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Spark? Her "disorder" is chemical based. Notice she shows up right after her ACCESS card got monied up and she got her "stuff" for the week.
spark? Her condition is chemical related, and it worsens each month when her ACCESS card gets monied up.
Here's the reality of life chump. People who work, who bust their asses, get angry when those who don't want to work demand free cell phones on their dime. Since, by your own admission, you do absolutely nothing, and get everything for free, I can see how this concept is foreign to you.
Sympathy is keeping someone who is having a tough run of luck from starving. Welfare is giving lazy douchebags like yourself free phones.
When we volunteer, we should learn a lesson about self-LESS-ness, and appreciation not continue to be SELF-ish and so totally focused on yourself. You seem to want to be rewarded for volunteering, when the very spirit of the word means to give of yourself WITHOUT EXPECTING ANYTHING BACK.
If it wasn't for all those greedy, money grubbing, "haters" YOU would have NONE of your "luxuries", because your husband would not have a job were it not for all those selfish pigs who PAY FOR THEIR OWN CABLE.
AND F*CK BUSH.
So, you are saying that you, an American living with free cable, is suffering because you wouldn't have a 19.00 or 29.0(whatever the correct amount is) cellphone?
Have you ever lived overseas??? I have, and I can say confidence, that you HAVE NO CLUE.
It's not my fault you didn't prepare for your retirement adequately.
Not worth programing the hands free option in the
Bentley.
Nice deal for Tracphone as the qualified poor
[b] buy[/b] added minutes
buy added minutes[/quote]
So why can't they just buy all of their minuets and save taxpayers the expense of funding and administering this stupidity?
Other carriers are probably cheaper.
[quote]So why can't they just buy all of their minuets[/quote]
This is more a bonus for Trackphone than the poor.
[quote]The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created the Lifeline program in 1984[b]REAGAN[/b] and worked to update the service after the crises of Hurricanes Katrina and Ike, as well as the tragedy of September 11[b]BUSH[/b]. At the dawn of the 21st century, modern universal telephone service is necessary not only to ensure that the U.S. maintains a rapid, efficient, nationwide communications network, it is important for the purpose of national defense and to promote safety of life and property. By approving the SafeLink Wireless program, the FCC took action to enhance its Lifeline program and keep the right to communicate in pace with technology.[/quote]
You know better than that. With these welfare programs, it's never about encouraging individual independence. They are all about protecting and buying votes for liberals.
I been seeing these ads on TV in PA for a couple of weeks.
I agree with you Rob. Most people seem to forget that we have the freedom of Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, although this is not a guarantee of equal results.
Keep in mind some people are hit with incurable diseases in the prime of there life. They spend all they had saved for retirement on medical.
I would not take a bus as I was afraid I would get to weak and down I go on some boulevard. Getting a cell phone gave me less fear to go out alone, saved me a couple times from heat sickness to call for a cab and independence.
I personally chose not having a regular hard line phone and just a cell. Just calls from nurses and such, no family really left to chat to so it still was to much.
I use Net10 owned by tracphone "hmmm" but a much better deal.
Please don't lump disabled into the same basket as leeches. It would be cheaper to not include able to work low income. I believe low income level in ND is like 15 thousand a year for one person. If I got that I would be very happy and could never hold my head up if I applied for government stuff.
Not everyone who gets a cell or has internet uses it for posting on political sites. They use the net to monitor there health, news of new medications being studied that brings them hope, offering support and getting it from others who have chronic health conditions. Buying groceries to be delivered since I personally cant carry bags and bags. researching ways to save money.
Now nobody said that this was unlimited calling, could be they get enough mins for emergency's and have to pay for extra. This would be good then in my opinion. They might be the one calling for help and it could be one of us.
AND PS, I LIKE THIS POST HERE.....SOUNDS LIKE THEY HAVE SOME SENSE..
GOD FORBID SOMETHING SHOULD EVER HAPPEN TO ANY OF YOU PERFECT PEOPLE.
This really is not a incentive for anyone to get this deal unless they truly where poor for a reason. You still have to pay for extra mins. This seams more like a spending deal for Tracphone rather than helping low income. You can already get started fairly cheap with prepaid.
Now if they gave out really cool phones it might seam in excess. Now they will not have to pay 15.00 a month to keep the phone active. But it also encourages spending for more mins.
Sounds like tracphone made out like a bandit with this deal. Give poor folks crummy phones knowing they will pay for more mins once the phone is in hand!. All this funded by the taxpayer and using low income people as the excuse.
If Im not mistaken you could apply for like 17.00 off of your phone service if you met income requirements. This would be any phone company. One phone only, so now are they adding this to the other program in place?. Seams funny tracphone got this government funding. Why not a discount on any cell phone so one could then go with the best bargain?. Not how capitalism works.
http://www.salon.com/opinion/walsh/politics/200...
And for all the leftards following this thread, yes, minorities are a small fraction of the % of people abusing the system. Whites are by far the largest part of the abusers. Wow, that ought to have them screeching in short order!
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That is a good post. I am sure by the time NOBAMA is done the supreme court will have decided that everyone is ENTITLED to Equal results.
Some countries take care of their less fortunate and ederly but lets face it we live in a country based on greed. And who are most of the comments from...the greedy.
There will always be people who take advantage of a system, we all know that, and we know that not enough is done to prevent it...BUT are we really the type of people who beleive in persecuting a whole group based upon a few?
I have a tracfone and I got when I started making less money and tried to find ways to cut corners. So I have it for only emergencies and my sons grandparents to call. I dropped my internet also to save money.
This is a hard time for many people and not just the poor. Those of you who are working and getting paid good are not having the easiest time either because of this economy and some times I see people out rushing busting their A*& and I feel for them almost king themselves while the government doesn't care...enough...and I feel for you as well as those who are poor cause it's not good right now on either side. Maybe one can sleep just a tiny bit easier than the other but not much.
Maybe if some who are so negative and so busy looking to see that the other isn't gettin more than them and feeling themselves worthy of being the judge of what's fair and right just stopped spreading sooooo much negativity and hate the whole world would be a much better place.
Reading these comments...makes me ashame that you people represent the majority of peoples views in this country. I am truly disgusted.
I looked it up...they only get 68 minutes a month and then have to buy extra minutes. No facy phone but guess what...tracfone has a special right now $29 and double minutes for life and you get a picture flip phone. So if the person spends $29 and then switches the number over to the nice phone yes I think it is possible that they could have a picture phone.
And tracfone uses bonus promotional codes...so buying a $20 60 minute card...I usually get 90-120 minutes after using a bonus code.
So in my opinion a really savvy person could get 68 minutes on the governement and then 120 minutes more (for a total of 188 minutes per month) and only ever end up spending $20 per month on their phone.
I am applying for the phone for a neighbor of mine. She is 68 years old, with no family (all passed on) and she lives on 500.00 a month in SS. I think it is wonderful that the government is allowing this program. For someone like her, it is perfect. I can not imagine what she would do if something happened to her without a phone. Only problem is that she has never used a cell phone, so I will have to show her how to.
And, Really people; "your" government tax dollars hahahaha. What a joke. How much of your money goes to the poor? How about you quit complaining about welfare programs, and start complaining about the billion dollar a day war in Iraq. God forbid a hungry child gets .12 of your hard earned tax dollars.
And, how many of you really "work"? If you call an office job sitting on your rear 8 hours a day doing a whole lot of nothing work, then you really have some messed up ideas. When you pansy girls get a real hard working job, then I will listen to your story.
And, the thing is your "hard earned" tax dollars are always going to be there, no matter what. If they cut welfare programs, then it will go to something else. Be happy that our own are being helped, because the government could sure throw it at some other countries poor.
