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		<title>By: Mark N Starla Traina</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Mark N Starla Traina]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2014 04:18:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[PRISON ENTITLEMENTS 2014

 

 

Obama Administration: &#039;Free&#039; Cell Phones for Black
Prisoners

 

 

You&#039;ve heard of the
&quot;Obama phone&quot; -- the so-called &quot;free&quot; cell phones given
away to people at the expense of taxpayers. Now, the Obama Administration
through Attorney General Eric Holder has a new plan: &quot;free&quot; cell
phones and bus money. That&#039;s right. Become a convict and get free counseling,
phones, training... you name it! This is our government at work!

On Monday, the Department of Justice announced a new program
which AG Eric Holder says &quot;will require all 200-plus halfway houses in the
federal system to offer standardized treatment to prisoners with mental health
and substance abuse issues.&quot; Question... if a prisoner is locked up for
years, away from drugs and alcohol, why would they need treatment for substance
abuse once they got out?

In addition to those
programs, the halfway houses will &quot;have to provide greater assistance to
inmates who are pursuing job opportunities, such as permitting cell phones to
be used by inmates and providing funds for transportation.&quot; This looks
like the case of Obama phone!

 

1)      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio&amp;feature=player_embedded

 

 

2)      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio&amp;feature=player_embedded#t=14

 

 

3)      http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/2014/03/25/obama-administration-free-cell-phones-for-prisoners-2/

 

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of WHITE PEOPLE]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PRISON ENTITLEMENTS 2014</p>
<p>Obama Administration: &#8216;Free&#8217; Cell Phones for Black<br />
Prisoners</p>
<p>You&#8217;ve heard of the<br />
&#8220;Obama phone&#8221; &#8212; the so-called &#8220;free&#8221; cell phones given<br />
away to people at the expense of taxpayers. Now, the Obama Administration<br />
through Attorney General Eric Holder has a new plan: &#8220;free&#8221; cell<br />
phones and bus money. That&#8217;s right. Become a convict and get free counseling,<br />
phones, training&#8230; you name it! This is our government at work!</p>
<p>On Monday, the Department of Justice announced a new program<br />
which AG Eric Holder says &#8220;will require all 200-plus halfway houses in the<br />
federal system to offer standardized treatment to prisoners with mental health<br />
and substance abuse issues.&#8221; Question&#8230; if a prisoner is locked up for<br />
years, away from drugs and alcohol, why would they need treatment for substance<br />
abuse once they got out?</p>
<p>In addition to those<br />
programs, the halfway houses will &#8220;have to provide greater assistance to<br />
inmates who are pursuing job opportunities, such as permitting cell phones to<br />
be used by inmates and providing funds for transportation.&#8221; This looks<br />
like the case of Obama phone!</p>
<p>1)      <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio&#038;feature=player_embedded" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio&#038;feature=player_embedded</a></p>
<p>2)      <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio&#038;feature=player_embedded#t=14" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpAOwJvTOio&#038;feature=player_embedded#t=14</a></p>
<p>3)      <a href="http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/2014/03/25/obama-administration-free-cell-phones-for-prisoners-2/" rel="nofollow">http://www.gopusa.com/theloft/2014/03/25/obama-administration-free-cell-phones-for-prisoners-2/</a></p>
<p>NATIONAL ASSOCIATION for the ADVANCEMENT of WHITE PEOPLE</p>
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		<title>By: JustAnotherTroll</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[JustAnotherTroll]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Nov 2013 18:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What good would envy be, if it did not cut both ways for the working man/woman. You envy the rich because they do not have to work like you do. You envy the poor because they too do not have to work. In many cases, the poor are simply playing the game better than you. They did not write the laws, make the rules of how to apply and be eligible for SNAP and other benefits. They learn them and know them and then following the rules maximize their advantage. If such a thing is done in the &quot;free market&quot; then you are an entrepreneur, take advantage of programs being offered and you are a deadbeat. I know first hand of a group of farmers at the township meeting complaining about having to pay $250 out of the general assistance fund to buy cancer meds, and then after the meeting complaining that they the government was only going to pay them $60,000 in counter-cyclical payments (farmer welfare). Perhaps it would be more palatable if SNAP recipients had to fill out more paperwork like academics do with their grants and fellowships (Academic welfare).]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>What good would envy be, if it did not cut both ways for the working man/woman. You envy the rich because they do not have to work like you do. You envy the poor because they too do not have to work. In many cases, the poor are simply playing the game better than you. They did not write the laws, make the rules of how to apply and be eligible for SNAP and other benefits. They learn them and know them and then following the rules maximize their advantage. If such a thing is done in the &#8220;free market&#8221; then you are an entrepreneur, take advantage of programs being offered and you are a deadbeat. I know first hand of a group of farmers at the township meeting complaining about having to pay $250 out of the general assistance fund to buy cancer meds, and then after the meeting complaining that they the government was only going to pay them $60,000 in counter-cyclical payments (farmer welfare). Perhaps it would be more palatable if SNAP recipients had to fill out more paperwork like academics do with their grants and fellowships (Academic welfare).</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:56:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So you only know 2 recipients of welfare.  Not really enough to draw a conclusion.  I don&#039;t actually know any but I expect there are many on the verge of suicide.  In the &#039;20s it was the bankers throwing themselves off the rooftops, now it&#039;s the working classes.  I think we should keep the drug problem separate from the economy.  There should be room in a prosperous country for a small percentage of non-productive residents.  Ditto refugees.  


