Thread: Should people be allowed to buy beer and cigarettes with Welfare?

Originally Posted by FreshAir

you mean with foodstamps? if that is what you mean I say no

if you mean should a person in poverty be able to buy beer with money they earn I say yes

As long as they forgo any public assistance, sure.

Originally Posted by submarinepainter

we is just a common expression and I think You know that. I am not talking about disabled persons most of us know we must provide them a decent amount and yes by the way Maine is Very generous much more than Idaho , that's why I may move there after I retire . Maines motto is Vacationland , I think it was meant for tourist not residents who spit out kids after kid and do not take advantage of the schooling benefits http://www.fixwelfare.com/the-problem/


http://www.cato.org/research/pr-nd-st.html

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124562449457235503.html

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/m...5/ai_19217177/


I have said it many times we need to end welfare , we also need to train workers in good jobs not CNA's or Bank tellers both those jobs suck , train people as Machinists and Nurses etc and they can earn a decent living at a full time job


if they will not do it let them starve

Interesting info on Maine. But it would not effect me much as my SSD would be the same in any State because it is a Federal program. For the most part what I am sensing on this thread is most are for SSD but at the same time there is a lot of dissent about other programs like State welfare, food stamps, etc. I am against the abuse of the welfate system too. My animosity is when disabled people like me get lumped into that lot.