20% of Oregonians are on food stamps

[Wheels]

a kid that works for me (college student) gets food stamps because he's a full time student and "responsible for buying his own food".

the fucking kid lives with his parents, and he didn't lie on the application.

wow thats odd.. is that in Mass? I cant remember what state you are in lol. Here in Oregon is someone is even considered half time student (varies from school to school what half time is) the person has to meet special criteria to even be eligible for Food Stamps. They have to be working average of 20 hours per week, or meet some special work study programs, or be like unfit for work physically.

Also in Oregon if you live with your parents you have to be 22 to apply seperately from them. If you are under 22 then sorry, you have to apply with your parents if you want to apply, and we have to count their income.

 

[44Thrilla]

wow thats odd.. is that in Mass? I cant remember what state you are in lol. Here in Oregon is someone is even considered half time student (varies from school to school what half time is) the person has to meet special criteria to even be eligible for Food Stamps. They have to be working average of 20 hours per week, or meet some special work study programs, or be like unfit for work physically.

Also in Oregon if you live with your parents you have to be 22 to apply seperately from them. If you are under 22 then sorry, you have to apply with your parents if you want to apply, and we have to count their income.

the great state of RI is responsible for that.

 

[Wheels]

the great state of RI is responsible for that.

dang.. someone other than Cali who runs the Food Stamp program worse than us.

Yeah the most common complaints I get are "But how am I supposed to pay for College!??" or "I have a $2000 mortgage though!!"

Well I'm sorry that you decided to live out of your means, or can no longer live within those means you could before.. but these are FOOD stamps, not College Stamps, or Mortgage Stamps.

I have actually gotten frustrated with a client and told them that lol. They threatened to call the Govenor Advocacy on me, but I never heard anything.

 

[maxiep]

LOL @ "Food stamp recovery". Brutal.

http://www.weeklystandard.com/blogs...ill-not-good-enough-reelect-obama_559238.html

 

[maxiep]

Here's a heartwarming story that will make you realize we all need help from the government to feed ourselves.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/yblog_local...gan-lottery-winner-defends-use-of-food-stamps

 

[maxiep]

And if this condition isn't a metaphor for what government assistance turns you into, I don't know what is: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/17/senator-questions-benefits-to-adult-baby/

 

[Wheels]

interesting about keeping his winnings in the bank. I've never had an ammount even near 1/10th of that in the bank so I dont know about interest levels.

But with FS here at least Resources dont count (unfortunately) yet Interest in a bank account each month would. I've never had a case where interest would be so high that it makes a difference though. In fact I dont think I've seen a case with more than $4,000 in bank accounts. Wonder what $1 million in the bank would brin in interest wise per month?

 

[Wheels]

And if this condition isn't a metaphor for what government assistance turns you into, I don't know what is: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/17/senator-questions-benefits-to-adult-baby/

wow... just wow

 

[maxiep]

wow... just wow

Here's more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/05/03/adult-baby-national-geographic-taboo_n_857074.html

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[BrianFromWA]

In an email response to The Washington Times, Mr. Thornton threatened to kill himself if his Social Security payments are taken away, and said the television episode showing him doing woodwork oversold his abilities.

“You wanna test how damn serious I am about leaving this world, screw with my check that pays for this apartment and food. Try it. See how serious I am. I don’t care,” the California man said. “I have no problem killing myself. Take away the last thing keeping me here, and see what happens. Next time you see me on the news, it will be me in a body bag.”

Mr. Thornton was featured in early May on National Geographic Channel’s “Taboo” program along with Miss Dias, a former nurse who feeds him a bottle and otherwise attends to his needs when he is dressed in diapers.

In the episode, he shows off the adult-sized crib he built and sleeps in, and the cameras follow him to the hardware store where he buys wood for his latest do-it-yourself project — an elevated high chair that is capable of holding his ample frame.

I call.

 

[Wheels]

I call.

I'm all in.

 

[PapaG]

I call.

Dude should kill himself for being seen on TV wearing a diaper and sleeping in a crib.

 

[EL PRESIDENTE]

like he has any other options in life. look at him.

 

[Ed O]

“You wanna test how damn serious I am about leaving this world, screw with my check that pays for this apartment and food. Try it. See how serious I am. I don’t care,” the California man said. “I have no problem killing myself. Take away the last thing keeping me here, and see what happens. Next time you see me on the news, it will be me in a body bag.”

