15% of U.S. Population on Food Stamps

'recieving', I believe the rule is "i" before "e" except after "c". Of course you wouldn't need to even know this rule if you used spell check. This is a professional written piece isn't it? Frankly, I'm tired of sites like this and MSN writting pieces without spell checkiing. It makes me wonder how much effort they actually put into the reporting.

give people help when they need help but don't enable people. Help them find new ways to help themselves. I think everyone on welfare should be tested for mental potential and guided to the right type of occupational training. All childrne in this country should have to write down goals yearly for occupational goals at the beginning of each year. Get them thinking early what their plan will be and how they are going to get there. Why aren't we doing this?

writting?

Give a man a fish and feed him for a day; teach a man how to fish and you feed him for a lifetime. Nuf said!

Kids writing occupational goals is bit ridiculous. Kids have enough trouble staying focused in class for a day, forcing them to write occupational goals yearly wouldn't do much more than deter them from any portion of the work force. While I disagree entirely with almost everything you stated, I do respect your opinion. Many people currently receive occupational training and will continue getting denied jobs. Food stamps are only a temporary thing and people can't receive them forever, if you truly believe occupational training is key then why not enact a law requiring certain businesses (mcdonalds, janitors, etc.) to hire people that receive food stamps and the government agency providing the benefit require the person to apply when the position becomes available or lose their benefit. People keep saying occupational training is the answer when I have plenty of collegiate friends (as long as you agree that college is proper occupational training) who are having trouble finding jobs coming out of school. We all have occupational training, but we don't all have occupations. The training is only the first step, how is it the solution?

goals will change with education but i would love to see a study done on this. wirting goals helps so let's put it to the test!

Hmm, hard to believe after being a checker at the market here in town, but then again I live in the armpit of the state, LOL! I definitely won't be moving to New Mexico or Mississippi.. I'd be disgusted if it's like here and all of the food stamp recipients here are young, able to work, but strung out on meth and crack with a bunch of kids.

Trudy Strand , what if the fish are gone? It will not matter the knowing how to catch fish if there are none….

If ppl really cared they would make sure that no child in this country would go to bed hungry. If ppl that complain took time to help one another maybe we wouldn't have this problem. Today it's all about me me me, mine mine mine. Compassion is a thing of the past. Instead of complaining about ppl who need help do something to help them. This isn't about goals it's about survival for basic human rights and our part in it.

It's time to stop the war, stop invading foreign countries, and take care of Americans here! Thousands of soldiers killed & disabled, millions suffering.

Um do you not watch the news!!!! The troops in Iraq ARE coming home, some are arriving today and all should be home before the end of the year!!!

Dear, I know that, that's Obama's plan because he opposed the "War on taerror" that started 10 years ago under Bush administration!! It's tooo late to come home now, because the war has streched for 10 years and we already broke! The troops coming home, downsizing, losing job. Do you know that we dont have to go in Afghanistan, as well as go on invading countries in Middle East?? We wrecked Iraq, leave them a poor nation, worse than before! Americans are being hated by the whole world, thanks to several arrogant leaders!

Melanie Frishkorn-Ballinger We are broke because we spent too much money on Foreign Wars!!

.. and now I see Americans lining up for food & winter clothes in charity house! That's what our soldier is coming home to!

Deborah….that should be "a professionally written…" And I see that you didn't use spell check, either. (writting)?……Then there's the grammatical error….. Regardless, you know the saying…..Don't throw stones if you live in a glass house.

Edith Duarte I know I'm just having a bad day, I'm tired of all the lies being told in the media today.

I'm ashamed that our soldiers are coming home 2 this! On the other hand im excited 2 see them coming home!!

Trudy Strand LMAO!!!! Busted!!

yes that is right and 10% of those on food stamps are cheeters and loosers (sorry for the honest) I go to the market and there is a big ass mother on her late 30 with a food stamp card, she can get her big fat ass and find work.

I always have said that I'm willing to help those who cannot help themselves… I don't give a whit for those who WON'T help themselves.

Trudy Strand: I wasn't working in a professional capacity here so I didn't spell check and won't' spell check this. The writer of this article was paid. Now if you want to pay me, sure I'd be very glad to do my job unlike the wroter of this post. XP!

wroter

surely if you are so intelligent as to correct others, then a couple of short sentences shouldn't be too much….LOLOLOL

LOL!

John Thomas: Surely if you're even more intelligent than me you'd have a better job than GM of Holiday Inn Express, haaaaaaaaaaa!

Trudy Strand Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Catch him on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.

Melanie Frishkorn-Ballinger – I'll believe it when I see it! They brought some back last time but not all of them like they had said!

Deborah Hoff no…but I don't go around criticizing others when making the same mistakes! Perhaps your almighty job has you feeling too smart for your own good!!! HAAAAAAA!

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John Thomas: You've certainly been criticizing me plenty. I guess that's why you're GM and in the 1 percent, and why the protesters want to occupy your street. LOL! Now leave me alone. It's only two pm, shouldn't you actually be working for your pay? Oh, that's right you're in the one percent.

HAH! that's the funniest thing I have ever heard. Notice it says GM, not owner. Thus I am far from the one percent! But thanks for the laughs…people like you always crack me up!

John Thomas: Probablly because you are on crack.

Not the owner? Wow, you're just the GM? Poor you. You should be on food stamps!!! Haaaaaaa!

Deborah Hoff: nah…I don't need crack when folks like you keep me entertained!!!

John Thomas: yeah, and your breaking the backs of others to make yourself wealthy gives me a lot of material to work with.

Deborah Hoff: Wealthy? Now I think you are on crack!! HAHA! Whew…thanks for that laugh!

John Thomas: How about a protest in Mississippi at John's house tonight? Yay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LOL! We need a Southern occupation anyway.

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Big Corp needs to bring our jobs back home!

Lucy Gunter Rice and beans.

I feel ya, Marilyn, I do the same for a living. Ok, so they keep saying that fraud isn't a big problem with the SNAP system. I say they aren't scrutinizing the applicants well enough, and they need to raise some standards. A lot of these folks are eating WAY better than I am, I live just above the income limits (because I'm honest.)

I don't know about other places but I have been to the homes of some of the people on food stamps in my area and its like walking into Best Buy and I don't have a Jaguar in my driveway. The whole system is unequiped to handle the amount of fakers there are. Then I also see people who are really in need who get denied. The whole system should be ashamed.

I understand completely Vicki. I started at that store as a checker at 47 years old making $5.85 an hour and worked my butt off while these young able bodied folks would come in and fill up their cart with $500 dollars worth of food paid for by food stamps while my daughter and I were living on mayonnaise sandwiches. I'm the first to want to help out someone who's in need but I'd have the elderly coming in spending all their money on prescriptions and not have any money left for food. It was tragic! Later on (after 10pm) the food stamp crowd would come in and buy points (needles) from the front booth where I worked so they could hit up their drugs. I finally quit. Once again, I believe in the clean needle program but it made me sick to see who in our country was benefiting from the government aid. Something's wrong with our country's priorities!