The thing is that I have always busted my rear end, ever since I was 14 years old, and I already have one heck of a social security mound saved up and I am only 28. But, I give to the poor, I pull names from the stores every year for xmas, I give to the red pot, I help at food banks, and by god if someone wants to live off of the government then more power to them. It sure beats what I have to do.
Quit hating on people because you made your own choices.
Here's this: about seventy percent of our tax dollars goes to redistributionist programs.
How about you quit complaining about welfare programs, and start complaining about the billion dollar a day war in Iraq.
Here's a clue: the Iraq war is Constitutional. The "New Deal" and "Great Society" are not. Now, you may or may not agree with the Iraq War, but national defense is a function of our federal government.
In any regard, one does not have anything to do with the other. Bringing up the Iraq War is little more than a straw man.
God forbid a hungry child gets .12 of your hard earned tax dollars.
"IT'S FOR THE CHILDREN!" Haha. What a joke.
And, how many of you really "work"? If you call an office job sitting on your rear 8 hours a day doing a whole lot of nothing work, then you really have some messed up ideas. When you pansy girls get a real hard working job, then I will listen to your story.
You're greedy. You deny the time (the one thing that is truly limited for us all here in this life) that people put into work and then you belittle them for being forced to give a big part of that time to undeserving people.
And, the thing is your "hard earned" tax dollars are always going to be there, no matter what. If they cut welfare programs, then it will go to something else.
False.
The thing is that I have always busted my rear end, ever since I was 14 years old, and I already have one heck of a social security mound saved up and I am only 28.
No, you don't. It has already been spent.
Quit hating on people because you made your own choices.
Easy for a greedy government thief to say. "Quit hating the thieves."
That's not in evidence. You're just justifying your own sense of entitlementness.
It's pretty disgusting Crystal and more than a bit transparent.
Sherry - Some countries take care of their less fortunate and ederly but lets face it we live in a country based on greed. And who are most of the comments from...the greedy.
What is it with people like you who steal other's wealth and precious time, and then have the nerve to call those people "greedy"?
Talk about guilty conscience Sherry! The naked projection is telling.
Cell phones for welfare queens? Why, so they can coordinate drug deals and prostitution?
I saw it, lived near it and understand it. Corruption and immorality, corrupting our children.
Here is a hint. Get a copy of the Constitution. A real one, not the one you got when you donated to Barri's campaign, and see what it lists as legitimate expenditures by the Federal and State's governments.
I am sure you pay in taxes from your job, just as I am sure you get much more back than you put in due to EIC and being a single parent. If it is a question of emergency use any cell will dial 911 with or without minutes available.
There is no global warming.... it is friction created by the spinning of our fore fathers.
Everyone in this thread needs to read this account as apparently many are completely unaware or have conveniently forgotten. http://fee.org/nff/not-yours-to-give/
Fuck the poor.
FEED THEM"
I would do it by taking all your drug dealing money from you.
[b]sara on May 10, 2009 at 01:50 pm [/b]
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It is not our responsibility to pay for people's cell phones and home mortgages; it is not our fault or our responsibility that people have to face adversity in their lives. Some of these people never should have been given a mortgage in the first place. Most of us doing what we are supposed to we are paying our mortgages and not living above our means Cell phones are not a necessity they are a luxury. I am sick and OBAMA redistributing wealth so he can buy votes for the next election. If you don't like your lot in life work harder and stop depending on the Government to fullfill your needs.
http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Degree=cert...
So we need to pay more taxes so you can do what? Not have to work? This is the problem the government is racing towards socialism and you're a poster girl of what is happening. We can blame you for voting NOBAMA into office.
All we hear is I just need a little help, the next thing you know we have tripled George W. Bush's debt and we are now racing towards a soft tyranny. Fuck there are so many programs out there now for you to take advantage of. Most Job services have programs to help people find work. But that isn't enough you want more from the Government.
First off your spelling is bad even by my standards so you might want to have your resume checked.
WOW...
Una Salus Victus Nullam Sperare Salutem
2Hotel9 on May 10, 2009 at 02:53 pm[/quote]
Sounds just like dino.
[b][url=http://www.geoffmetcalf.com/lunch_20010625.html]TANSTAAFL![/url][/b]
No. I am sure that Verizon / T-Mobil / AT&T / Sprint are not going to let a service like this cut into their bottom line.
Those costs are shifted onto the paying customers, you can be certain.
Once again, stealing from Peter to pay Paul.
Hey, if you rob Peter to pay Paul, you'll always have Paul's support.
And this,"in order to make the program viable and attractive." is is comical bullshit. Tracphone is being paid handsomely, with tax payer dollars, to provide this "free" service. So another lie from yet another welfare whore.
Which is a tax. Working taxpayers in the private sector pay for [i]everything[/i].
tryllin001 on May 26, 2009 at 10:24 pm"
Which is tax dollars, you fucking moron.
No causal connections demonstrated, just guilt by association.
Suck on that.
Now, tell yourself that lie some more. You may actually convince yourself.
Perhaps if you weren't quite so resentful of those who chose to pay attention in high school and are thus far less conversationally dysfunctional than you, then perhaps you would be qualified for a better-paying career which would allow you the financial independence to get your own damn phone instead of relying on the generosity of your betters!
Exposing the government's Safelink Wireless free cell phone for the poor scam
Whose fault is all this? Who has systematically pushed unnecessary and massively restrictive taxation and regulation onto the citizens of America?
The hand you hold is the hand that has dragged you down. Wake the fuck up.
"So you are all complaining about $20.00 a month so a person can have a whopping 60 minutes of airtime a month--at any rate, that does allow you to use it for emergencies and call and get messages from prospective employers etc. IF you have been homeless or very broke and without a phone (I have), you understand exactly how necessary a phone is and how cut off and isolated you are without one."
Wow...Yeah, $20 a month x how many people? Really, the amount is irrelevant. You could tell me it's $2 a month and I'd still be against it! What right do you have to tell someone to "suck it up, you're paying for my cell phone."
OK, good, let's bring these arguments to the next logical conclusion -- where shall we draw the line for government handouts? What would you takers say is fair for the workers of this country to be forced to give you?
If I hear that America is greedy, again, I will go nuts. Please, I beg you, find a more charitable people than Americans. Greed does not factor into it. Our government is forcing us, at gun point, to throw our money at 'problems' that our federal government has no Constitutional authority to be involved with.
The way to look at this is, as was stated above: Money = time. You work hard for your money -- what you do is irrelevant. Whether you're 'sitting on your butt' for 8 hours or working a jackhammer, time is time. Most people with regular jobs put in 8 hours + commute. That is time spent away from your family. Think about it that way, the next time someone is telling you you're greedy for not wanting to give free cell phones to the 'poor'.
Also, another ridiculous statement I saw in this blog was that this isn't a taxpayer funded program. Please, can you think before you speak? A simple google search would have provided you with this [url=http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/phonebills/samplePhonebill.html#Universal Connectivity Fee (Universal Service Fund), Federal:]FCC website[/url] page explaining the Universal Service Charge to you. Note that it says "Although not required to do so by the government, many carriers choose to pass their contribution costs on to their customers in the form of a line item, often called the "Federal Universal Service Fee" or "Universal Connectivity Fee"." Here's something that we all should know (I am sure many here do): Corporations do not pay taxes or fees -- they're lumped into the cost of doing business and passed on to the consumer. That was a cute line by the FCC, trying to say "look, it's not us -- it's the big bad phone company! They're passing it along to you, not us."
I am sorry for the long post...I just wonder where the Americans who would rather die than take a handout from the government are. It seems they've been replaced by the people who are willing to sell out their freedoms to suck on the government nipple.
We got along fine.
There were Neighbors. Might be a concept.
It is all coming together.