Bye-bye, baby.

Ed O.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

i will kill myself from a hunger strike if you dont give me free food to eat

 

[Paine Tablet]

Bye-bye, baby.

Ed O.

So you give up on him? What if he was 12 and saying these things? Would you give up on him then? It's obvious he's a victim of serious trauma to be thinking such thoughts(thinking such thoughts is trauma in itself besides). I see no problem with him receiving SSI. His life must be torture.

 

[3RA1N1AC]

what if he were a plant? then you could sell him to a traveling circus! he could work the sideshow as "vine man" the half plant baby person, maybe then you could barter some magic beans to use in a top secret moon landing experiment on flatulence in low g situations. then i would never give up on him ever ever.

 

[Paine Tablet]

what if he were a plant? then you could sell him to a traveling circus! he could work the sideshow as "vine man" the half plant baby person, maybe then you could barter some magic beans to use in a top secret moon landing experiment on flatulence in low g situations. then i would never give up on him ever ever.

Eat dirt, slimesauce.

 

[Shooter]

Oh, c'mon, people. This is the "hope and change" that Obama promised us!

 

[3RA1N1AC]

Eat dirt, slimesauce.

i dont have any dirt stamps, sowwy cant afford it

 

[MARIS61]

And if this condition isn't a metaphor for what government assistance turns you into, I don't know what is: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/may/17/senator-questions-benefits-to-adult-baby/

An obvious case of fraud, which now that it has come to light I assume will result in criminal penalties and financial restitution.

 

[MARIS61]

Oh, c'mon, people. This is the "hope and change" that Obama promised us!

Pretty sure these lowlifes were approved during the Bush reign of incompetence, not recently.

 

[maxiep]

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB100...401412033504294.html?mod=WSJ_newsreel_opinion

 

[Ed O]

So you give up on him? What if he was 12 and saying these things? Would you give up on him then? It's obvious he's a victim of serious trauma to be thinking such thoughts(thinking such thoughts is trauma in itself besides). I see no problem with him receiving SSI. His life must be torture.

I didn't see this post, but I'll respond to it: a 12 year-old is a child. Society has a more sever responsibility to give children a chance to succeed.

If an adult wants to kill himself, then (in my opinion) he should be able to. Let those of us who want to live do so.

To think that we should want to expend resources to keep him around--to respond to a thread like that by continuing to feed and house him--is just idiocy.

Ed O.

 

[Paine Tablet]

I didn't see this post, but I'll respond to it: a 12 year-old is a child. Society has a more sever responsibility to give children a chance to succeed.

If an adult wants to kill himself, then (in my opinion) he should be able to. Let those of us who want to live do so.

To think that we should want to expend resources to keep him around--to respond to a thread like that by continuing to feed and house him--is just idiocy.

Ed O.

I suppose if it was your mother you wouldn't support her either. I must be an idiot.

Edit: If he wanted to kill himself he would have done it already. What do you propose we do with housed criminals who end up costing the taxpayer vastly greater resources? Are you arguing this vast difference is worth it to keep you a little more safe? This man has done nothing wrong as far as I am concerned, yet because he is not a criminal he is banished to the streets : a breeding ground for criminal behavior. He either kills himself or he wills to live on, unable to care for himself as a normal person. He might adapt, he most likely won't. Good riddance.

 

[PapaG]

I suppose if it was your mother you wouldn't support her either.

It's not his mother. It's a grown fat man who wears a diaper and sleeps in a crib who says he won't live if taxpayers won't support him.

I must be an idiot.

I think you're on to something there.

Edit: If he wanted to kill himself he would have done it already. What do you propose we do with housed criminals who end up costing the taxpayer vastly greater resources? Are you arguing this vast difference is worth it to keep you a little more safe? This man has done nothing wrong as far as I am concerned, yet because he is not a criminal he is banished to the streets : a breeding ground for criminal behavior. He either kills himself or he wills to live on, unable to care for himself as a normal person. He might adapt, he most likely won't. Good riddance.

Yep. Darwin got that one right. My first clue was when he allowed himself to be filmed for a national TV show while wearing a baby diaper.

 

[PapaG]

Mr. Poopy Pants looks like he can afford to skip some meals.

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