On 1/2/2014 3:34 PM, sf wrote:
> On Thu, 2 Jan 2014 13:19:15 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:
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>> I did not state they should give up their cell phones, no where in my post did I state that so don't try to twist my words so you will feel righteous. What I did say was people getting free meals who may or may not be homeless or out of work but they can afford the latest and greatest phones with ALL the bells and whistles. How can they afford these if they are so 'needy?'
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> The phones can be an older model and the plan inexpensive. Hubby has
> a plan that costs him $75 a year, mine is $35 a month (with data) and
> no contract.
>


Her basic premise is that if you have a cell phone you are not needy.
So I'm wondering, if you are homeless or out of work... how do you find
a job without a phone? Walk into some business, fill out an application
and say "Sorry, I don't have a phone but if you would like to interview
me for a job, we can be found living under the 5th Street overpass?

If you live in a city (like Sheldon did when he was a kid) there are
probably 200+ businesses within a 15 minute walk of your home. Most
people don't live like that any more. If you live in a suburban or
rural area, you NEED a car if you are going to get a job.

The idea that people who own a cell phone or have a ca aren't "needy
enough" ****es me off to no end. 16 MILLION CHILDREN IN THE US LIVE IN
HOMES WHERE THE INCOME IS BELOW THE POVERTY LEVEL! In the richest
country in the world, that is a disgrace.

So let's cut off the food stamp programs that feed these kids because
Mom has a cell phone and that is proof that she isn't "needy enough".

Again... FACT... 83% of food stamp benefits go to families that have
children or elderly. If you are healthy and able to work and have no
dependents, the longest you can collect food stamps is 3 months. Funny
how some people keep overlooking these facts because they are so
outraged over a cell phone or how someone used food stamps to buy potato
chips.

Sometimes people and their attitudes about the poor disgust me. I don't
give a rat's ass if you are a Christian, Buddhist, Holy Roller, Atheist
if you worship dead cats. If you are ANY kind of ethical or moral person
at all, you don't quibble about helping the poor. Period.

George L