Kansas bans cruises for welfare recipients

[Luddly Neddite]

Let me splain to you about the poor in this country

They live in luxury, eat lobster and filet mignon and drive Escalades. I saw a poor person at the gas station last week and he was filling his car with high test....what? Regular is not good enough for you?
They have those fancy microwave ovens and VCRs and some even have them cell phones. I hear poor people even get to watch color TV! Black and White was good enough for me when I grew up....should be good enough for poor people

Kansas knows how to treat its poor....no cruises for you

Obviously you have no idea as to what economic shape this country is in. So, please explain to me what we'll do with all of those people once we cut off their assistance? What will we do with the children, the elderly, the handicapped, the disabled, and the mentally challenged?" Do you have a plan for them once we cut them off assistance programs? Or, do you believe that we should just allow the children to starve, allow the elderly to die from lack of care, allow the mentally challenged to die, and all the others that really need help? What are to do with them? Again, you seriously need counseling and a class in social skills.

I'm thinking public shaming is probably the best solution

The poor have it too easy living in the lap of luxury with color TV and VCRs

They walk down the street, you can't even tell who the poor people are. They should have to wear tattered clothes or maybe orange jumpsuits like the convicts wear. This way, the poor people will say....I don't like being poor, maybe I'll get a job

Pathetic .... simply pathetic ............. So cruel and cold hearted........... Again, what do we do with all of them? What about the children? What do you suggest we do with the little children after we cut off their assistance?

I'm thinking outside the box here.....

But maybe we can do something like Trick or Treat. Have the poor children knock on your door and do a little dance.....sing a little song and we can give them a bologna sammich

Your obvious lack of caring and sympathy for the less fortunate is disgusting and pathetic. I actually feel sorry for you.

He's being sarcastic.

Read his other posts. He is anything BUT uncaring and unsympathetic.

 

[rightwinger]

Its a good start but I think Welfare recipients should not be able to have:

1. Flush toilets
2. Hot water
3. Them newfangled VCRs
4. Fresh meat
5. Queen or definitely no King sized beds
6. Carpets
7. Sunglasses....let em squint
8. Money for the church collection plate
9. Bus fare...let em walk
10. Umbrellas

Unless the poor suffer, they will not want to stop being poor

This must be "Funny Friday".......... Surely you can't be serious................. You do realize that many getting assistance are children, the disabled, the elderly, the handicapped, the mentally challenged, and the poor, don't you? .... Also, what about the unemployed? Surely you're not one that believes we have more self-supporting living wage jobs than the demand.

Look

We don't want these deadbeats living in the lap of luxury. Why should they have more than I do?

I would not consider any of those things you mentioned to be "luxury"...

​

You don't think an umbrella is a luxury?

Only rich people should have umbrellas. That way everybody knows they are rich. See a guy walking down the street with an umbrella you can say.....Wow.....look at that rich guy!

He can even hire a poor person to hold the umbrella for him when it rains....win/win

Obviously, you have serious issues. I hope that you're supervised. Have you always been cold hearted and without sympathy for the less fortunate?

Like all conservatives I EARNED everything I got in life. From the time I was suckling on my mothers breast to the time I made my first million....I EARNED it. Nobody ever gave me anything

 

[Brain357]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

How can this be enforced?

 

[Moonglow]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

How can this be enforced?

By penalizing establishments that allow the use of EBT cards, now you could withdraw the cash and purchase the items without the use of the card directly....stupid legislatures never seem to think things through, what with all the lobbyist and jerk off time they spend...

 

[Brain357]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

How can this be enforced?

By penalizing establishments that allow the use of EBT cards, now you could withdraw the cash and purchase the items without the use of the card directly....stupid legislatures never seem to think things through, what with all the lobbyist and jerk off time they spend...

I see. Funny if there is a way around it. Seeing this as small government reminds me why I am not a republican anymore. Can't support politicians wasting time on crap like this...

 

[Luddly Neddite]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

How can this be enforced?

By penalizing establishments that allow the use of EBT cards, now you could withdraw the cash and purchase the items without the use of the card directly....stupid legislatures never seem to think things through, what with all the lobbyist and jerk off time they spend...

Pretty easy to enforce. All they'd have to do is imbed a bomb in the card that would go off if a poor person tries to buy something on the list.

That would have a twofold benefit: not only would it stop that person from buying a "luxury" item, it would kill them on the spot, thus shrinking the welfare rolls.

Win/Win

 

[Moonglow]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

How can this be enforced?

By penalizing establishments that allow the use of EBT cards, now you could withdraw the cash and purchase the items without the use of the card directly....stupid legislatures never seem to think things through, what with all the lobbyist and jerk off time they spend...

Pretty easy to enforce. All they'd have to do is imbed a bomb in the card that would go off if a poor person tries to buy something on the list.

That would have a twofold benefit: not only would it stop that person from buying a "luxury" item, it would kill them on the spot, thus shrinking the welfare rolls.

Win/Win

Did you defect to the right? I mean those fuckers want everyone to be crucified if they fail...

 

[Moonglow]

Look

We don't want these deadbeats living in the lap of luxury. Why should they have more than I do?

I would not consider any of those things you mentioned to be "luxury"...

​

You don't think an umbrella is a luxury?