To those of the Far Right, don&#039;t forget that it was the Socialists that came to the rescue of the Capitalists, bailing them out of the mess they had made of everything. 



So long as you continue to give 51% of your income to the Pentagon, there is no hope of a recovery.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So you only know 2 recipients of welfare.  Not really enough to draw a conclusion.  I don&#8217;t actually know any but I expect there are many on the verge of suicide.  In the &#8217;20s it was the bankers throwing themselves off the rooftops, now it&#8217;s the working classes.  I think we should keep the drug problem separate from the economy.  There should be room in a prosperous country for a small percentage of non-productive residents.  Ditto refugees.  </p>
<p>To those of the Far Right, don&#8217;t forget that it was the Socialists that came to the rescue of the Capitalists, bailing them out of the mess they had made of everything. </p>
<p>So long as you continue to give 51% of your income to the Pentagon, there is no hope of a recovery.</p>
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		<title>By: Eunomia2013</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eunomia2013]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 14:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Detroit was once the automotive capital of the world!  60 years of control by liberal Democrat politicians and union goons turned it into a bankrupt, crime ridden slum full of welfare junkies.  

ANYTHING would have been a better alternative!]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Detroit was once the automotive capital of the world!  60 years of control by liberal Democrat politicians and union goons turned it into a bankrupt, crime ridden slum full of welfare junkies.  </p>
<p>ANYTHING would have been a better alternative!</p>
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		<title>By: jespasinthru</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[jespasinthru]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because somebody is considered &quot;poor&quot; by American standards doesn&#039;t mean they shouldn&#039;t have creature comforts like microwaves, washers &amp; dryers, and even flat-screen TVs. All of those things can be purchased cheaply at thrift stores and pawn shops. And the reason they invented food stamps in the first place is because so many young men were entering the military with health problems cause by malnutrition in a country with such an abundance of food. The massive fraud in the current program started at the top as Uncle Sam became &quot;a fool and his money&quot;.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Just because somebody is considered &#8220;poor&#8221; by American standards doesn&#8217;t mean they shouldn&#8217;t have creature comforts like microwaves, washers &amp; dryers, and even flat-screen TVs. All of those things can be purchased cheaply at thrift stores and pawn shops. And the reason they invented food stamps in the first place is because so many young men were entering the military with health problems cause by malnutrition in a country with such an abundance of food. The massive fraud in the current program started at the top as Uncle Sam became &#8220;a fool and his money&#8221;.</p>
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		<title>By: Dylan Felts</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Dylan Felts]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 12:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2 people I know who have magic cards, sell them for money for drugs.  Every month of every year they lie in wait for them, (like clock work they come) then it&#039;s off to see their dealer.  Bliss to keep their ignorance in tip top shape.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The 2 people I know who have magic cards, sell them for money for drugs.  Every month of every year they lie in wait for them, (like clock work they come) then it&#8217;s off to see their dealer.  Bliss to keep their ignorance in tip top shape.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:48:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would be looking at the 51% of the budget that goes to the Pentagon before I screwed the last cent out of the unemployed.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I would be looking at the 51% of the budget that goes to the Pentagon before I screwed the last cent out of the unemployed.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:47:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[OK, but what do you offer as an alternative?  You exported all the jobs to the East.  Look at Detroit.  Bring the work back and THEN talk about welfare cuts.  Strange that during boom years no-one minds the welfare system.  Once the bubble bursts and more and more of the nouveau middle classes hit the skids, we are bombarded with right-wing media bashing of &quot;The welfare junkies&quot;.  It is true.  A small proportion are on the fiddle and scrounge. However, a far larger proportion of MPs are guilty of false accounting and fraud.  From them a public apology is deemed a fitting punishment.  It&#039;s prison for the miserable petty thief.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>OK, but what do you offer as an alternative?  You exported all the jobs to the East.  Look at Detroit.  Bring the work back and THEN talk about welfare cuts.  Strange that during boom years no-one minds the welfare system.  Once the bubble bursts and more and more of the nouveau middle classes hit the skids, we are bombarded with right-wing media bashing of &#8220;The welfare junkies&#8221;.  It is true.  A small proportion are on the fiddle and scrounge. However, a far larger proportion of MPs are guilty of false accounting and fraud.  From them a public apology is deemed a fitting punishment.  It&#8217;s prison for the miserable petty thief.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 07:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mine was a polite request for simple figures.  Yours was a rude and unhelpful response with obvious assumptions about my personality; something you are  (and never will be in a position to know).  You are probably aware of the expression.  &quot;All flash and no cash.&quot;  It is not always possible to ascertain a man&#039;s wealth by the size of his watch,  and I&#039;m more interest in the inside of the poor family&#039;s home than what is parked outside the gate.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mine was a polite request for simple figures.  Yours was a rude and unhelpful response with obvious assumptions about my personality; something you are  (and never will be in a position to know).  You are probably aware of the expression.  &#8220;All flash and no cash.&#8221;  It is not always possible to ascertain a man&#8217;s wealth by the size of his watch,  and I&#8217;m more interest in the inside of the poor family&#8217;s home than what is parked outside the gate.</p>
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		<title>By: Eunomia2013</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Eunomia2013]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2013 05:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight&#039;s Boardwalk Empire had a gangster in collusion with the mayor to secure voters and who supplies heroin to miserable junkies.  Our gangster president creates welfare junkies to secure voters.

