Foodstamps, they want to give out more??? WTF

One of the biggest things I am hearing talk about at work lately is how there will shortly, thanks to the "stimulus bill" an increase in not only the amount but the scope of those that qualify for foodstamps. Now in my job, we run into a lot of people that feel they are entitled to help from the government. You know what I am talking about. Free medical care, free housing, free food.

This would be the point that I reveal that I work in the medical community. I see families that walk into the hospital and expect, no demand not only free care for their kids but food from the cafeteria for the rest of the family, phone cards so they can call anyone and everyone they know around the world. They expect to be housed in a local hotel at our expense, the taxpayers expense. They even want transportation to and from the hospital to anywhere they want to go.

Does this piss me off? Hell Yes!!!

However, I wanted to talk about foodstamps. I will get to the whole healthcare issue at a later date.

Foodstamps. They use to come in a book. Now you have a card, much like a credit card, and a PIN #.

So I go to the store, with my list of things we need. I add up the total as I go and thanks to some overtime this week and the decent weather, hence a lower gas bill, we are able to get a few things we want, not just need. Still I think of the upcoming bills and am hesitant in extending to far away from the "list".

I go to check out, pay for the food.

There in line in front of me is a young woman, two kids in tow, wild kids that have no knowledge or example of how they should behave. Mom is on her cell phone, a razor, talking to who know who about what they are going to wear that night at the bar.

They get to the checkout and start putting their food on the conveyor. I see brand name everything. Lots of junk food, lots of higher priced items. Cuts of meat that we save for holidays. T-bone steaks, hostess snack cakes, pop, cookies, TV dinners (the good ones).

I look at my cart and see store brand items, want to save a few cents, cheaper cuts of meat, few extras.

Then the kicker. She takes out her EBT card and proudly says to the person on the phone, "only spent half of what I got this month, do you want anything?"

I want to scream. Or at least snatch this liberal blond bitch bald.

I don't.

Then it is my turn. I pay with cash.

They are still bagging their items. We finish about the same time. As I walk to my car, my older but very well maintained car, I can't help but look.

She gets into a almost new SUV.

I guess it doesn't pay to work hard and save.
Could have taken the easy way out.

No, I have morals and self esteem.