[quote] i am a proud white woman who dont like feeling poor i do not live above my means and my childreen are always being put down because of the trailor we call home[/quote]
Your children should never be ashamed of where they live. Living in a trailer doesn't make you less of a person. My grandfather grew up in abject poverty in the hollers of West Virgina. He went on to not allow that to hold him down. My grandfather was never wealthy or middle class, but he worked 6 days a week most of his life to provide for his family, and he always held his head up and was proud of the lessons learned while growing up. Tell your children to hold their heads up and focus on their education, and someday they will be able to build on your/their hardships and provide help to others who are now in the situation they were in. b) What exactly does the fact that you are white have to do with your post? Nobody wants to be poor, or live in the rest of the world outside of North America and Western Europe, where the majority of the populations do, in actuality, live in poverty...poverty where poor is the middle class. Poverty doesn't mean you cannot afford a cellphone, poverty means you watch your children starve to death on the side of the road as you try and walk the 100 miles to the nearest medical aid tent. that, is poverty. Poverty is not the lack of having a cellphone, no matter how you get it, or the the internet, or tv, with our without cable, or windows in their house, or a house for that matter. I lived in Turkey for 2 years. There is incredible wealth in some areas of Turkey and there is also incredible, INCREDIBLE poverty, and there are no safety nets, so poor is relative depending on where you are situated when you are poor.
[quote]Val said: [b]And, how many of you really "work"? [/b]If you call an office job sitting on your rear 8 hours a day doing a whole lot of nothing work, then you really have some messed up ideas. When you pansy girls get a real hard working job, then I will listen to your story.[/quote] My dh is a [b]disabled veteran[/b]who retired in 2007 because he would have been medically boarded out if he had not. We worked his a** off, if you will, while active duty, and now that he is retired, he still works his a** off. [b]He works a blue collar, middle class, not upper middle class and not wealthy, physically demanding job 13 hours a day, and comes home in pain every single day[/b] in order to pay our bills, including a cellphone plan for our family. He won't be able to do this job in 5 years. When that happens and he has to go to a job that pays less, then we make more sacrifices in order to pay our bills. My husband works for a small business owner. If his boss wasn't "sitting on his a**" as you so eloquently put it, my husband would not have a job...we need rich "a** sitters" to provide jobs...those in my same income bracket couldn't afford to hire one employee, let alone the 25 my husband's boss employs.
I actually don't fall consistently on a hard line one way or the other on social safety net programs. I am very conservative on some, and very lenient on others when it comes to what I think is right.
This is one of those hard times. Unless you are young, you grew up without cellphones. I worked on a military base, 15 miles away from my home when I was 16. It was a 15 min drive on an often deserted road with NOTHING between the base and the outskirts of my town, and I had no cellphone. Do you think parents then worried any less about their children back then? We don't get cell service for more than 8 or 9 miles of our deserted stretch of road into town, but , if my children were to break down, having a cellphone without cell service reception is no different than not having one, so you CAN live w/o your children having a cellphone. How are you able to be on the internet? Unless you are utilizing the library, you are able to afford internet, so you are not in the position of [b]TRULY[/b]going hungry,as much of the developing world is. I watched a program on India a few months ago. The majority of families living in the slums of Mumbai, no running water, no internet, no lights, no food, no windows or doors, no toilet, etc, have cellphones. They pay for them themselves. Surely you are not putting yourself in a category that makes you poorer than those living in a Mumbai slum...
[quote]but lests see what happens when a flood or a tornado hits your bitch ass farms and cornfields and your ass is left with nothing but your life are you going to turn down welfare help or is that below you[/quote]
totally illogical argument. A cellphone is in NO WAY comparable with suffering from a natural disaster. I have zero problem with federal funding for disaster relief.
[quote]not afford [b]cable[/b], a phone, or other as you call them luxuries[/quote]
Are you seriously saying that cable is not a luxury??
Not thinking a free cellphone is a good idea does not mean you want babies starving in the street...you can't eat a cellphone, so wouldn't you think the govt should increase food stamps by that amount each month if the concern is supporting a person in a time of need? I notice no "my children are hungry and I would rather have extra food in the cupboard", but total outrage over questioning the free cellphone policy
So, you *are* equating yourself as poorer than those living in the slums of Mumbai, who buy cellphones AND minutes. How are you able to be on the internet? Unless you are using the public library or another free source, then you have the money to pay for the internet. Did you even read that? You think that poor isn't able to not afford a cellphone. Live overseas for a while and see if you still say that. I am not kidding about what true poverty is. I lived where there is true poverty and they find us to be selfish, as we don't "get it" The absolute poorest, poverty stricken family in *this* country is middle class or RICH in the developing world. I hope to God you are NEVER in the position where you have to sit on the side of the road and watch your child, who's belly is bloated from starvation, die, covered in flies, because their parents couldn't walk all those miles to the closest aid tent.
[quote]These cell phones are not for people to call and gab to their friends. They are meant for emergency use only. That is why you only get a certain amount of minutes per month. The government used to do the same thing for landlines, but don't offer that program anymore. Some people are simply too poor to afford a phone and if you have small children then this is not a luxery but piece of mind.[/quote] The cellphones are for whatever the person decides they are for. They don't monitor the minutes to see if you are only using them for emergencies. You could be ordering a pizza if that is what you want to use it for. I had small children and had NO cellphone, and not 20 years ago, but 10 years ago. I had younger children FIVE years ago and didn't have a cellphone. I couldn't afford one. My husband had one becuase he was required to have one for recalls to the base when he was the "on call" person. The military provided it, so even when he was gone for MONTHS at a time, I still didn't have a cellphone. The military providing a cellphone for recalls to the base is different than this plan.
You want to talk to me about the need for food stamps to afford nutritious food for your children, then let's talk about that, but if you are on the internet to tell me you are too poor to afford a phone(again, unless you are at the library or another place where it is free) then explain to me how you justify a free phone.
Those of you swearing at people who don't agree with you makes you sound unintelligent, and I am sure you are not, as intelligence is not dependent on wealth, so maybe what you need is a dollar store thesaurus to look up the big boy and girl words and act like grown ups when you disagree. Argue your point like Tina above did, but act like an adult, as she did, when you do it.
At any rate there will be higher unemployment no job is safe. I get $200.00 a month for food only toilet paper not (LOL) no cash and i do have to work @ places to cover that $ 200.00 that I'm getting on an Ohio card So I'm very thankful for that I hope you'll all go to the auto parts stores that begin with the letter A..The other auto parts store that will be in your area I hope you'll understand that the people behind the counter are worn out and it's not you causing that it's management it's a struggle working for a company like that and many times being denied a lunch break Yeah so what it's against the law so try to afford an attorney. So what I'm saying "Please try not to judge the poor I just became poor but not homeless yet! I'm not talking about 3rd generation welfare either. We are all going to have to rely on eachother so get used to it. So what a free cell phone big deal!
Let me just say, everyone in their life falls upon hard times here and there and nobody wants to be "POOR". But I am a person who needed this phone because my childrens father up and left because he didn't want the responsiblities of taking care of them anymore after 8 years, Friend of the Court is a joke when it comes to getting these fathers to be accountable. I have a job taking care of low income children in my daycare and the majority of them have no dads in the home. Not every person that needs this service is a lazy, no good, want to be degraded be people like you, citizens. Dont put down the people who are having hard times, you never know when your going to have to look up to the people you once looked down on. You could lose your job today, get hit by a car and live the rest of your life in a wheel chair, your children God forbid could be hurt to where you have to stay home and care for them, or your man may leave you. Would you take the low income services available to you then? Everyone at the top can fall, the difference between the top people and the bottom people is usually when the top people fall they fall hard and cant get back up. We at the bottom tend to keep getting up for the sake of always being put down by people like you. Yes, there may be people abusing the system, I'm sure there are. But you should never assume anything when it comes to someone elses life. You have no idea why they are in the situation their in.
