Wouldn't it be great if they gave people gas stamps like food stamps I can afford to buy food not the gas?
374893
LOL.  You is funny.  Well at the rate that the cost of gas is raising, they might have to bring it in.  \nI've heard of the government (NZ) helping people to get a haircut for a job interview but not helping them get their with petrol vouchers.  How stuffed up is that.
833688
i have a friend that could really use some help financially.  I would love for her to have a car for her and her daughter.  And like an endless gas card.  so she never has to worry about walking in the rain or the heat with her little baby.
122464
yeah, of course they should. Sometimes its nice to have a hot lunch and not have to pay for it.
1114543
Not sure , they may show up ,but $5 isn't much for gas ! So some will have to car pool ! Good luck , if you can afford $5 a person , then I'll take the $5 .I'll need cig . before morning ! LOL
316051
It seems pretty ridiculous, doesn't it? By the way, welfare is now called "Self Sufficiency". Really. My husband and I are foster parents, and we see people all the time who abuse drugs, keep having children, don't do anything productive, and get free medical insurance, food stamps, WIC, "Self Sufficiency", HUD housing, etc. Just doesn't seem right, does it?
281763
I'd prefer that they use the money for food, clothing, shelter, toiletries etc. Someone suggested giving out $5 fast food gift certificates instead of money and that sounds like a great idea.\n\nI certainly don't like to encourage harmful habits but out of sympathy for their psychological plight--since I know they may face hopelessness and despair-- I give to provide any kind of comfort and support I can in a hard world.\n\nYes, I do sometimes give money to the homeless knowing they will likely buy booze.
722705
My guess is that the price of gas keeps going up because we are still willing to pay it..  even though we should all just buy bicyles.  Second hand ones can't be more than $100.  Probably not that much.  Anyways, we need the gas so we pay high prices for it.  Sort of like food.  We need it, so we pay whatever the supplier says the price should be.  Here's a thought,  how about all of us who b*tch about the price of gas, go get on welfare so we can afford to buy the gas. Hey it might happen.   Just insist that you are mentally unstable.  Which of course, has to be true because society totally sucks.
445262
They are required to reimburse you for gas and parking and maybe pay for lunch while you are there.\n\nNot going to get rich, though.
716095
sure, why wouldn't I --I would pay NO taxes, get FREE health care, get FREE lunches, FREE clothes , and FREE handouts because people would feel sorry for me-------------
64311
People have to provide documentation for their income, expenses, family size, etc in order to qualify for food stamps. When you apply for food stamps, you have to sign a paper that gives the agency permission to talk to employers, neighbors, etc about your personal business. People do commit fraud, but don't assume that the people you see out doing their shopping are crooks. There may be a lot you don't see.\n\nThere could be a lot of people in a household sharing that one, nice car. Or they could be getting a ride with a friend. They could have purchased their clothes at a second-hand shop or been given the clothes as gifts or hand-me-downs. Or that could be one of their few nice outfits. \n\nThey might be out paying their bills and doing their shopping for the month and they have to deal with everyone from the checker to the guy behind them in line judging them for needing help. I don't blame them for trying to look good.  \n\nMy family has been on foodstamps before. We don't and never have dressed to the nines. We've never owned a new car. If we had a wad of cash, I can promise you there were more places for the cash than there was cash. My husband was working full time, but he didn't have a good-paying job. Good jobs are hard to find and getting harder. \n\nYou know who I get mad at about my tax money being wasted? The big corporations like Walmart that have huge profits but pay their employees wages so low that even with two people working full-time, their families *qualify* and *need* food stamps and medicaid to survive. They should pay their workers enough to live on and should provide reasonable medical insurance, but they don't. They'd rather let the taxpayers do it.