Make believe &amp; real life walking hand in hand.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Tonight&#8217;s Boardwalk Empire had a gangster in collusion with the mayor to secure voters and who supplies heroin to miserable junkies.  Our gangster president creates welfare junkies to secure voters.</p>
<p>Make believe &amp; real life walking hand in hand.</p>
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		<title>By: knowshistory</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[knowshistory]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 19:05:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[there is really no sense in even  discussing the welfare dependency problem.   the time to  correct that problem, was several years ago, when the welfare lobby did not outnumber the workers.   now that welfarists have achieved critical mass(a majority) there is no solution but to watch the government go bankrupt,  have the civil war that is the only possible outcome,   and see who wins.    it will  really interesting if the welfarists win...............will they formalize the defacto slavery we are now experiencing with the whips and chains of chattel slavery?   that would be the most likely outcome.    if the workers win,  will they eradicate the freeloader class?   time will tell.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>there is really no sense in even  discussing the welfare dependency problem.   the time to  correct that problem, was several years ago, when the welfare lobby did not outnumber the workers.   now that welfarists have achieved critical mass(a majority) there is no solution but to watch the government go bankrupt,  have the civil war that is the only possible outcome,   and see who wins.    it will  really interesting if the welfarists win&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;will they formalize the defacto slavery we are now experiencing with the whips and chains of chattel slavery?   that would be the most likely outcome.    if the workers win,  will they eradicate the freeloader class?   time will tell.</p>
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		<title>By: Notalibfool</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Notalibfool]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 16:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Regardless of evidence you would stick to your assumptions. And yes, there are plenty of SUVs at the &quot;poor&quot; people&#039;s apartments.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Regardless of evidence you would stick to your assumptions. And yes, there are plenty of SUVs at the &#8220;poor&#8221; people&#8217;s apartments.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[That should read:  The lady doth protest too much, methinks.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That should read:  The lady doth protest too much, methinks.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:06:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#039;t live in the States so I don&#039;t know what those in receipt of welfare get but I find it hard to believe it runs to buying SUVs. Some actual figures would be useful.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I don&#8217;t live in the States so I don&#8217;t know what those in receipt of welfare get but I find it hard to believe it runs to buying SUVs. Some actual figures would be useful.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 08:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The &#039;pride&#039; continued long after the Great Depression.  At least it did in Britain.  However, this &#039;pride&#039; was heavily promoted by the tax collectors (for obvious reasons) and it wasn&#039;t until the advantages of the credit system became apparent to the government that attitudes changed.  Prior to that &#039;pride&#039; had forbidden borrowing for anything other than an home.  Suddenly &#039;the never-never&#039; was being promoted as an acceptable tool to get today what you can&#039;t afford until tomorrow and the stigma was gone. Poof.  In Britain the common debt has now reached 93% of GDP.  Wonderful management.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The &#8216;pride&#8217; continued long after the Great Depression.  At least it did in Britain.  However, this &#8216;pride&#8217; was heavily promoted by the tax collectors (for obvious reasons) and it wasn&#8217;t until the advantages of the credit system became apparent to the government that attitudes changed.  Prior to that &#8216;pride&#8217; had forbidden borrowing for anything other than an home.  Suddenly &#8216;the never-never&#8217; was being promoted as an acceptable tool to get today what you can&#8217;t afford until tomorrow and the stigma was gone. Poof.  In Britain the common debt has now reached 93% of GDP.  Wonderful management.</p>
