10-28-2012, 01:22 PM
Don't even get me started on this subject! The 1 point of contention the Hubby and I have is that his daughter abuses the hell out of the system.
She's got the Free phone, housing, daycare (which she drops her kids at off for 12 hours a day whether she's working or not), food stamps, Medicaid, you name it, she gets it. Then her & her husband go out and buy video games, Chinese food, and a ton of other crap. They never pay their bills, when they get a shut off notice, they just go to the town welfare and whine that they have kids.
They used to hit us up for money all the time, too, saying the babies needed diapers, medicine, etc. I finally convinced my hubby that when they ask for money for something, to go buy the item for them instead. Funny, we only had to 'buy' diapers for them once-they stopped asking for money after that (guess they really didn't need the diapers to badly).
I make a lot of 'extra food' for my neighbor. He's 84 years young and gets all of $38.00 a month in food stamps. I can't stand the thought of him eating Ramen all the time, so I send over left overs all the time (they're not really left overs, but he won't take the food unless I tell him that it's leftover stuff my kids won't eat)
My Step Daughter gets $600.00 a month in food stamps & buys candy & Soda with it, then goes to the food pantry each week to get meats and shit.
Go Figure.....
She's got the Free phone, housing, daycare (which she drops her kids at off for 12 hours a day whether she's working or not), food stamps, Medicaid, you name it, she gets it. Then her & her husband go out and buy video games, Chinese food, and a ton of other crap. They never pay their bills, when they get a shut off notice, they just go to the town welfare and whine that they have kids.
They used to hit us up for money all the time, too, saying the babies needed diapers, medicine, etc. I finally convinced my hubby that when they ask for money for something, to go buy the item for them instead. Funny, we only had to 'buy' diapers for them once-they stopped asking for money after that (guess they really didn't need the diapers to badly).
I make a lot of 'extra food' for my neighbor. He's 84 years young and gets all of $38.00 a month in food stamps. I can't stand the thought of him eating Ramen all the time, so I send over left overs all the time (they're not really left overs, but he won't take the food unless I tell him that it's leftover stuff my kids won't eat)
My Step Daughter gets $600.00 a month in food stamps & buys candy & Soda with it, then goes to the food pantry each week to get meats and shit.
Go Figure.....