Soon we will be paying for their cable tv and internet (broadband of course).
You can't be serious? The Governnent is here to provide you with gift off of the backs of others.
Quite whining and grow a set.
The "rich" who are they?
http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/bus...
[quote]When political talk turns to tax "fairness," none of the candidates mentions where a high income begins. So I thought you might want to know. You were in the top 25 percent of taxpayers in 2005 if your taxable income exceeded $61,055
In 2000, the top 25 percent of all taxpaying filers paid a whopping 83.6 percent of all income taxes. By 2005, they paid 85.6 percent of all taxes. So in spite of tax rate cuts for the well-off, the share of taxes paid by the well-off has risen.[/quote]
So the "rich", those making more than 61,000 pay 85.6% of all taxes.
What do those numbers mean?
[quote]This is not a minor number. In 2005, 134 million American households filed tax returns. Only 90 million of them paid any taxes. While the number of households filing returns rose by 5 million, the number of households actually paying income taxes fell by 6 million. Basically, 11 million lower-income households don't have to pay income taxes that would have had to pay taxes before the Bush tax cuts. [/quote]
44 million pay no income tax at all. Some of this number actually get money in the form of the Earned Income Tax credit so they are a net drain.
22.5 million families pay 85.6% of the taxes.
67.5 million families pay the remaining 14.4% of taxes.
Tell me again how the "rich" ar[quote]e the cheapest of the bunch and are ungrateful son of a bitches. You get TOO much privilege and the poor gets stuck with the shit.[/quote]
Dude, you need to work your ass off even harder, like we all did. The government doesn't exist to give you anything. In order to "give" the government has to take from someone else. You whiny assed little shit, go earn your own way and stop leeching off of your betters.
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[quote]This Shepparton public housing unit had $20,641 in damages, needing repairs to walls, doors, windows and frames[/quote]
PP, I have been working a remodel, nice 3 bedroom house, remodeled 5 years ago, turned over to HUD Chap 8 renters 4 years ago. We have had to gut the interior. Every door busted off its frame, all windows broken, both toilets busted, bathtubs busted, refrigerator stolen, furnace stripped, wiring and copper pipes ripped out. And the people were still living in it. Had to be forcibly removed by the Sheriffs Dept.
And the bestest part?!?! Now the property owner is having to fight in court against HUD because she does not want to continue renting through them.
Just imagine, there are stupid fucks who want these kind of government assholes to run healthcare.
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What you need is a dictionary and a thesaurus, which you can get for a dollar a piece at the dollar store.
I have no doubt that employers will be knocking down your door as eloquent as you are. How one speaks to others is usually quite indicative of their character.
A little career advice for you. Employers want you to use big boy and girl words, not childish swear words. They would prefer you actually spell out words vs text messaging "speak".
[quote]GEE, PUBLIC EDUCATION HAS REALLY FAILED SOME OF YOU[/quote]
Yes, it has apparently failed you "dang". Those that live in poor grammar houses shouldn't throw educational insult stones.
Most of us use slang or conversational speech in one form or another, but we are not usually hurling education, or lack of, insults at people while we are using it.
[quote]AND SECONDLY IF YOU PEOPLE ARE NOT VOLUNTEERING YOUR TIME AND EFFORT TO HELP YOUR FELLOW NEIGHBOR IN A TIME OF NEED THEN YOU'RE JUST AS MUCH OF A DRAIN ON SOCIETY AS YOU'RE CLAIMING THE POOR ARE.[/quote]
I do, do you? I am not rich. My husband is a disabled veteran who works a blue collar job. We donate a percentage of his salary every year to several charities, even when times have been financially tight. We also volunteer. Again, do you??? If you do not, then feel free to come lecture me AFTER you have started both physically and financially donating your time on a regular, not sporadic, basis.
I didn't realize that my husband owed you a cellphone. I thought his almost 21 years of service so you can come complain was payment enough..silly me.
btw, how are you able to come here and complain about how cruel we all are? Unless you are in a place where you have FREE access(free to you) to the internet, it is interesting that you can afford the internet to come and tell me how you cannot afford a cellphone
[quote]The majority of families living in the slums of Mumbai, no running water, no internet, no lights, no food, no windows or doors, no toilet, etc, have cellphones. They pay for them themselves. Surely you are not putting yourself in a category that makes you poorer than those living in a Mumbai slum...[/quote]
I'm almost 26 and this is only my 2nd time trying to get some help, I'm happy that I got my $200 worth of food money so we won't have to eat crap all month. I've been going through this shit since I was 14, when the goverment decided I wasn't disabled anymore and took away my check. I was born disabled and my mom was disabled about 20 years ago, had it not been for welfare and housing programs we would have been screwed.
BUT, big but. I've also seen fraud first hand. Go to your local Job & Family Services or HUD office and just look in the waiting room and parking lot, you will see. People (mainly black, it's easier for them to get it because the government thinks they need help more) are in these places already with expensive cell phones and nice clothes. Last time I went to HUD I saw 2 BMW's and a newer model Cadillac in the visitor parking lot. That, is bullshit. I can't afford even basic transportation, any kind of extra things and haven't gotten any new clothes in months.
People like that are the ones who ruin government assistance. There's nothing wrong with it, nothing wrong with needing some help. There is something wrong with getting help when you clearly don't need it and I just don't see why they can't take 1 look at these people and cut them off. Why not? Because some bitch has 5 kids under 3 by several men? Nobody told her to have them, birth control isn't that hard and you can usually get free condoms from most doctor's offices.
I'm sure there will be many people doing this just so they can have yet another cell phone that they don't really need, but I can see it being useful to some. You people also use the phrase "tax dollars" way too much. I doubt that much of your hard earned money will go to this program. Where would you rather have it? Schools? Schools won't work until we fix the parents. I'd love to go deeper into this but I don't know how much more I can type in this, I might post a longer response on my site later. (Which was given to me by a friend who wasn't using it, in case you're wondering).
Oh, and don't give me the lame "Another welfare whore toddles through..." line, it isn't funny. Try harder.
If responsible, caring, intelligent people working for the various social welfare programs were able to separate the chaff from the wheat when people apply for help from various these programs, we could acomplish two things. (a) Cut the costs of these program dramatically, huge cuts, by getting rid of those that are just too damn lazy and irresponsible. We never will though, because poor people vote for candidates that promise them more free money and services and so for them to keep getting reelected, our political friends will keep promising more and make sure no one gets mad because they are ever turned down. (b) Those really in need would get a lot more help with no complaints from taxpayers. Americans, even us evil conservatives love to help those in real need to get real needs met and that generously. But, we balk at the misuse and abuse of the welfare state to keep Democrat candidates in office.
So, let us keep in mind that there are real people with serious needs, and when we call people names, make sure it is directed at those that don't have real needs.
for you youre tune will change
i worked all my life i got very sick i can not affored
a cell phone but it is a good thing to have
and as far as it go's i paid my taxes i was a working every day
im glade because when i take a walk see something happen
im calling 911 i have a free phone
so think about that when that truck slams you in the middle of nowhere and you need help but cant get it
or someone is robbing you while youre asleep or held at gun point
then you will be glade that homless guy knows how to dail 911
then you will be glade that homless guy knows how to dail 911[/quote]
How is the "homless" guy going to see the robber, robbing me while I'm asleep unless he is the robber? The "homless" are often known to be altruistic souls that report all crime. Its like a neighborhood watch!
Ah the tolerant lefty. Calling Alabamians rednecks really makes your point. Are you twelve, Annoying? I have three phones. One land land, one for my wife and my own. I pay for all of them.
