Obama Bought Many of His Votes with Taxpayer Dollars

That's okay. Big daddy sugar will increase their stipend.

 

If the #2 most common degree wasn't psychology/sociology majors, I'd agree with you.

 

Not if it's not really stealing. As Americans we are entitled to food stamps if we qualify. It's not stealing. The programs were set up by democratically elected officials. Taxpayers gave them permission to have the money.

 

Why do you assume they are desperate?

 

Reported for WHAT? Because I pointed out you're a 17 yr old still home w/parents supporting you and you're here telling homeowners, business owners to shut up and just deal w/the godawful mess this country is in and how Obama is handling it?

You have audaciousness that flies right off the chart........

 

You're right. They should probably be investigated. Most people who actually need food stamps don't go around acting stupid with them. That's how they eat.

 

That's not how it works. You don't get to request more money than you get. You get what you get.

 

Its not against the law to be a millionaire on food stamps.

 

They're still more likely to get a job than a high school graduate. Maybe not in their fields as much but they still tend to get well paying middle class jobs.

 

Thats not really the point. Unlike the previous decade, the tables have turned. Those aged 18-29 have the largest unemployment rate in the country while having the largest student debt ever. Its best to be old and uneducated.

 

It is if you're income is that of a millionaire. But I do get where you're going. You shouldn't be allowed to get food stamps if you've won the lottery or recently received a large inheritance or any other way you'd become a millionaire without an income.

Of course it's difficult to prove this because it would require you showing your bank account information. Which is supposed to be protected by the right to privacy. But maybe some privacy rights should be forgotten about when getting food stamps. Because I agree... you should not be on food stamps if you have a lot of money in the bank.

 

Or be young and educated in something in demand. I have no problem finding work as a 26 year old recent graduate with a B.S in Computer Science.

 

We, computer science majors, are fine.

Arts degrees are given the same benefits as nursing degrees. It makes no sense.

 

Would you support a government panel of job demand experts weighing out what majors are the most in demand and handing out extra grants to those majors?

 

Are you saying poor people don't go to college?

Are you saying poor people should have to choose between eating and getting an education?

My wife worked two jobs to put herself through college. Lucky for her, her boyfriend at the time paid the rent. Had that not been the case, she might not have been able to afford tuition.

Plenty of poor people go to college thanks to student loans. Should they have to borrow even *more* money to eat, just so they don't use food stamps?

This just smacks of another shallow conservative "analysis", probably picked up from conservative talk radio, that betrays a serious lack of understanding of the real world.

 

No. It would be preferable that there was no guaranteed loan program. Get your loan from the private sector. There should be risk associated with taking a loan.

But I also support free public colleges, to train for real world needs.

 

In Michigan I was able to go to community college effectively for free. I only wish I had been smarter about which credits would transfer to my 4 year university. I just took the computer science major figuring that would transfer the best. But none of my CS credits transferred. Only general. But if people really pay attention to what credits transfer it's a great way to cut the cost of education.

 

Of course not.....

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That's what my wife did. Two years of CC at 1/3 the cost, then transferred to the University to finish.

 

I did. With my own money. Food stamps do not take beer and cigarettes off your bill. Have you used food stamps? I have. I would know. You can't buy beer and cigarettes.

If it's happening it's happening illegally.

 

Good for her. It's really a great way to do it. I try to tell that to all the kids I know about to go to college. Especially the ones with poor families. I also tell them don't go to the best college for the sake of going to the best college. You can get employed just fine out of a regular old state college.

 

Yep. State schools provide a great yet affordable education -- says this University of Minnesota alum.

Although the "affordable" part is getting sketchy thanks to the rapid rise in tuition over the past 10-20 years.

 

Thank you guaranteed student loan program.

 

To an extent, yes. Adding demand for a product drives the price of that product up.

To a larger extent, it's due to states cutting back on funding for their university systems.

 

Nope its all this.



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The two largest focus of the administration and congress are causing the most inflation. Weird how that works...