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		<title>By: BagLady</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[BagLady]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Nov 2013 07:54:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, they called it an housing bubble.  Where did they all go to, those &#039;rich&#039; but lazy poor who lost their homes to the banks?  Clearly I have misunderstood the whole picture. How are they all doing over in Detroit?  Up until the mid-20th century, houses were built as family homes and lived in for generations.  It wasn&#039;t until the 60s and 70s that they became a commodity with greedy realtors pushing prices ever upwards and further out of the reach of first-time buyers.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yeah, they called it an housing bubble.  Where did they all go to, those &#8216;rich&#8217; but lazy poor who lost their homes to the banks?  Clearly I have misunderstood the whole picture. How are they all doing over in Detroit?  Up until the mid-20th century, houses were built as family homes and lived in for generations.  It wasn&#8217;t until the 60s and 70s that they became a commodity with greedy realtors pushing prices ever upwards and further out of the reach of first-time buyers.</p>
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		<title>By: American1969</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[American1969]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2013 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#039;s an idea: How about if we go back to using Food Stamps, and also restructure what people on assistance are allowed to buy and what they aren&#039;t? 
First off, NO JUNK FOOD, FAST FOOD, SODAS, CANDY, CHIPS, ETC. of any kind! Those are extras, not necessities.
Second, allow them to purchase things like soap, shampoo, laundry soap, tp, etc. (I&#039;m sure they already make allowance, but let them buy basic essentials).
Third, if you are on PUBLIC ASSITANCE not SSDI (there is a difference), you should be able to have a regular land line phone, no long distance calls. Absolutely NO cell phones. That is a luxury item, pay for it yourself.  I know people who work (I&#039;m one) who can&#039;t afford a cell phone right now, so why should someone on welfare have one at mine and everyone else&#039;s expense?
IF YOU ARE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, it is not their job to pay for cable/satellite service or internet. You&#039;re supposed to be poor on welfare-----poor people shouldn&#039;t have the money to pay for those things. Buy an antenna. 
The EBT cards have made it easier for people to game the system and rip the taxpayer&#039;s off. It is not supposed to be a lifestyle----it&#039;s supposed to be a temporary help. This just encourages people to be lazy and dependent. It also encourages massive fraud, as people are using their EBT cards at casinos, strip bars, bars, etc. Places that they&#039;re not supposed to be.
I see plenty of working people who have to cut back on lots of things to make ends meet, while people on welfare run around buying things with other people&#039;s money that people that work can&#039;t afford. And they act like it&#039;s owed to them.
Or perhaps we should go back to the original method of welfare: A sack of flour and a sack of potatoes, and that&#039;s it.
People should always remember one thing: There is no free ride in life. One way or another, you pay-----whether it&#039;s with your money, your freedom, your self-esteem, self-respect, dignity....but you pay one way or another. That&#039;s a fact.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s an idea: How about if we go back to using Food Stamps, and also restructure what people on assistance are allowed to buy and what they aren&#8217;t?<br />
First off, NO JUNK FOOD, FAST FOOD, SODAS, CANDY, CHIPS, ETC. of any kind! Those are extras, not necessities.<br />