I see homeless people all the time Annoying. Do you not? You seem to be their champion. I bet you're out there helping them in the shelters and working to make their life better? Ha!
Get a clue kid, stop with the cap locks. All you do is make yourself look even more foolish. (If that's possible)
I'm from Alabama, I'm from Alabama, I'm from Alabama! YEE HAW!
I'm a redneck. I work hard in the fields to grow food for my family and for others. As I do this it sunburns my neck. Somehow for Annoying is an insult. He calls me a redneck because I work hard to provide for my family!
Good work Annoying!
Make fun of the South some more to prove what an outstanding tolerant liberal you are! Hypocrite thy name is liberal.
Who is the redneck exactly?
Secondly, the phones are mailed out so I don't think too many of these saintly homeless would be able to find an address to use to get their handout phone. There's a limit of one per address and I would imagine that the local bus stop has already been used by now. That means that the next time I get jumped in a dark alley - which is, by the way, where I try to spend all of my available time - I'm going to have to toss my phone to the homeless guy right off so he can help me out...
Oh and can't we give a rest to all of the references to the ubiquitous lay-off victims or the "oops, I fell off of the roof and can't work anymore" people? They're rhetorical citations at best and these demographics simply aren't characteristic of the majority of welfare users. Just because someone is abusing the disability program, for instance, does not mean they're *actually* disabled.
Entitlements/public assistance is all such B.S.
Last but not least, to "tonia" - the dope who posted this:
[quote]"What if tomorrow you woke up and found out that your job is no longer needed, sent overseas, or all your years spent in college trying to perfect your trade, was worth nothing. What in the fuck would you do then. If you could not get back into the field and had to take a less then desirable job; where you barely made enough to cover the basic needs of life. What the fuck would you do then. Apply for the same government handout."[/quote]
What would I do? I'd take the shit job, probably a second job as well, and work my ass off. That's where you and I differ. I would mop up public toilets all day long and flip burgers at night to provide for the basic needs of my family. You would take the easy road and let even part of the pay of the poor bastard working the lousy job (you know, the one working the job that you think you're too good for) go to support your lifestyle. After all of that, you still can't see how you are a sponge? You are beyond hope.
Just 15 years ago most of us survived without a cell phone. The fact that you are posting here means either you have a computer and Internet access at home or are smart enough to know you can go to a public library and get on the Internet for free. My guess is you have Internet access at home because if you went to the library it was probably to get a book to read and are already trying to better your self. If you can afford a computer and Internet access, you can afford a home phone. It’s probably better you don’t have a cell phone to interfere with your driving to those all important doctors appointments.
As for all the college students who need a free phone. Quit talking and get back to studying, if you would study & stop texting in class you might learn something. If you are truly paying for your own school, you would be able to afford a phone if you truly needed one. If you are not paying for your own school, then you are either already sucking off society or have a job that is paying for school so with that job you can afford a phone.
As for the homeless bum using the phone to call 911 to protect me. If it comes to that, then it means that the government has already taken away all my constitutional privileges of defending myself and socialism is here.
If you don’t agree with me on this, it’s ok. That is the beauty of a free society. We have this avenue to sound off and voice our opinions. When we have completed the move to socialism, we will no longer have the right to our opinions!
By the way, if you will look about 1/8th inch from the letter A on you keyboard you'll find the caps lock key. If you will turn off your caps locks you won't look like a raving loon. Protip!
By the way, you can clearly afford your own computer and internet. Why do we have to pay for your phone for you?
SO I WORK FOR FREE....BASICALLY, I PAY FOR MY FREE PHONE DEAR.
You work for free so somehow this pays for your phone? Here's an idea, if you can work for free, you can work for pay Annoying. GET A JOB.
You pay for your phone? I pay for your phone. You are nothing but a phony freeloader. I doubt you volunteer for anything but lining up to get more free handouts.
What a Susy Sunshine you must be when you volunteer.
In fact, I will join you in the all caps, so you won't feel alone.
I DON'T DRINK. YOU HOWEVER SOUND LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN AT THE PARTY SUCKING UP THE FREE DRINKS FOR FAR TOO LONG. DON'T ATTEMPT TO DRINK AND DRIVE. USE YOUR CELLPHONE AND CALL A CAB.
I have a hard time accepting advice about people's humanity from a person that labels an entire state as "rednecks" bigot. If you have a problem with me fine, I really don't care. When you label an entire state, you are just as bigoted and as much of a jerk as the worst KKK member out there. Have fun in your robes at the next meeting Annoying.
Maybe you could treat others like humans? You seem to demand what you do not offer. You make wild assumptions about people, insult where they live and then you have the nerve to "poor me, I'm a human too"?
Try acting like it. Acting like a grown up would be nice as well, but acting like a human is good enough for now.
Cell phones are a luxury, the "American Dream" is for our Vet's and those who earn it!
Most don't complain about services given to vets, particularly disabled vets, because they served and sacrificed so people can have the freedom to go around demanding luxuries(yes, Virginia, there was life before cellphones) because they are disabled, or a college student, or a parent, or "just because" they deserve it. A CELLPHONE IN EVERY POT(FDR would have loved you). There is an irony in that don't you think?
Now, since you like to focus your entire posts on being disabled, I will chime in. I must go now Mrs. Annoyed, because I would like to spend some time with my DISABLED veteran husband before he gets up at 3:30 in the morning to go work.....for money....so we can pay our bills....including our cellphone.
Did I mention that he is a disabled veteran???
Good Night Mrs. Annoying. I hope you find some peace and a lessening of bitterness about your condition. Life isn't fair, and that can suck big time, but life is also what you make out of it, including the attitude with which you live it.
I wish you well.
I dealt with countless "Annoyeds" throughout my time in working for charities, who felt like they deserved the world on a platter, instead of being truly greatful for the hundreds of hours, the sweat, the donations it took to get them their weekly or monthly free goods.
On the other hand, when I volunteered at the VA, I had borderline psychotics who were truly grateful for 5 minutes of my time, for a thank you or a God Bless You (services they actually WERE owed) that it made losers like Annoyed seem so much more pathetic by comparison. I talked with men who bled and suffered and toiled for my freedom before my father was born that were so happy for a few moments of my time and a homemade thank you plaque that some broke down into tears at my visit.
Grown men and women who had no reason to thank me for my extremely meager efforts were extremely humble and bestowing of endless gratitude I didn't deserve. People who had lost limbs, bones, use of organs to defend me when my parents were twinkles in someone's eyes were thankful for my visit. People like Annoyed, who exist off the charity of others, are contemptuous of the endless labor it takes to keep their worthless selves from starving in the streets. Perspective makes her look all the more useless.
My husband is a disabled veteran. Yes, your favorite thing to be a martyr about. Not only is he a veteran, but he also won the disabled jack-pot. Shouldn't you be giving him your computer? I mean, he beats you out in the pity, who is the king of the disabled party, right? That seems to be how you base your entire life, judging by your rants here. "I am more deserving than any of you are because I am disabled". Shhhh...don't tell anyone, but you are NOT the only disabled person in this country, and.....again, shhhhhhh......most disabled people, including those with the most challenging disabilities W-O-R-K for money to pay their bills, AND, they manage to volunteer as well.
I MEAN, HE GAVE THIS COUNTRY OVER 20 YEARS OF SERVICE SO YOU COULD COME HERE AND ACT LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN ACTING. SURELY YOU SHOULD NOT BE SO SELFISH AND KEEP FROM HIM WHAT HE *DESERVES*. HE COULD REALLY USE A NEW COMPUTER. WHY SHOULDN'T YOU BE THE ONE TO GIVE IT TO HIM?
YOU DON'T WANT TO GIVE HIM YOUR THINGS? WELL, YOU MIGHT SOUND LIKE A WHINY CRY BABY BULLY BITCHING AT A PARTY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T GET A FREE DRINK, NOW WOULDN'T YOU?