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WE JUST NEED TO CUT OUT ALL GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROGRAMS, AND MAKE PEOPLE START WORKING FOR THEIR MONEY, INSURANCE, AND FOOD.  I HAVE TO WORK EVERYDAY, MY PARENTS STILL DO, MY GRANDPARENTS DID.  WE ARE AVERAGE MIDDLE CLASS FAMILY AND I THINK ITS UNFAIR THAT WE HAVE HAD TO WORK HARD OUR ENTIRE LIVES AND HAVE RECEIVED NOTHING FOR FREE. WHERE AS MEXICANS AND ANYONE ELSE ON WELFARE, MEDICAID, FOOD STAMPS, WIC ETC. DO NOTHING!!!  CUT IT ALL OUT EXCEPT GIVE IT TO THE ELDERLY AND HANDICAPPED AND THE PROBLEM WILL BE SOLVED.  PEOPLE ARE TOO DAMN LAZY NOW A DAYS, IF YOU CAN GET SOMETHING FOR FREE WOULD YOU WORK??
760651
we should raise the gas tax and lower the income tax
475559
No, you are not too sensitive about this. I believe that everyone needs help sometimes, whether they are fortunate enough to get it from their families, or from the state. The key is: being able to pull yourself out of a bad financial situation and give back what you have recieved ( maybe not in a literal sence, but, you know??) Maybe it would be a good idea to start denying these people help. I am sick of seeing and hearing about welfare parents, I could die. I mean, some of these people drive NICE vehicles, are draped in expensive jewelry, wear very nice clothes, and pay for thier food with an EBT card. Sickening. I would like to see them get off their lazy a*s, wake up at 5:00am, and go to fu**in work like the rest of us. I'm with ya on this one- totally.
621364
I think its fun but seriously, we could be thinking and using the money for important things that we need in life.  For example gas. prices are too high and it could run out. So we should come up with something to help us all whether it be gas, medical or food.. We need to survive.
1127134
I spent several years working as a cashier when I was just out of high school. I saw a great deal of abuse of these handouts. Women with food stamps would come in with their kids, give each kid a $1.00 food stamp, and let the kid buy one .50 cent candy bar or .25 cent bag of chips. She would do this until she had enough change left over to buy her Newports or her beer. I'd see women come in with WIC checks and cash three or four of them at a time-sometimes getting as much as five gallons of milk. Then she would-in plain view-pass out milk to her friends. I think that since food stamps now come in the form of debt cards, the change issue has been resolved. \n\nStop me if you have heard this before, but when my hubby and I were first married, I was buying our groceries for the week-meager supplies to be sure, and I was behind two women in the check out of the grocery store who were buying ten live Maine lobsters with food stamps. Then you watch these people load their groceries into the back of Cadillacs or BMWs and you wonder...\n\nSo in answer to your question, I think there is alot of abuse. But I also think there truly are a great many families who couldn't make it without help. Wish there was some way to weed out the leeches.
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I think they will loose money on that deal.  For one, between gas and salary, it probably costs an average of $10 to make that delivery.  And two, it has been proven that people will purchase way more if they are actually in the store and subject to advertising and are able to see things they didn't realize they needed or wanted.  It's a great service for elderly and handicapped customers but I believe that on average they will actually loose money on the transaction.
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You do have the right to food.  By "fundamental right" do you mean the goverments' responsibilty?\n\nIn that case, no.  I believe that some people need help to eat and obtain shelter and they deserve ASSISTANCE, but the fact is that there are many more who don't.  They choose to make others responsible for their well being and abuse it.\n\nFor example:  Not long ago, I was in a gas station convienience store and standing in line behind a woman who was using a Lone Star Card (food stamps in Texas) to buy a can of coffee, soda and a loaf of bread.  After completing that transaction, she then removed cash from her purse and purchased ciggarettes and lottery tickets.  Three problems here: 1. Food stamps are for nessessary food...not coffee, soda, candy etc....  \n2. Where we were was a CONVIENIENCE store...food stamps for convienience?  A loaf of bread in Stop-n-Go is $3.00 when it is $1.29 in a regular grocery store.\n3. SHE HAD CASH! for tobacco and lottery tickets.\n\nSo, you see the quandry with making it a "fundamental right"  People are not accountable for themselves and take no responsibilty for there own economic situations.  So you think this should be the taxpayers problem?  It already is!\n\nYou do have the right to food, but the person producing the food also has the right to compensation for his/her product.  How would you feel if Uncle Sam told you that the work you do for a living would not be compensated this week because lazy, non-productive citizens have the "fundamental right"?\n\nUntil we hold individuals accountable for their actions, there is no solution.