If you can afford it, ok, but...not the "other"! Really?
A friend shared a Facebook 'hook' from " Right Wing News ", that struck me as interesting. On the face of it, I see, feel, intuit, a righteous indictment on a slice of the population that needs, and who subscribe to, food stamps - and thus, welfare. The pronouncement goes like this: " If you can afford beer, cigarettes, new tattoos, drugs and cable TV...then you don't need food stamps, or welfare ." On its face, sure! If one has the money to buy all these items and pay for cable TV...(btw, can You?... these days, really?)...then you do not need these benefits. You could direct some of those monetary resources to your own sustenance and support. Yep. I can see that. On the other hand, is this one of those "old myths", an "old stereotyping conviction" from when the world was mostly..."uniform"? Hint, hint...color... A quick Internet search on the price of these items shows what it would cost for a month's 'supply...