If you are on disability, but can work, you are a free loader. If your husband has a job that affords you all these perks, and you have all this money, yet are STILL using government services for the poor, that means you're a welfare fraud and a criminal.
And that you think that the infinitessimally small amount you paid in taxes entitles you to a lifetime free ride shows that you're incredibly arrogant in addition to being useless and stupid.
It's people like you that make the average person hate welfare cases. Be ashamed of yourself you waste of space.
Hi I'm Annoying, I demand free goods and services and when the people that are paying for them complain I call them rednecks and brag about all the free services I'm getting. I am a net drain on the economy and the reason we have Zero as President because he offers me free stuff. Yet I'm the good person here because I support charity! (Mostly for me)
What say you, Annoying? I need to be amused today!
I know our president is a Zero. That makes me racist? Oh woe is me, a freeloader has called me a stupid, retarted racist. How ever will I live without your approval Annoying. I shall die of shame. Do you really think its racist to disagree with Zero just because he is black? I have disagreed with Democrats for quite some time, not for reasons of race but because their policies are stupid and attract stupid followers such as yourself that think I and the rest of the US owe you a free phone that you give to your kid.
Rotten on the outside, you can just remove the rotten part and eat the rest.
Do not be waistfull.
It takes an amazing amount of hubris to call others needy when you're actively screwing over people you believe deserve a free service.
What a piece of human garbage.
These are your words...
You, by your own admission, do not need this safety measure and are not one of the "less fortunate" so you are garbage. Now, come back here and tell everone why I am a stupid, racist, redneck, retard for pointing out the program is worthless for giving phones to people that do not want or need them. (Your own words)
And more people graduate from higher education institutions per capita in Alabama than any other state in the US.
So, unless the rest of the people with the "me me" attitude are posting from a public library or other free internet source, they all find enough money to pay for the internet, which is more expensive than the cheapest throw away phone and monthly minutes.
You notice that nobody is saying "We need help to put more food on the table" or "We need help getting our heat turned back on in a freezing winter". It is all about wanting perks. They seem to have no true sense of poverty. The poorest person in THIS country is middle class in most of the developing world. You are not poor because you do not have a cellphone. You are poor when you sit on the side of the road in Africa while your baby dies of malnutrition because you didn't have the money to get to the closest medical aide tent, and the baby dies before you can walk there.
I have lived overseas, and have seen poverty that was beyond my worst imaginings. Free cellphones are not at the top of their list, yet they don't complain. In the time I lived overseas and actively volunteered in the local community, I never once, not once, heard any complaining or any sense of expectation. What I saw was a heart wrenching gratitude for the smallest kindness and aid. I also saw the poor(which would be poor with a capital P in this country) give what they could not to the poorer. It wasn't giving up a cellphone, so another could have it, it was giving food that they could not spare to those that were in even more need.
The difference between that situation and this situation is the sense of entitlement for even the pettiest item.
What was it...$29?
While it may not seem like alot, to those that are barely making it (I unfortunately have to raise my hand here - family of 4 supported by me by choice) or for those that don't have anything, that $29 can buy quite a bit from the right places. For me, that would be an extra couple of packages of hamburger that could be separated and frozen for the month, or a turkey, maybe two, that can be cooked and cut up for many uses throughout the month.
A cellphone is a luxury, a want - not a need.
I MIGHT relent and say a cellphone would be a needed IF the person had no home phone available so potential job employers could contact them. That would be the only time i would relent on my thoughts on cell phones. Otherwise it is a waste, and would be better suited to increasing the persons food stamps.
I made no mention of me being on foodstamps because I am not. I support a family of four with one income because it was planned that way so my wife could stay home with the kids and not let a daycare raise them. There would be a parent with them at all times.
I read or try to read what you pass off as writing and just start passing over it cause first the all caps is truly ignorant to write in. Second, your assumptions and ignorance of other peoples issues and life is truly astonishing.
While being young is nothing to be ashamed of, I find in your case immaturity seems to be the case also.
In the world of texts and texting, all caps means yelling or screaming something. Which is probably why people are treating you like a raving loon.
SafeLink Wireless: A Government Welfare Program For Cell Phones
By Rob on February 26, 2009 at 06:37 pm
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Did you know that your tax dollars are subsidizing cell phones for poor people? That’s what SafeLink Wireless is, according to the website:
SAFELINK WIRELESS® service is U.S. government supported program for Income eligible households provided by TracFone Wireless, Inc. In order to participate in the SAFELINK WIRELESS® service, persons must meet certain eligibility requirements set by each State where the service is to be provided. These requirements are based on a person’s participation in a state or Federal support programs or by meeting the Income Poverty Guidelines as defined by the U.S. Government. SAFELINK WIRELESS® service is limited to one person per household.
Personally, I always thought of a cell phone as a luxury. You have it if you can afford it. It’s something you earn. It’s certainly not something that should be part of a welfare package for “the poor.”
I mean, what motivation do people who are poor have to make themselves better if they can go through life eating subsidized food, living in subsidized housing while talking on their subsidized cell phones?
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Greg in Alabama [Moderator] 1 hour ago in reply to MRS. ANNOYED
Actually Annoying, you are garbage because you've admitted that you don't want or need the phone and continue to use it.
These are your words...
THIS PHONE IS A SAFETY MEASURE TO PROTECT THE LESS FORTUNATE IN THIS COUNTRY.
You, by your own admission, do not need this safety measure and are not one of the "less fortunate" so you are garbage. Now, come back here and tell everone why I am a stupid, racist, redneck, retard for pointing out the program is worthless for giving phones to people that do not want or need them. (Your own words)
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Greg in Alabama [Moderator] 2 hours ago in reply to MRS. ANNOYED
Ah Annoying, you are full of excuses! Did I read correctly, you said the state sent you the phone and you don't care if you have it? Yet you are on this blog arguing about it right now? Man, you really are a troll. If you don't care if you have it and have no need for it, why are you using it? You've actually proven our point about the whole program. It largely used by idiots that "don't need it". This is by your own admission. Thank you for proving our point by your continued ramblings.
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sanity [Moderator] 4 hours ago in reply to MRS. ANNOYED
You truly are an idiot.
I made no mention of me being on foodstamps because I am not. I support a family of four with one income because it was planned that way so my wife could stay home with the kids and not let a daycare raise them. There would be a parent with them at all times.
I read or try to read what you pass off as writing and just start passing over it cause first the all caps is truly ignorant to write in. Second, your assumptions and ignorance of other peoples issues and life is truly astonishing.
While being young is nothing to be ashamed of, I find in your case immaturity seems to be the case also.
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2hotel9 [Moderator] 4 hours ago
You are a sad, pathetic little squim, aren't? Please, screech some more, welfare whore, we love laughing at you.
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SOUR DULCE [Moderator] 0 minutes ago in reply to 2hotel9
THE ONLY WHORE I KNOW OF IS YOUR MOM....AND THATS FOR HAVING YOU.
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SOUR DULCE [Moderator] 6 hours ago in reply to SOUR DULCE
YES, THIS IS MRS ANNOYED....
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SOUR DULCE [Moderator] 6 hours ago in reply to 2hotel9
YOU SEE SEVERAL MORE WHO ARE FAR MORE OBSCENE? HMMM MAYBE YOURS?
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 6 hours ago in reply to 2hotel9 1 person liked this.
TRY GETTING AN EDUCATION, BECAUSE YOUR LAME ASS BASHES ON PEOPLE ARE DUMB AS HELL. YOU OFFER NOTHING TO THIS BLOG, EXCEPT YOUR STUPIDITY. AND ACTUALLY, IF YOU WANNA GO THAT ROUTE I BUY YOUR MOMS FOOD STAMPS SO SHE CAN GET METH. SO NOW, I CAN SOUND AS COOL AS YOU.