Only rich people should have umbrellas. That way everybody knows they are rich. See a guy walking down the street with an umbrella you can say.....Wow.....look at that rich guy!

He can even hire a poor person to hold the umbrella for him when it rains....win/win

Obviously, you have serious issues. I hope that you're supervised. Have you always been cold hearted and without sympathy for the less fortunate?

Like all conservatives I EARNED everything I got in life. From the time I was suckling on my mothers breast to the time I made my first million....I EARNED it. Nobody ever gave me anything

Uh huh. Sure you did. That's why you were complaining about poor people owning VCRs, and complaining about poor people having things "you don't have".​

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Who in the hell still uses a VCR?

 

[September]

This must be "Funny Friday".......... Surely you can't be serious................. You do realize that many getting assistance are children, the disabled, the elderly, the handicapped, the mentally challenged, and the poor, don't you? .... Also, what about the unemployed? Surely you're not one that believes we have more self-supporting living wage jobs than the demand.

Look

We don't want these deadbeats living in the lap of luxury. Why should they have more than I do?

I would not consider any of those things you mentioned to be "luxury"...

​

You don't think an umbrella is a luxury?

Only rich people should have umbrellas. That way everybody knows they are rich. See a guy walking down the street with an umbrella you can say.....Wow.....look at that rich guy!

He can even hire a poor person to hold the umbrella for him when it rains....win/win

Obviously, you have serious issues. I hope that you're supervised. Have you always been cold hearted and without sympathy for the less fortunate?

Like all conservatives I EARNED everything I got in life. From the time I was suckling on my mothers breast to the time I made my first million....I EARNED it. Nobody ever gave me anything

Uh huh. Sure you did. That's why you were complaining about poor people owning VCRs, and complaining about poor people having things "you don't have".

​

 

[Moonglow]

I will admit I have two yet never use them and my Mother in Law still has an 8 track player with 8 tracks, but she never uses it either....

 

[AvgGuyIA]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

I agree. Why does somebody sitting on their ass at home need a cruise vacation? Of course, nitwit liberals will think we are being cruel.

 

[September]

Dude's complainin' about poor people owning VCRs... what the hell?? Nobody uses tapes anymore lmao​

 

[Moonglow]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

I agree. Why does somebody sitting on their ass at home need a cruise vacation? Of course, nitwit liberals will think we are being cruel.

First off, there is no evidence presented showing anyone has ever done that...

 

[September]

So what is the Conservatives' opinion on the savvy drug dealer who makes an easy 2 or 3 mil hustlin' drugs for a year, then just kicks back and chillaxes on his or her savings? Technically unemployed, but worked for all his or her money through "crime". Livin' it up. Opinions? ^_^


Or the artist who creates and sells a multi million dollar painting and then just chillaxes, jobless, after selling that one painting, until he or she is ready to make some more. Are the little worker ants still gonna throw their bitch fits?


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[Brain357]

In welfare crackdown Kansas bans cruises for the poor

Here’s a partial list of what is now off limits for TANF spending in Kansas:
-- Casinos
--Jewelry stores
-- Massage parlors
-- Body piercing parlors
-- Lingerie shops
-- Vapor cigarette stores
-- Fortune-telling businesses
-- Video arcades
-- Swimming pools
-- Cruise ships
-- Theme parks
-- Strip clubs
-- Concert tickets
-- Lottery tickets
I hope to find many wise people here who support this law like me.
Welfare recipients should be banned from buying jet airplanes and super-cars as well. What the hell are people thinking? Is this the best they can do with their time?
If you don't work properly you must not relax with ease.

I agree. Why does somebody sitting on their ass at home need a cruise vacation? Of course, nitwit liberals will think we are being cruel.

You think this is what politicians should be spending time on? Do you actually think this is small government?

 

[AvgGuyIA]

What fun......I don't do animal husbandry, I suck, so I just grow crops and fruit..

You suck "fruits"?

 

[Moonglow]

What fun......I don't do animal husbandry, I suck, so I just grow crops and fruit..

You suck "fruits"?

Reading skills class is not till 2pm...

 

[Moonglow]

So what is the Conservatives' opinion on the savvy drug dealer who makes an easy 2 or 3 mil hustlin' drugs for a year, then just kicks back and chillaxes on his or her savings? Technically unemployed, but worked for all his or her money through "crime". Livin' it up. Opinions? ^_^

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It's better than welfare...

 

[AvgGuyIA]

You think this is what politicians should be spending time on? Do you actually think this is small government?

. Like you hate BIG government? If you insist that the government should be giving out welfare payments, then I consider it Is government saving me money.

 

[jknowgood]

“There are problems with much of this reasoning, however. First, it’s unclear that substantial numbers of welfare recipients are heading to the tattoo parlor, the casino, or the travel agent when their electronic benefits card is reloaded. A federal study of welfare spending found that less than 1 percent of welfare funds are spent at such establishments.

Second, the law is largely unenforceable, since TANF recipients can use the electronic benefits cards to withdraw cash.”

Feel good legislation that panders to the rightwing base, devoid of merit, unwarranted, and utterly pointless.

Otherwise, the stupidity of most conservatives it truly remarkable; what's the matter with Kansas, indeed.

Translation, we need the welfare situation to stay the same. If you eliminate some and do away with perks for others. We won't win anymore elections.