Trump administration must release billions in SNAP funds, judge says
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But it is what you assumed .I’m not the one who said it, love
Super judgy comment on your part that makes a lot of assumptions.
lol I’m not the one making up the backstories as you are. You need to stop judging others by your liberal agenda.
Another backstory? All of your stories here requires them to spend money they don’t have on things like insurance or charging or gas if it’s a gas powered car. Maintenance also comes to mind.Maybe their car is paid off, so trading it in so that they can better cosplay as a broke person makes you feel better, but should people be making financial decisions on the performance of poverty you expect of them? Maybe it was gifted to them and they have no payments. Maybe you’re the one making the bad financial choice to pay interest on a loan on a depreciating asset and they’re the smart ones who’ve made better vehicle choices than you. Maybe you’re telling on yourself with your bad car buying habits and projecting it on them.
Not really. You are the one inventing reasons. But I bet that there are quite a few that do game the system. You disagree with that?So your default is people are gaming the system, so those who aren’t should not be fed right along with them, because you saw a news article and determined too many of the cars were too nice.
Lol Drama much?Would you have felt better if the showed up like Dickens-era beggars, with rags and tin cans?
It didn’t come up for me. However, the location of this is next to Rice University which is a super pricy neighborhood so your aha moment just went out the window.30 seconds and I can see you’re wrong. So it seems like you’re not quite the know-it-all you purport to be on cars.
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Nah. You make assumptions. My fundamental belief is that tax payer support of the needy needs to be thoroughly verified often and those that game the system should be prosecuted.So your fundamental belief is that people are bad. Anybody who you look at and judge to not look poor is a lying, system-gaming, car-stealing, crack dealer.
Nah. Imly based on your bar.Again, you’re announcing your bias, not much else.
There are buses and other public transportation that will take you there. Why would you assume that there isn’t? My example was from Houston which does have public transportation. Your assumption again.You doubt it. Why? Because looking at a car you can determine with a certainty better than the officials that examine their finances if they deserve benefits? Public transportation is not universal, and in a car pickup line for food, so you really think there is a bus, train, subway, or trolly that will wait in line so they can access it, then help them hoof it back to their doorstep?
You have not established anything of the sort. And you don’t have a special gnosis about the needy. I congratulate you for working for them.Well, I can because having extensively worked with people in these situations, I’ve seen it. So far we’ve established your information base is “no they aren’t,” “they’re criminals, probably,” “they don’t look poor so they don’t need it,” and “yeah right.”
Which makes it a very uncommon example. I’m glad they are able to function.Before Teslas came out, they didn’t drive, actually. Or hold a job. And collected benefits. Then they got a Tesla, a job, and off benefits. Before that, they were one of those people collecting food pantry food while not looking suitably broke enough for you. Or they were taken by a family member, also in a car that didn’t look suitably poor enough for you.
According to your limited knowledge.Then you have zero idea of what you’re talking about.
I did apply for them a long time ago but not lately as you structured your question.You clearly don’t if you’ve not had to apply for any, nor had direct family members under your care who had to. You just know what you’re told from people who want you angry, not informed.
Yours is more extensive than mine but I’ve also had quite a bit of experience working with the needy. I’ve seen both kinds and am sure that so have you.No, actually, I’m using the benefit of the experiences I gained during my 780 hours working a homeless shelter last year, and the 646.27 hours I’ve spent this year. I’m relying on the knowledge I had when I helped in a food pantry when a major employer in our town suddenly closed. The situations I saw while handing out over 500 loaves of bread I made this year, the letters I’ve gotten in my mailbox from people who are in need who got the loaves. The stories I’ve heard pairing people in need with services via volunteer weekends at church.
I do that Saturday and Sunday. I’ve also been on several mission trips to South America, Africa, the Philippines, and Asia providing support, digging water wells, providing health care (along with Doctors Without Borders), teaching people about how to use their resources, etc. No Teslas there.Every Monday, Thursday, and Saturday after Nov first you can find me handing out bags of food to the temporary shelter residents who leave the shelter at 8a just to get back in line to get in that night.