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2hotel9 [Moderator] 7 hours ago
So, we have a screecher in the thread. No actual point or reason, just screeching. How lame. Now go get your foodstamps and sell them for more meth, screecher.
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to badlands4
OH GOODNESS I SHOULD BASH ON YOU FOR YOUR TYPING ERROR. YOU BEING THE PERFECTIONIST AND ALL, YOU SHOULD BE ASHAMED.
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to Kenny
YEAH...WELL LETS SEE. IF I DEMANDED THE PHONE...SAID I DESERVE THE PHONE GIVE IT TO ME...THEN OK, YEAH ID BE GARBAGE. BUT CONSIDERING, IT CAME TO ME RIGHT INTO MY MAIL BOX, BECAUSE IM ON DISABILITY, ITS MINE TO KEEP. I EVEN CALLED THEM AND SAID, UMMM I DIDNT BUY A PHONE. AND THEY SAID THEY WERE SENDING IT TO PEOPLE ON DISABILITY. SO BASICALLY YOU ARE JUST TALKING OUT OF YOUR ASS ABOUT SOMETHING YOU HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE ABOUT. HAHAH FRAUDULENT. OK. IF IT STATES PEOPLE ON SSD GET THE PHONE, AND IM ON SSD, WHERE IS THE FRAUD IN THAT????
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to badlands4
UM, I GET FREE PHONE, CABLE AND INTERNET.....THANK YOU. BECAUSE MY HUSBAND WORKS FOR THE COMPANY. ITS THEIR PERK. I DONT LIVE IN MUMBAI, I LIVE IN THE US. SO BASICALLY ID RATHER WORRY ABOUT US PROBLEMS, THAN THEIRS. IM NOT THE ONE COMPLAINING. YOU GUYS ARE. IM RANTING ABOUT YOU BASHING PEOPLE THAT ARE LOW INCOME, OR ON WELFARE, OR SINGLE MOMS, AND THINGS TO THAT NATURE. BUT YOU SEEM TO DENSE TO REALIZE IT.
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to CrimsonPolitiTider
I AGREE TOTALLY WITH YOU. PEOPLE THINK EVERYONE IS TRYING TO CHEAT THE SYSTEM. ITS SO ANNOYING.
AND PS, THE ALABAMA BASH WAS ME PROVING TO ALABAMA THAT IT ISNT COOL TO LABEL SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THAT WHAT YOU HEARS. AS IN THEM LABEL SINGLE MOTHERS AS WELFARE WHORES, OR HOMLESS PEOPLE AS DRUG ADDICTS......
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to badlands4
AGAIN...."DEMANDED". WHERE AT DO YOU SEE DEMANDED? YOU JUST LIKE TO RUN YOUR MOUTH TO FEEL IMPORTANT. DO YOU WANT MY FREE PHONE. WILL THAT MAKE YOU HAPPY. I DONT USE IT ANYHOW. LIKE I SAY, MY DAUGHTER CARRIES IT IN HER BACK PACK.
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to sanity
OH GOODNESS, PLEASE DONT TELL THEM YOU ARE ON FOODSTAMPS.....YOU'LL BE A WORTHLESS WHORE IN THEIR BOOKS......IM TELLING YOU. ASSHOLES FILL THIS BLOG. BEST OF LUCK TO YOU.
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to badlands4
WELL I APOLOGIZE THAT YOUR DISABLE HUSBAND HAS TO WORK.....MAYBE PERHAPS YOU SHOULD BE PICKING UP THE SLACK? IM NOT SURE, IM NOT SURE OF YOUR SITUATION. MY WHO DEAL ON THIS DISABLED THING WAS PEOPLE WERE RANTING AND RAVING THAT "WELFARE WHORE" ARE GETTING THESE PHONES....AND I CLEARLY STATTED THAT I AM NOT ON WELFARE, MY HUSBAND WORKS, I VOLUNTEER WHEN I CAN, AND THE STATE SENT ME A FREE PHONE. I DIDNT DEMAND IT, DIDNT ASK FOR IT...DONT CARE IF I HAVE IT. BUT YET THERE ARE PEOPLE HERE JUST GOING ON AND ON WITH THE SAME LAME COME BACKS ABOUT GET A JOB, GET THIS GET THAT. IF I WASNT DISABLED AND COULD RELY ON MY BODY TO FULLY FUNCTION 100% OF THE TIME, YOU BET YOUR ASS ID BE OUT THERE WORKING. AS I DID FROM THE AGE OF 13 UNTIL 29. I MAY NOT GET PAID, BUT I DO WORK. SO REALLY....STOP BITCHING. I SHOULD BE THE ONE BITCHING FOR DOING THE WORK YOU STUCK UP ASS PEOPLE WONT TO BECAUSE YOU ARE TO BUSY POLISHING YOUR BMW'S OR GOING TO THE FANCY HIGH PRICE YOGA CLUBS.
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to badlands4
OR WAS THE THE SPELL CHECK AGAIN, TO FEEL SPECIAL...TO FEEL LIKE THE BIGGER PERSON. GOOD FOR YOU. PAT YOURSELF ON THE BACK FOR THAT ONE, YOU DID SUCH A GOOD JOB. AND UM, NO I DONT DRINK, I DONT DO DRUGS, NOR DO I SMOKE. SO TRY AGAIN ON YOUR LAME COMEBACK PLEASE. IMPRESS ME NEXT TIME. OH, AND I USUALLY DONT DRIVE, BECAUSE OF MY CONDITION.
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to badlands4
WELL MAYBE MRS. SMART ASS. IF HE GOT OFF HIS ASS NOW AND SERVED HIS COMMUNITY, HE'D GET A FREE COMPUTER. I GOT A COMPUTER FOR THE VOLUNTEER WORK THAT I DO, TO HELP OTHERS, I HAVE TO CONSTANTLY BE ONLINE, AND ACCESSIBLE. VETERANS DESERVE EVERYTHING THEY CAN GET, I AGREE. I COME FROM A MILITARY FAMILY. YOUR HIS WIFE, WHY DONT YOU TRY GIVING HIM WHAT HE DESERVES. OR MAYBE IF HE GAVE YOU WHAT YOU DESERVED, YOU WOULDNT BE SUCH A SMART ASS ANGRY BITCH. HOW BOUT THIS, ILL BUY YOU A DRINK. THOUGH I COULD PROBABLY GET IT FOR FREE SINCE MY UNCLE IS A BAR TENDER. DAMN....LUCKY ME. BUT YOU TRYING TO SAY HE DESERVES MORE THAN ME BECAUSE I AM NOT A VET IS RIDICULOUS. IM NOT SAYING I AM OWED ANYTHING. AND REALLY, YOU ALL JUST SOUND LIKE A BUNCH OF JEALOUS ASSHOLES, AND THE MORE YOU TYPE THE MORE I WANT TO VOMIT. OHHHHHH AND GET THIS SHIT........BEST BUY IS GIVING AWAY FREE VIRGIN MOBILE PHONES, YOU ALL BETTER START BITCHING ABOUT THAT!!!!!
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MRS. ANNOYED [Moderator] 7 hours ago in reply to Kenny
BUT WE ARENT TALKING ABOUT AFRICA...OR OVERSEAS. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT OUR OWN PEOPLE HERE, IN THE USA. YES WE LIVE BETTER THAN OTHERS, WITHOUT A DOUBT. DOESNT MEAN THAT PEOPLE DONT STILL HAVE STRUGGLES OR HARDSHIPS.
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2hotel9 [Moderator] 17 hours ago
OK, why is wadnick2003 not listed in the thread? I see several commenters who are far more obscene, why is the person who asks a pertinent question blocked from the thread?
