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<blockquote data-quote="hearts and roses" data-source="post: 458991" data-attributes="member: 2211"><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">Well, that is the crux of it, isn't it? On the one hand, I do advocate for stricter guidelines such as mandated drug testing for applicants. on the other hand, the idea of a child going without because his/her parents is an addict breaks my heart.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">When I was a kid, my dad was out on disability for 18 months and my sisters and I were eligible for free lunches. It KILLED my mom to apply for them and it embarrassed my sisters and I to no end those first few weeks of school to have to say to the hair netted cashier, "Um, we get free lunch" in a very soft voice only to have her pull out at clipboard and search for our name. There were times when I scalped change from the car seats so I could pay for my lunch just so I wouldn't have to endure that embarrassment. My sister M did that too! M would sometimes make me get behind her in line (if she got to the caf early enough) so she could tell the cashier for both of us. I'm grateful that such plans are in place. </span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">I think my earlier post made me come off as an uncaring person for those less fortunate...not my intention. I'm all for public services. I just feel that there has GOT to be a way to ensure that those who really need it get it and those who do not don't. If I were in that situation again, with children in particular, I would gladly give up my new car and expensive cell and everything else I've worked hard for to make darned sure my kids had hot meals on the table, clothing on their bodies and a secure roof over their head. I've done it before and I'd do it all over again if need be. I am a bit jaded perhaps by all the blatent fraud going on back in 89-91 when I was on welfare, before a lot of the new guidelines were in place. But not enough has been done to ensure that our children are safe, fed, and housed properly. It makes my blood boil when we invade countries to 'save them from themselves' while we have poverty and hunger right here in our own backyards. It makes my blood boil that giant corporations are all about saving money on the back end, avoiding paying their taxes and then having silly scam-filled fundraisers where a certain percentage of the profits go to feed children or whatever..and inevitably the money doesn't get there or it's not as much as we're made to believe. For those giant corporations who have very hard push lobbiests going at the government 24/7/365, it's all about their profits and NOTHING else. We farm out all our home grown industries to other countries for cheap labor and then we all stand around scratching our heads in wonder as to why the unemployment rates are so danged high. Then politicians talk about getting those folks their jobs back - well how are we going to do that when all the factories have closed down and opened up in Bangledesh? Towns are closing down! Grrrr.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 10px"><span style="color: #008080">Anyway, a disclaimer to my earlier statements - I'm not a cold hearted person, in fact, my field of study has always been human services, I'm more a bleeding heart than anything. I just believe that it's very easy to scam a governmental entity and it's time to change that. And, incidentally, although medicaid and welfare programs are federal programs, they are run state to state and vary state to state, so not all states have the same guidelines, cost of living rates or increases, which include housing, SNAP, etc. </span></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="hearts and roses, post: 458991, member: 2211"] [SIZE=2] [COLOR=#008080]Well, that is the crux of it, isn't it? On the one hand, I do advocate for stricter guidelines such as mandated drug testing for applicants. on the other hand, the idea of a child going without because his/her parents is an addict breaks my heart. When I was a kid, my dad was out on disability for 18 months and my sisters and I were eligible for free lunches. It KILLED my mom to apply for them and it embarrassed my sisters and I to no end those first few weeks of school to have to say to the hair netted cashier, "Um, we get free lunch" in a very soft voice only to have her pull out at clipboard and search for our name. There were times when I scalped change from the car seats so I could pay for my lunch just so I wouldn't have to endure that embarrassment. My sister M did that too! M would sometimes make me get behind her in line (if she got to the caf early enough) so she could tell the cashier for both of us. I'm grateful that such plans are in place. I think my earlier post made me come off as an uncaring person for those less fortunate...not my intention. I'm all for public services. I just feel that there has GOT to be a way to ensure that those who really need it get it and those who do not don't. If I were in that situation again, with children in particular, I would gladly give up my new car and expensive cell and everything else I've worked hard for to make darned sure my kids had hot meals on the table, clothing on their bodies and a secure roof over their head. I've done it before and I'd do it all over again if need be. I am a bit jaded perhaps by all the blatent fraud going on back in 89-91 when I was on welfare, before a lot of the new guidelines were in place. But not enough has been done to ensure that our children are safe, fed, and housed properly. It makes my blood boil when we invade countries to 'save them from themselves' while we have poverty and hunger right here in our own backyards. It makes my blood boil that giant corporations are all about saving money on the back end, avoiding paying their taxes and then having silly scam-filled fundraisers where a certain percentage of the profits go to feed children or whatever..and inevitably the money doesn't get there or it's not as much as we're made to believe. For those giant corporations who have very hard push lobbiests going at the government 24/7/365, it's all about their profits and NOTHING else. We farm out all our home grown industries to other countries for cheap labor and then we all stand around scratching our heads in wonder as to why the unemployment rates are so danged high. Then politicians talk about getting those folks their jobs back - well how are we going to do that when all the factories have closed down and opened up in Bangledesh? Towns are closing down! Grrrr. Anyway, a disclaimer to my earlier statements - I'm not a cold hearted person, in fact, my field of study has always been human services, I'm more a bleeding heart than anything. I just believe that it's very easy to scam a governmental entity and it's time to change that. And, incidentally, although medicaid and welfare programs are federal programs, they are run state to state and vary state to state, so not all states have the same guidelines, cost of living rates or increases, which include housing, SNAP, etc. [/COLOR][/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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