Posts Tagged ‘Welfare’

Does he have a data plan on that phone, too?

Posted by Mark on November 21st, 2009 under Welfare Tags: , ,  •  1 Comment

nuf said.

Buying salmon on food stamps

Posted by Mark on September 30th, 2009 under Welfare Tags: , ,  •  11 Comments

This irritates the heck out of me. I hate it when people use food stamps to buy luxury food items, like high priced steak and salmon. A person on food stamps should not be receiving enough that they can afford to buy these items. Food stamps should be used to help a family have basic [...]

Government handouts are not revenue

Posted by Mark on February 18th, 2009 under Economics, Government Spending Tags: , , , , , , , ,  •  14 Comments

A couple nights ago, my wife and I planned out a preliminary budget for our life post-graduation.  I graduate in two months (wait, did I write that correctly?  I graduate in two months.  Yeah, say it again.  I gradu-, okay.) and we are looking to buy a home.  Starting with the expenses side of our [...]

Obama Really Is EXACTLY Like FDR

Posted by Eric on December 1st, 2008 under Economics, Politics, Social Security Tags: , , , , , ,  •  2 Comments

Ever since our economy started showing recessionary measurements and the stock markets started falling dramatically, many people have compared Barack Obama to Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR.  FDR came in to office during the early years of the Great Depression.  People say that Obama is inheriting a miserable economy just as FDR did.  This is true.  What also [...]