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I was in the check out lane at Wal-Mart. I noticed a spanish speaking women with her daughter which i would guess she was 13. Both were on the cell phones. I noticed they paid for groceries with WIC coupons and she paid for the beer with cash. When she had to pay for the beer, she had a role of cash that would choke a goat. If you don't think OBAMA's plan will not get abused then your as dumb person the person that approved their application for benefits.
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[QUOTE]Originally posted by triscuit:
Be careful from what I have been reading on this forum someone will jump on you and call you a racist.
While these people have plenty of cash for beer our senior citizens are choosing between food and medicne.[/QUOTE

I'm sorry if i offended anyone, but I'm tired of people coming to this country and abusing the benefits we offer. I think if you are caught commiting fraud against this country then you should be punished. Nobody is doing anything about this problem. This includes americans too!
Ok, I have not really P.O'd anyone yet today and I only have a minute left so here goes. Do you think everyone who speaks Spainish was not born in the USA? Can you say Puerto Rico? Anyway to qualify for WIC you do not really have to be poor like you are supposed to be for stuff like food stamps. If they offer WIC why not take it, really the government has their hands so deep in my pocket I would sign up in a split second if I could just to reduce some of my loses.
BFred07,
I bet if you went to apply for WIC or Food Stamps you would be denied. I know of single parents that have been denied because they made over the guidlines but they had two kids. Many forigen workers do not have taxes taken out but they will go and apply for help and receive it because they show no income that was turned in.
Some places are paying $15 per hour and no taxes taken out, thats like $22 hour if they did. All I'm saying is this is abuse of benefits that could go to a needy family that truly needs help.
http://www.adph.org/wic/index.asp?id=606

You can make well over minimum wage and still qualify for WIC benefits. The income guidelines range from $20K for a family of 1 to almost $48K for a family of five. You talked about the "role of cash" that the lady pulled out. That doesn't mean anything. Some people don't trust banks and don't use them. On the other hand, some people who make a decent living never carry cash. I'm usually lucky if I have 10 bucks in cash in my wallet at any given time. Basically you saw some Spanish-speaking people and jumped to a conclusion. You may be right and they might be welching off the government. But using WIC vouchers and carrying cash doesn't automatically mean that. And as Joe Pesci said in My Cousin Vinny, "how do I know that's not just a bunch of ones with a 20 wrapped around it?
I think the guidelines for both WIC and Food Stamps should be much more stringent and that the time someone is allowed to receive either should be limited to a few months. I don't mind seeing someone down on their luck getting a little hand here and there to help them get back on their feet but several people stay on welfare for years and years with no intent of ever being self supporting.
My earlier reply was more geared toward the comment about Spanish speaking people and also pointing out that the guidelines do not require one to be poor to receive WIC. It is my opinion that if you qualify why not take it? I'm of the opinion that if the government offers me money that I would take it because it's just getting some of the taxes I have paid back but at the same time I do not think they should offer the programs so liberally.
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Originally posted by triscuit:
Be careful from what I have been reading on this forum someone will jump on you and call you a racist.
While these people have plenty of cash for beer our senior citizens are choosing between food and medicne.


They're still going to be choosing between food and medicine, with less medicaid money.

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