Food stamp fraud rampant: GAO report

[Scataphagos]

I pay for mine and I pay for yours. And I don't eat filet mignon. Nor lobster, nor caviar.

Ironic.

 

[loyek590]

So how many shelters for battered women do you have in San Diego?

Christians don't need battered women shelters. There is always a family in the church that will take in a sister in need. And all her children. And the man will get a stern talking to. And he will not see the woman again until he changes his wayward ways or ends up in jail.

 

[piezoe]

Depends on what you're eating and where you live. A 6oz filet every day would be $210 a month at $19/lb, so, no, it wouldn't be difficult for a single man to eat $180 in groceries in a month.

Yes, they could be more efficient, but the food stamp allowance is not a blanket amount. What you get depends at least in part on assets. Perhaps a more productive study would be means-testing for Social Security. It was begun, after all, as a literal social safety net. How many old Congressmen who are forever complaining about government waste are collecting and cashing Social Security checks (Ron Paul, for one)?

If you begin to means test, you would be changing the nature of social security away from essentially a defined benefit pension plan to more of a hybrid between defined benefit and welfare. The welfare element as of now is relatively minor and comes from the pension formula which provides a somewhat greater ROI to the average lower income retiree then to those who earned more. In addition retirees with significant additional retirement income pay income tax on a portion of their S.S. benefits, whereas the benefits of those getting by mainly on Social Security alone are not taxed. Social Security pensions are based on contributions over one's 35 highest earning years. Earlier contributions are weighted more heavily than later contributions.

 

[jem]

Its funny you should mention that... because I was specifically thinking of all the people who dedicate their lives helping women and children at a women's shelter in Tijuana. I saw some of the sisters who do that work at the Catholic church in Solana Beach.

The story of the sisters was amazing and so was the the large and consistent food drive the volunteers at the church organize.

why? you made the bigoted statements not me. I see the people giving their time distributing food and making shelters. I see all the volunteers helping everyone.

I hear the sermons... like the one we had today about James' teaching that faith without works is dead.

You just spew ignorance and hate, with your anti christian crap and you white privilege threads. You need to examine your core. find out why you wish to be so divisive. Wonder how you and your ilk could feel so smug as you are dealing out such slime for a few coins of silver.

 

[dbphoenix]

Its funny you should mention that... because I was specifically thinking of all the people who dedicate their lives helping women and children at a women's shelter in Tijuana. I saw some of the sisters who do that work at the Catholic church in Solana Beach.

The story of the sisters was amazing and so was the the large and consistent food drive the volunteers at the church organize.

The question was about battered women's shelters in San Diego. But if you'd rather not pursue it, that's fine.

 

[jem]

your question is a non sequitor intended to distract from the bigotry you manifested, so I responded the way I wished. If you actually took your own question seriously you would have looked it up.. compared and contrasted to the past... and then used it to somehow explain the cause or basis of your bigotry.

 

[DHOHHI]

your question is a non sequitor intended to distract from the bigotry you manifested, so I responded the way I wished.

If he were computer literate he could have done a search ... I found a number of shelters in SD.

 

[Tsing Tao]

If he were computer literate he could have done a search ... I found a number of shelters in SD.

Oh, he'll send you to search when you ask him to prove a point, but when it's your point - don't expect him to lift a finger.

 

[dbphoenix]

your question is a non sequitor intended to distract from the bigotry you manifested, so I responded the way I wished.

In other words, you don't know. So please don't pursue the course that "we" -- whoever "we" might be -- are taking care of the problem on their own (see posts 28 and 29).

 

[jem]

Please don't have the arrogance to presume to tell me which groups I am part of and whether we is appropriate.

When a bigot attacks and tries to minimize a group... we are all we.

In other words, you don't know. So please don't pursue the course that "we" -- whoever "we" might be -- are taking care of the problem on their own (see posts 28 and 29).