Before Handouts

[Big Kahunaz]

I was in line to purchase fresh shrimp and crab from a local seafood market and the person in front of me asked if she could reserve crawfish and purchase with food stamps. The answer "yes" blew me away. Not going to grind into the matter but it intrigued me enough to look into its history: ( line 3 )*

Welfare Before the Depression

A federal welfare system was a radical break from the past. Americans had always prided themselves on having a strong sense of individualism and self-reliance. Many believed that those who couldn’t take care of themselves were to blame for their own misfortunes. During the 19th century, local and state governments as well as charities established institutions such as poorhouses and orphanages for destitute individuals and families. Conditions in these institutions were often deliberately harsh so that only the truly desperate would apply.

Local governments (usually counties) also provided relief in the form of food, fuel, and sometimes cash to poor residents. Those capable were required to work for the town or county, often at hard labor such as chopping wood and maintaining roads. But most on general relief were poor dependent persons not capable of working: widows, children, the elderly, and the disabled.



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[Micah]

If only......

[southern151]

It'll never be that good again...

[Big Flounder]

I see that every crawfish season! And then they back up their navigator to throw them in!

[jdm4x43732]

Getting me fired up reading this. Gonna have to eat a blood psi pill. Nothing chaps my azz more than that.

[Montauk17]

Makes you sick to see where your hard earned money goes to......I don't shop at walmart for that reason. I would always leave pissed off wanting to beat someone down

[SaltyShaw]

Sickening.........

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Many of times me and my wife have went to the grocery store and i've had to walk out to keep from blowing up on some sorry sob with a buggy full of steaks and name brand food and whip out a food stamp card to pay for it.

[Matt G]

Originally Posted by DUCKGOGETTER

Many of times me and my wife have went to the grocery store and i've had to walk out to keep from blowing up on some sorry sob with a buggy full of steaks and name brand food and whip out a food stamp card to pay for it.

It's even more aggravating when after paying for all that with their food stamps, they pull out a wad of cash to big to fit in their pocket to buy their alcohol. If they have that much cash, why in te hell do they need the help?

[Red Devil]

Originally Posted by Matt G

It's even more aggravating when after paying for all that with their food stamps, they pull out a wad of cash to big to fit in their pocket to buy their alcohol. If they have that much cash, why in te hell do they need the help?

They don't need it. They feel they are entitled to it. It's been massaged into their brain.

[fishinpox]

Don't even get me started

[DUCKGOGETTER]

Originally Posted by red devil

they don't need it. They feel they are entitled to it. It's been massaged into their brain.

agree 100%