I have never gotten the 'anger' we used to see from Griff or Gordo or even rican on the topic of food stamps and steaks.. who really cares that these people get a steak once a month.. in order to get food stamps they have to be so low on the income chart that why begrudge them one or two good meals a month? Why do we care what is in someone else's refrigerator or shopping cart? Why do we want to humiliate them on top of the humilation they already have by being on FS, by making the grovel like slaves and say "Thank you Master" like some weird 'Igor' pet when they buy their monthly groceries..
OMG they have a cell phone and they are on food stamps? So what? did it occur to you that that cell might be their only phone? How can they seek employment without a phone?
OMG they are driving a better car than I am? And? They might just be living in it as well. Or maybe when they bought the car they had a stable job with a good income, but now that job's gone and they are starving.. but they need the car to get back and forth in life and can't sell it because it's paid for and can't afford payments on something else or don't want to take a chance on a 'used' car breaking down on them..
who cares! you don't know what situation they are in so stop fucking begrudging them food...! Unless you want to switch places with them by having their food stamps along with their poor lives, then shut the fuck up already. This is America, we feed our poor!
Christian values my ass...
Ha, Christian values...but I digress.
It's Reagan's war on the poor all over again. Well, it never actually went away, it just had to bite it's lip after welfare reform. Now there's a new bar and the new bar needs to be lowered again because of gluttony of the few. Question: How far do you lower the bar on something, to distract from and hide the fact that you're really covering up for something else? Answer? You don't stop, fuck'em. If I've learned anything from the GOP, it's that.
Government fraud and waste SHOULD be addressed, with a vengeance...but while you're swinging that vengeance around, quit manufacturing false outrage in the process. Food stamp Queen, Welfare Queen...it's the same thing. The GOP has been masterful for quite some time with the messaging. The problem is now it's not the unknown faces of poverty bearing the humiliation and vitriol anymore. NOW it's ticking further up...and guess what? People are starting to realize that perhaps they were hasty in their stereotypes and assumptions because...now their THOSE people as well. They say many people are incapable of empathizing or being critical beyond their own reality. Well welcome to a reality that was always there! WELCOME ABOARD YA BUNCH OF WORTHLESS, LAZY MOOCHERS! How's it feel to know that you're a piece of fuck'in shit because you need food stamps?
You don't get to be excluded and pretend you're not a piece of fuck'in shit because you're "different." Oh no. You're EXACTLY who the GOP is talking about. It doesn't matter about your circumstance or what fucking you received from a trickle down mentality and how hard you've been struggling to change that reality or avoid it. None of that matters. All that matters is you're a fuckin piece of shit, who's obviously not trying hard enough. You're pathetic and you're a drain on society. So keep pretending that this is only temporary for you...that you're not one of "them" and that the disdain is for someone else...because it's not.
