Oh Debbie, I hear you. I also feel that there sho...Oh Debbie, I hear you. I also feel that there should be a limited time that they are on food stamps, free food, etc. I have watched upclose a family that has it all, they double up families in the same house, have cel phones the kids and parents get into trouble, don't go to school. They have grown up through the years and still live at home, and have never worked either. The whole household drinks and smokes and have pizza's delivered all the time. Big screen tv's and latest video games. They live in state subsidized housing. They destroy the carpeting, break the washer's and dryers, break out the windows and trash the house and yard. Don't pay their garbage bill, so no pickup. They just start throughing all the bags out the windows. Only to have someone come replace their appliances, fix things and clean up their garbage and yard for them. Generation after generation just goes onto welfare and does not work. Yet I see others who can't make ends meet but work two jobs, and get any help.Tatenuphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14333323849412096849noreply@blogger.com