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ellinas [Moderator] 18 hours ago in reply to Goon
Ar you a Calvinist?
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Jinglheimer [Moderator] 19 hours ago in reply to badlands4
If these jerks feel that it is such a good deal, maybe they should go for it! Jump out a 5 or 6 story window, get your dumb ass on disability and get yiourself 30 minutes free each month on a cellphone. I'd Bet that instead of being shot you've had the all expense paid vacation in our jails. If not, with yiour attitude you most assuredly soon will have. I guess it beats getting shot yourself.
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Kenny [Moderator] 1 day ago in reply to badlands4
"I have lived overseas, and have seen poverty that was beyond my worst imaginings. Free cellphones are not at the top of their list, yet they don't complain."
Yea that's pretty much it. People around the world are starving, and we classify people as "poor" if their children take a bag lunch to school or if they have to have dial up instead of DSL.
Virtually no one in this country knows what poverty is. Most of our homeless have it better than any in Africa except for the ruling classes.
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sanity [Moderator] 1 day ago in reply to badlands4
I wonder how many would gladly give up that cell phone for an increase in the equivalent in food stamps?
What was it...$29?
While it may not seem like alot, to those that are barely making it (I unfortunately have to raise my hand here - family of 4 supported by me by choice) or for those that don't have anything, that $29 can buy quite a bit from the right places. For me, that would be an extra couple of packages of hamburger that could be separated and frozen for the month, or a turkey, maybe two, that can be cooked and cut up for many uses throughout the month.
YOU CLEARLY MADE IT SOUND LIKE YOU GET WELFARE. WHICH YOU PROBABLY DO, AND NOW DONT WANT TO ADMIT, BECAUSE YOU WANT TO BE "COOL" LIKE THE REST OF THE HATERS.
I don't have to justify myself- I have no reason or need to lie.
You can assume all you want, but that just makes you the ignorant one, but, you have more than proved that now haven't you.
See, there is a difference, I am old enough where i don't worry about being cool or part of the in-crowd. That is another reason why I believe you to be immature and young.
Plus, I don't try and fit in here, I speak my mind and my opinion, some may agree with me, some may not - but that is called a discussion and debate. I am always willing to give people the benefit of the doubt until they have shown themselves to be ignorant. Some people it takes awhile for that to show through, you seem to jump in and show ignorance right from the start. I can see your a real go-getter.
Yea that's pretty much it. People around the world are starving, and we classify people as "poor" if their children take a bag lunch to school or if they have to have dial up instead of DSL.
Virtually no one in this country knows what poverty is. Most of our homeless have it better than any in Africa except for the ruling classes.
AND PS, THE ALABAMA BASH WAS ME PROVING TO ALABAMA THAT IT ISNT COOL TO LABEL SOMEONE JUST BECAUSE THAT WHAT YOU HEARS. AS IN THEM LABEL SINGLE MOTHERS AS WELFARE WHORES, OR HOMLESS PEOPLE AS DRUG ADDICTS......
The state sent it to you, you do not have to use it. Take charge of your own life. Hello!
Anna, I keep lobbying for software that replaces profanity with cartoon curse words, but my plaints have fallen upon deaf ears, %$&@$# ^*&@%$!!!!!!!
WAY DOWN BELOW.
http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idU...
http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/phonebills/samplePhonebi...
Its a mandatory "contribution" so its a tax. The companies pass it on to regular citizens. To pretend this isn't taxpayer money is a lie and disingenuous.
We can't cuss anymore? WTH
sheesh... and where's the cheat sheet for coding.
Have I mentioned I hate change?
:-P
Have you no self respect?
Annoying, you make my point for me. You barely use it and have said you don't need it. If you can't see that then I feel sorry for you. I said you are a troll because your story changes a lot. First you said it was a safety measure for poor people.
You then proceeded to tell us that you were sent the phone because you were disabled.
Next told us that your husband had this great job with all these free perks and you had your own phone so you gave the free phone to your kid to put in her backpack. Then you told us that they sent your husband a free phone. You know, your non disabled husband. What am I supposed to think? Plus you act like a classic troll. You yell, scream, rant, change your log in name, ect. If you think that me calling you out on your behavior makes the state of Alabama sound worse than you, then I know you are a troll. If you really don't need the phone and think that the program is a "safety measure" for the poor, then you need to have the power of your convictions and call SafeLink and cancel your phones.
Of all the comments in this very long thread there have been only 3, possibly 5, that were legitimate. The rest were simply leftards spewing, and that is how I have treated them.
And GiG? SAT is a paid spambot. Every place anyone posts about safelink it shows up, does not even have the intelligence to change its talking points in any manner. Typical leftard.
I pay for my own phone and i get as much minutes as i can use. It's swell. Try it. and what **disorder(s)** do you speak of? LOLz.
and how is it tied to your poor typing skills?
do you not work?
<bq>Her "disorder" is chemical based. Notice she shows up right after her ACCESS card got monied up and she got her "stuff" for the week.</bq>
Don't get me started. The wife works in a court downtown (for a judge) and there was a guy in the other week suing for back benefits because *he was a crackhead* (literally) and was demanding compensation from the city. He lost. Dig up that article, if they printed it. Wow.
These phones weren't meant for the "less fortunate". They were meant for people who couldn't afford them as a way to help them get a job. As you can both afford cell phones, and are not looking for a job, you. have. no. business. receiving. one. of. these. phones.
That one was sent to you means nothing. I was sent an offer by the VA to get a free lump sum of money since I was a Veteran. Except, I'm not a vet. My father was. I could've cashed the money, but if my happy self went to court, I doubt either a judge or jury would accept "they sent it to me, so I cashed it, knowing it wasn't meant for me" as a defense. I'd still go to jail. And worse, I'd be stealing money meant to help Veterans for purely selfish desires.
This is what you're doing. You don't qualify for the phone, and you know it. Your income is way too high. So legally, you're committing fraud. And since you're SOOOOO in favor of this program, you're stealing from deserving poor people. Someone else might not get a phone cause your greedy self got two. Morally, you suck. That it's one of your little pet causes mean you're damn near garbage.
medical food housing heat and now cell phones! What the hell is this country coming to We have elderly that worked all their lives and cant get a dime and needs to have 100 ,00 taken out of their small ss cks every month towards their medical cant get food stamps because they have working siblings to help out and then our veterans that got nothing at all not even a welcome home parade But we can give our hard earn taxes to someone who chooses to live the life style they are in They own cars better then the one i wark hard for but they get one free and they even titale it and register it for them ok Am i totally insane or is this the way we treat our elderly and our brave man that has even something to this country or do we give it to the ones who sat on their asses and let us do it all for them
Cell phones should be given to the disabled and elderly incase they fall and can get to a phone at least they can hang a cell phone on them some where But we will not do that we will give it to someone that can spend they i mean our money on the weekend in a bar or eating lobster til that we so generously gave them from the hard earned money and the generosity of our heart Get real american freedom isnt even free Our men and women that kept this country safe Should get the FREE THING THAT YOU WANT TO GIVE OUT TO SOMEONE THAT HASNT EVEN A THOUGHT OF WHERE THEY WILL LIVE OR SLEEP OR EAT LIKE A HARD WORKING FAMILY THAT LOST THEIR JOBS sO YES GIVE IT TO THEM WHY ASK THEY WILL GET IT ANYWAY THAT GET EVERYTHING ELSE SO WHY NOT A CELL PHONE !!!!!!!!!!GIVE THEM A JOB IF YOU WANT TO GIVE THEM SOMETHING THEY ARE FREE ALSO !!!!!!!
give it to the elderly and the disabled most of all our disabled vets
May God Bless AMERICA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!