You are so right Smoothe!

We should help our citizens. It kills me how we rebuild schools in foreign countries, but some of the schools in Philadelphia (where I did some student teaching) were BEYOND terrible. The economy is in crisis, our economy. As Americans citizens, we should help each other out so we can be a thriving nation again and start thinking about this country, not every other damn country in peril. HELLO! We are in peril right now! Ever hear of the atrocities of AIG!

I see nothing wrong with Raven receiving aid after PUTTING into the system! What kills me is the people who have NEVER worked and want what Raven is getting. We all need to work and contribute what we can to this country.

It also kills me when all these goddamn celebrities adopt kids from all these far awat lands. Like our own adoption agencies aren't overflowing with children. WTH?

Hey there, most big name chain grocery stores also will let you check on their website if they deliver to your zipcode. After you've found out that information you can give them a call about the EBT. I would expect that they'd take it, Wal-mart, Trader Joe's, and even the teeny tiny island store on the island I live on in the south puget sound takes EBT.


My husband and I had a hard winter. I had gotten pregnant in that early march, his father passed in July, we had to pay off his debts, we spend our winter savings (he owns his own business doing hardwood flooring) fixing up his dad's place to move into. The Recession hit, his mother was being abused by her husband so we took her in (making that six people living in our home) we were freakishly snowed in to our place for a week and then some contractor stiffed him for over 3k dollars the DAY before Christmas. If it wasn't for people in our tiny community and food stamps we would not have made it. He worked all winter, sure. He was lucky. But we were perpetually a month behind on our bills because it just wasn't enough. I only got my WLS because a friend of the family DONATED it to me. That's right she wrote over 40k dollars worth of casheir's checks for all my pre-op testing and surgery fees. She's awesome and we love her. And I am eternally grateful for her.

We're catching up and he's raking in 3k a week again, and employing all his buddies who are out of work as well. And you know what there isn't a single person in this country who pays more taxes than your small business owner. We pay taxes out the ass.

So all of you hateful, ignorant, judgemental jerks on this topic...I hope you're successful in eradicating the "handouts" you so despise. Because then when you or someone you love needs them they won't be there and you can kick yourselves in the ass for that one.

On June 4, 2009 at 12:06 PM Pacific Time, lbsadropping wrote:

I've paid enough taxes in my lifetime to ***** and moan about where its going.  I stop at the traffic light on main street. Baltimore. One lady  walks up to me and has a sign "out of work with kids, please help God Bless" and a pan. On the other side of the street a woman walks pass my car with a bottle of cold juice in one hand and flowers in the other a buck for the juice 2 bucks for the flowers
I noticed the cultural differences in the two people

Perhaps no one else picked up on this but -- What exactly was the "cultural" difference of the 2 people? Just curious..........

Now would be a good time to shut up. You have said plenty, and with each successive post, you have further demonstrated you ignorance. MYOB. 

 

Raven, you are a beautiful and worthy. Don't let the glaring stupidity and judgment of the select few bring you down. Good for you for taking care of you!

Thankfully not religious here, but doesn't the bible say something about "judge not...."