Government computer glitches

[Adam]

[Celeste Chalfonte]

Yeah, that really describes the people I saw standing in line at Dollar Tree when the announcement was made. Oops, no. They looked more like old folks in old clothes buying big boxes of cereal past the use-by date. But don't let me rain on your holier-than-thou party.

[Gramps]

Yeah, that really describes the people I saw standing in line at Dollar Tree when the announcement was made. Oops, no. They looked more like old folks in old clothes buying big boxes of cereal past the use-by date. But don't let me rain on your holier-than-thou party.

And I'm having a hard time believing your observation.

[Celeste Chalfonte]

And I'm having a hard time believing your observation.

I'm sure it's more comfortable that way.

[phillygirl]

I'm sure it's more comfortable that way.

Well, since only 10% of people that receive food stamps are elderly, it's odd that the store you were in seemed to favor elderly people that were affected. Maybe it's simply that elderly frequent dollar tree in numbers far exceeding the younger members of the population.

[gary m]

Well, since only 10% of people that receive food stamps are elderly, it's odd that the store you were in seemed to favor elderly people that were affected. Maybe it's simply that elderly frequent dollar tree in numbers far exceeding the younger members of the population.

Older people are probably at the Dollar Tree to stretch their budget.
Younger members are probably at Whole Foods buying free range grown arugula.

[Celeste Chalfonte]

Well, since only 10% of people that receive food stamps are elderly, it's odd that the store you were in seemed to favor elderly people that were affected. Maybe it's simply that elderly frequent dollar tree in numbers far exceeding the younger members of the population.

I didn't say there were mobs of them. That's who was ahead of me in line.

But based on my past experiences, both as a welfare administrator and in stores, I'd estimate that well fewer than 10% of food stamp recipients have iPhones.

[Celeste Chalfonte]

Older people are probably at the Dollar Tree to stretch their budget.
Younger members are probably at Whole Foods buying free range grown arugula.

Do you use index cards to keep your stereotypes straight, or are you just good at it?

[gary m]

Do you use index cards to keep your stereotypes straight, or are you just good at it?

What can I say, it's a gift.
You're not blonde by any chance are you?

[Adam]

I didn't say there were mobs of them. That's who was ahead of me in line.

But based on my past experiences, both as a welfare administrator and in stores, I'd estimate that well fewer than 10% of food stamp recipients have iPhones.

Well, sure. Some have Androids.


Look, I have said more times than I can count that there are people out there who are genuinely in need, either temporarily or permanently. I have absolutely no problem with helping those people out, and I never have had a problem with that. As a compassionate society, we need to do that. But the simple fact is that there are a shit ton of people who are milking the system, and there are plenty of people out there who are poor because their priorities are out of whack. That is how people wind up with iPhones while they are on food stamps. And I'm sorry, but if you're on food stamps, the folks administering that program need to be forcing people off of their iPhones and Androids and expensive unlimited data plans and instead force these people to get their shit straight. If you can't afford to feed, clothe, and house yourself and your family, then you sure as shit can't afford an iPhone or spinner rims or a damned plasma-screen. The rest of us, when we get into a financial bind, start selling shit and cutting back on luxuries. There's no valid reason in the world that people on government assistance should not be forced to do the same thing: no cable, no expensive phone plan, no high-speed internet, no fancy rims on your car, and for God's sake, no booze, drugs, or smokes. And enforce the hell out of it. Those who are genuinely needy will readily comply because they're already living as frugally as possible. Those who are just sponging off the system will flee it in no time at all, or else get kicked off if that's what it comes down to.

[Billy Jingo]

Spinning rims?

Are you serious or is it just a cultural reference that appeals to stereotypes and modern American racist imagery?

[Adam]

Spinning rims?

Are you serious or is it just a cultural reference that appeals to stereotypes and modern American racist imagery?

Get your race card laminated. It'll last longer.



You can try to pretend that there aren't plenty of people out there buying shit that they don't need while they're sucking up food stamps, and other government assistance, but no one is going to believe you.

[gary m]

Never let a crisis go to waste
meanwhile in Louisiana...

Walmart and local police in Springhill and Mansfield confirmed to CBS affiliate KSLA that officers were called into the stores to help maintain order Saturday as shoppers swept through the aisles at two stores and bought as much as they could carry.
...
Amateur video taken on shoppers' cell phones shows dozens of shopping carts, piled high with merchandise, abandoned in the aisles of one Walmart after the announcement was made that EBT cards were once again showing accurate spending limits.

No stereotypes, just good old American ingenuity at work.

[Billy Jingo]

Get your race card laminated. It'll last longer.

I am sure you were talking about rural Arkansas EBT users that take their spinning rims out to the deer woods.

You can try to pretend that there aren't plenty of people out there buying shit that they don't need while they're sucking up food stamps, and other government assistance, but no one is going to believe you.

And you can pretend you don't deal in modern racist imagery.

[Adam]

I am sure you were talking about rural Arkansas EBT users that take their spinning rims out to the deer woods.

If that's what hunters in rural Arkansas do. If they're taking their XLT Lariat Eddie Bauer edition Explorer out to go hunt, that's just as bad.

And you can pretend you don't deal in modern racist imagery.

I don't need to pretend. Just because you have decided to get yourself twisted up into a pretzel declaring something "RACIST!!!1111!!1" does not mean that it actually is. Sorry about your meme.