Originally Posted by
oldschool
I'm not small and rich or large and poor but what I am is sick of paying for those who choose not to work/ game the system. My wife was at the store and came home to tell me the "person" in front of her in line payed for it's grocery's with a Link card (IL. food stamps), This person bought the Motts brand apple juice while my wife had store brand to save us money. This so angers me that a food stamp program does not require you to shop bargains like we do. One very small example on how the system pays you to be a piece of crap! The poor "seize wealth" by way of apathetic voters here in the state of IL.
This post is just wrong on so many levels. Are you saying that you'd like to "switch places" with this person to live their "life of ease"? Maybe they have 4+ kids and the mom is busy all the time just trying to take care of them. They probably don't live in a nice 4-bedroom house with two cars and a nice lawn and backyard. Of all the things to get "angry" about, it's brand name apple juice? You've got to be kidding me. The decision to get the "off-brand" is obviously a sacrifice on your part, but I'd imagine you have infinitely more and better things than this person does, so why get bent out of shape about apple juice? It probably comes down to some congressman making sure that his business constituent is on the "approved" list, but whatever the reason, I wouldn't be too bent out of shape about it. What can you buy that they will never have a shot at? I'm all for personal responsibility, but at some point people need some kind of chance to get better.