Comments on: Young, Privileged, and Applying for Food Stamps

By: Ann Richardson@facebook

Ann Richardson@facebook — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 07:27:08 +0000

@The Dauphine You mean those big cities where the jobs are located, right?

By: gs

gs — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 09:04:17 +0000

Photo credit, incase there wasn’t one…
Pictured above is Kate Dollenmayer as Marnie in the film Funny Ha Ha, directed by Andrew Bujalski.

By: Ginger Jill Evans@facebook

Ginger Jill Evans@facebook — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 09:20:52 +0000

By: DeeDawg

DeeDawg — Sun, 18 Nov 2012 23:58:38 +0000

The problem I have with this is that some people use food stamps so they don’t have to prioritize. They want to keep their Internet connection at home, they want to be able to pay their cell phone bill, they want to play video games on their X-box (not priorities) but, when it comes to survival ( I consider this a priority) like eating – they want the government to be responsible. How about giving some of those “non-priorities” up so you can afford to eat?

By: OrwellianOhio

OrwellianOhio — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:29:54 +0000

@chic noir But if you don’t have the money, you don’t buy. You improvise or you do with out. No one should have to buy it for you.

By: OrwellianOhio

OrwellianOhio — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:28:37 +0000

@C Eden Di Bianco@facebook A round of applause for your excellent response!

By: OrwellianOhio

OrwellianOhio — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:24:01 +0000

@Anna225 Bravo!

By: OrwellianOhio

OrwellianOhio — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:22:20 +0000

@KJA Thank you for a moment of sanity injected into this ridiculous story.

By: OrwellianOhio

OrwellianOhio — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:18:32 +0000

First off, sorry but a single person with two part-time jobs is highly unlikely to qualify for food stamps. No dependents. My sister was on partial disability and making less than a person working two minimum wage jobs would make (assuming 14 – 15 hours a week, most part-time jobs won’t hire you for less than that – usually it’s more like 20 – 32 hrs per job). She barely qualified for $60 a month on food stamps. This writer is basically full of crap. She might have an “application” but she is still more privileged than the people with no income at all. Having an application to fill out by no means is equivalent with qualifying. And is the $1.50 coffee supposed to make readers feel sorry? Because you’re not drinking a frothy $4.50 Starbucks concoction, we should shed a tear? Where I live, people drink $1.00 coffee from Sheetz and they love it… OR amazingingly… they make their own coffee at home for pennies a cup.

And hey, it would not hurt to use some brains when choosing a choice of college major. Before you’re racking up student loans that will have to be paid (or worse yet, eating up scholarships, your parents’ money or grants), choose a field that actually has job potential.

By: KJA

KJA — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 17:07:37 +0000

WHAT THE FLEEPING FLEEP?

Okay….I understand the concept of food stamps and that it is this woman’s right to take advantage of this social safety net. Intellectually, I understand her taking advantage of this program doesn’t exclude others from taking advantage of it and that people who use food stamps when they are needed can actually help support local economy.

BUT

What’s off here…is her definition of need. Unfortunately, the author comes off as lazy and entitled. I’m all for taking advantage of a social safety net when it’s needed, but let’s be real here. This chick is waiting tables in one of the most expensive places to live in the nation and crying poor. I got news for you, sweetheart. If you can’t get a job, then move somewhere where you can! Keep a budget. Live within your means. I worked two service jobs until I found my career. I’m a liberal in full support of giving people a leg up when they need it. This isn’t a leg up. It’s a spoiled brat who can’t face the reality of her situation.