They are wearing designer jeans and designer shoes!! Gold jewlery and better cars then I can afford then they wipe out there food stamp card!! Do these poeple not know that when they get services they do not need then someone who really needs them can not get them!!!! I have never needed help (thank god above) But i have known people who did and where denied!! These poeple make me sick!!! If you can not afford tobuy grocerys then stop getting your nails done every week and stop getting big expensive cars so you can look good and buying designer jeans at Nordstroms for 170.00 a pair!!! Can anyone give me an aswer as to why this happens! I am sure a case worker can see they get thier nails done and are not stupid!! Why dose this continue to happen!!!
2007-03-12 08:25:26 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Etiquette
To Randy S, maybe you should have read the whole thing before you piped in. I am say about the people that do not need help that have it!! Sounds like your mother needed it!! I am not bashing welfare I am bashing the poeple who use it that do not need it and then the people like your mother have more problems trying to get help! Maybe you should understand what your reading before you pipe in.
2007-03-12 09:51:50 · update #1
And as for dpwheels, getting your nails done and airbrushed is not soemthing you should be doing if you can not afford grocerys!!! AS for the other lady who pasted here, who found out she id prgen. and can not get help, if you are getting benifits you do not need to get your nails done every week, and as for driving the cars, sorry did not fly that they belong to someone else because they live accross the street from me!!! And they are on sec. 8. She drives a 2006 mustange and he drive a 2006 Truck. Better know what you are talking about before you pipe in to!! She was all happy about thier new car!! They have better cars then me and they are on sec 8 houseing and get food stamps
2007-03-12 09:59:57 · update #2
Sorry did not finish as for the poor lady here that is pregnant and can not get help it is because these people who do not need it get it and then the people who really need it can such as her!!!!
2007-03-12 10:01:33 · update #3
I am going to leave it up to the group to pick the best answer! I thought alot of you had great comments but as for an answer I really do not really thing there is one at this time. Our Government really needs to start monitoring the system so that the poeple that really need the help get it and the ones who are working the system get cut off! If I where a case working the first thing that would set off alarms in my mind would be the long air brused nails!! I would be check on those ones first then I would also be looking at the clothes they wear! If they are designer lables then I would be checking out that family too!!! To horrible thing is that it is the children who suffer. We reallt need to start doing something about it! I also agree with the person who said why do we need it when there is enough food to go around. I guess we really need to start looking around at the world we live in.
2007-03-14 05:19:09 · update #4
I really agree with you and have seen the same thing myself many times!! I work for a property management company and we get sec 8 people in here all the time!! They come in driving better cars then I have and I work for a living!! Also not all but allot of them do not take care of what they have because they did not have to work to get it!!
The system dose suck!! I have seen people who have needed help badly and could not get it then I have seen people who did not need it and where handed everything! You are right though people take up all the help so the ones who need it the most can not get it and the kids are the ones who suffer the most. Maybe we should stop helping the immigrants that come here so that there is more help for the ones who have been here the whole time. I watched and immigrant family move here, they where given a grant for housing, food stamps and money, now they have the whole family living here!! Lets help the Americans first and what id left over if anything then we help them it should not be the other way around like it is now!
2007-03-14 05:28:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My grandparents used to own a grocery store in a town where approx 80% of the population was on welfare. I woudl see the same thing all the time, these women's kids would come in shorts, no shirt or shoes and looking like they have not been bathed in a month, yet the moms had all the latest trendy clothing and such. Thats why I have such strong feelings against welfare, the kids are RARELY the ones who are taken care of.
2007-03-12 08:39:37 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The case workers can only go by proven income. They can' t use speculation to deny anyone.
Never judge a book by it's cover. Even people in need have pride. They could be wearing their very best outfit, their ONLY very best outfit to go out into public, if it helps their self esteem, who are you to judge? It might not even be their car, maybe they are borrowing it from a friend or relative. The point is, you are not them, you don't live their life or walk in their shoes, and things are not always what they seem.
If you don't like the system, write to your congressman and supply ways you think the system can be fixed. Otherwise, just keep counting your blessings and I will pray for you.
2007-03-12 08:41:42 · answer #3 · answered by dpwheels86 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
wow this question really hit home for me. Ever since I found out I was pregnant with my daughter I have been single. Now granted I have never let my kids starve but there has been a few times mom has gone without. When I brought this up to my state and tried to file for assistance, they denied my claim.
So in other words if you have no job and have 6 kids you can eat drink and be merry. and get that fancy car and get your nails done. But if you a hard working person just trying to make ends meet there is no help for you.....
Isnt that back-*** backwards...
2007-03-12 08:37:48 · answer #4 · answered by tiffmom78 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
They have their priorities in the wrong place who need to get their nails done weekly.New cars aren't a necessity.The government still needs to investigate these situations.Also to see that many that need help are denied.Let's go one step further buying pop and other junk food with food stamps.Or using the money benefits on beer and smokes.
2007-03-12 08:38:01 · answer #5 · answered by sharen d 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You know what? You don't really know what it's like not having in food in the table do you? Yea, a long time ago, when I was 10... My mom couldn't afford to buy us food, and we lived off Welfare to let the Government help us out... My mom got laid off her job, and scraped every cent and penny to buy us something for Christmas...I grew up and moved out on my own because my mom knew I could live a better life and escape poverty, and I respect her taking care of me, even when we grew up with barely no money.
So just shutup! If they want something nice, they can get it if they want to, don't tell them they can't... As long as they can take care of their families, and have love in the Home... That's all that matters.
2007-03-12 08:36:03 · answer #6 · answered by Randy S 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
This is a problem in our society in general, not just among the poor "Ghetto Fabulous". Everyone in America wants more than the have. Most people live in houses they can't afford and drive a car they don't need. We only see this in welfare recipients, but in reality it goes on in all segments of society.
2007-03-12 08:35:53 · answer #7 · answered by dopeadevil23 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
It continues to happen because as US citizens we don't speak up. Once most of Americans will stop and see what is going on, it will make them mad enough to make something happen. That is our money they are spending on nails, jeans, ect. I worked in a doctors office and a lady came in with her grandson she had custody of him. She worked for GM. She had GM insurance. She had him on medicaid. How does it happen? Either they have an inside source or the lie. Most generally it is the latter.
2007-03-12 08:45:21 · answer #8 · answered by misstigeress 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have to say I really agree with you. Why do they need these things if they are just sitting on their asses at home? I believe I am one of the working poor. But I guess when you can take advantage of the system then there are those who will be there to do so.
2007-03-12 08:35:46 · answer #9 · answered by shorty 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Because those people know how to "work" the system. I see it all the time. Welfare has become more of a lifestyle than financial assistance in a time of need.
2007-03-12 08:34:32 · answer #10 · answered by LolaCorolla 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