I don’t live paycheck to paycheck. I saved my money and are now retired. If an immigrant like me that came here with nothing can excel so can anyone. It’s all a matter of priorities.You yourself are closer to needing food stamps than being part of the 1%. I don’t forget that because I know most of us are 3 paychecks or less, one medical crisis, one disaster away from ruin. I don’t mistake my hard work and luck as me being better than those who have less than I do.
You have no clue about what you are saying here. Demonizing me does not change the fact that there are people that game the system. You just refuse to accept that.Pointing out you’re making assumptions, being judgmental, and maligning a swath of Americans as cheaters, frauds, and criminals is not a personal attack. If you feel shame over hearing how your words sound, that’s a sign that you need to examine your views, not that people should not question you over viewpoints because it feels mean to answer for them.
Again, you have no idea if what you are talking about. Your uber liberal ideas cloud your judgement and bias.I find it suuuuuper interesting that as a deacon who helps in a food pantry that your malign the people who come to your door seeking help. I wonder if a print off of your comments landed on the front door with your name on it if they’d feel safe getting food, or that your space is a safe one, or that you’re in a position to have spiritual leadership. In any church I was in, somebody speaking like that would get them in serious trouble as it so flies so blatantly in the face of Biblical directives.
My daughter has Crohns so I understand. I still work in door kitchens at least twice a month.Physically worked? Not in a long time; I have Crohn’s disease and working a large kitchen line with others who rely on me for service is rough. I need bathroom access. I make my food at home or work and bring it where it needs to go.
I agree. You do your part and so do I. My only problem I have is your misunderstanding and misinterpretation of what I said and your quick demonization and judgement of me as a person. But, that seems to be par for the course by the uber liberal crowd.That all being said, I used the Instacart donation service last night to send $200 to an underserved pantry in my region, tipping the driver 30%. Last night, I added fresh-baked bread, crackers, cookies and box mixes that use only water to make to the little free library in my front yard. Today, only 2 loaves were left, so I am thawing more, and I added cinnamon rolls, homemade meal replacement cookies, two flats of water, and some crackers.
That’s on top of the donation (soup, bread) I took to the children’s hospital house I took last night. It’s my standing routine to run some meals up there using food I was able to score cheap, or food leftover from work that isn’t enough to use but can’t be donated as-is, or food close-to-date I can bake and send off. I also realized people at the ICU at my hospital are too far from food to leave and get it so I asked permission to leave a crockpot up there or, barring that, a fridge and microwave. Stay tuned.
Specifically? Thursday, from 1ish until 3ish. I made 12 chicken pot pies. Next time I’m back? Tuesday, probably 7am to do a quick dropoff. Then I’ll make and assemble meal kits (15) with breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snacks to hand out to the people in line waiting for it open. This week it’s focaccia BLTs, meal replacer cookies, oatmeal apple bars, sourdough cookies, muffins, and biscuits with cheese, two bottles of water, and one propel powder. Then I’ll be back Thursday. So far, I’m at 645ish hours. Hoping to beat what I did last year. I’m hoping to make 1k loaves of bread, but will probably cap off at 800. I’m at almost 3,000 cookies, though. I’ll clear 5k cookies this year. I don’t know how many muffins.
I also do rando pizza nights in my front yard, open to the public. I have the dough, sauce, cheese, and Ooni I use to bake it off, BYO toppings. I have one this week.
Does the Instacart count? If so, yesterday, $200. If not, $100 on the first to an organization I’m not allowed to mention. If that doesn’t count, $100 to our local MOW on 11/1. Those are just my standing first of the month donations. I make other donations as needed, but actually prefer to make/donate goods, and save my money for over-tipping service industry people and cash-gifting people during the holidays for services. Having worked in the service industry, I feel like it is more effective to give directly to people. Though for fun, I do hide gift cards in my little free library and front yard.
So, I feel comfortable saying that I do my part, and I do so without auditing if they are engaging in suitable performative poverty before getting it. Having been comfortable, broke, broker than that, ok, broke, comfortable, ok, and comfortable again, I know that not everybody who has need looks like they do. Frankly, some of them who need it most look better than those who look far worse.
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