Second, allow them to purchase things like soap, shampoo, laundry soap, tp, etc. (I&#8217;m sure they already make allowance, but let them buy basic essentials).<br />
Third, if you are on PUBLIC ASSITANCE not SSDI (there is a difference), you should be able to have a regular land line phone, no long distance calls. Absolutely NO cell phones. That is a luxury item, pay for it yourself.  I know people who work (I&#8217;m one) who can&#8217;t afford a cell phone right now, so why should someone on welfare have one at mine and everyone else&#8217;s expense?<br />
IF YOU ARE ON PUBLIC ASSISTANCE, it is not their job to pay for cable/satellite service or internet. You&#8217;re supposed to be poor on welfare&#8212;&#8211;poor people shouldn&#8217;t have the money to pay for those things. Buy an antenna.<br />
The EBT cards have made it easier for people to game the system and rip the taxpayer&#8217;s off. It is not supposed to be a lifestyle&#8212;-it&#8217;s supposed to be a temporary help. This just encourages people to be lazy and dependent. It also encourages massive fraud, as people are using their EBT cards at casinos, strip bars, bars, etc. Places that they&#8217;re not supposed to be.<br />
I see plenty of working people who have to cut back on lots of things to make ends meet, while people on welfare run around buying things with other people&#8217;s money that people that work can&#8217;t afford. And they act like it&#8217;s owed to them.<br />
Or perhaps we should go back to the original method of welfare: A sack of flour and a sack of potatoes, and that&#8217;s it.<br />
People should always remember one thing: There is no free ride in life. One way or another, you pay&#8212;&#8211;whether it&#8217;s with your money, your freedom, your self-esteem, self-respect, dignity&#8230;.but you pay one way or another. That&#8217;s a fact.</p>
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		<title>By: American1969</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2013 02:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[No one is talking about people like yourself that actually NEED the help, we&#039;re talking about what I all &quot;Entitlement Kings/Queens&quot;, who game and manipulate the system and get benefits that, quite frankly, they shouldn&#039;t be getting. That&#039;s how they make their living.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No one is talking about people like yourself that actually NEED the help, we&#8217;re talking about what I all &#8220;Entitlement Kings/Queens&#8221;, who game and manipulate the system and get benefits that, quite frankly, they shouldn&#8217;t be getting. That&#8217;s how they make their living.</p>
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		<title>By: onecornpone</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Nov 2013 01:37:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&lt;i&gt;Over the last decade, SNAP recipients have increased from 21 million to 47 million.&lt;/i&gt;  



Forget the decade, the current regime alone has expanded the programs exponentially.  



The demographic details of the Heritage study are krypton to the Dems, and need to go V I R A L...  



Your personal, anecdotal &quot;evidence&quot; from the back of the grocery payout line have been witnessed by too many of us, to be dismissed offhand.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><i>Over the last decade, SNAP recipients have increased from 21 million to 47 million.</i>  </p>
<p>Forget the decade, the current regime alone has expanded the programs exponentially.  </p>
<p>The demographic details of the Heritage study are krypton to the Dems, and need to go V I R A L&#8230;  </p>
<p>Your personal, anecdotal &#8220;evidence&#8221; from the back of the grocery payout line have been witnessed by too many of us, to be dismissed offhand.</p>
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		<title>By: Notalibfool</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Nov 2013 20:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I should add that most of these people treated my coworkers and me as if we were merely their servants. Bossy, demanding, and rude.]]></description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I should add that most of these people treated my coworkers and me as if we were merely their servants. Bossy, demanding, and rude.</p>
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