Should the govt give rations instead of EBT?

coconess wrote: I haven't read the past 20 pages so idk what else has been going on in here.. But Flowums, why would you prefer that the government kept the excess refunds instead of someone who has nothing getting a little help?

Yes yes yes Star.

Love it

maysay1 wrote: ThoughtCouture wrote: maysay but the fact that the focus is on pennies doesn't make good common sense to me.  that in itself is a waste of resources...imo.  nah...let's focus on the big chips... To me, every penny counts. Especially if that money could be used to give one more family the food assistance they need. People were mad as hell here when Governor Brown told some state workers they had to return their ipads because they didn't need them. On the one hand, you could say why worry about 400$? But on the other hand, whether it's 400 dollars or 400 million dollars, waste is waste.

I believe every program has an acceptable error rate or right off cost. To me the cost of assigning more Govt workers, studies, program monitors,developing IT solutions, etc to catch a penny versus assigning the same resources to catch a Franklyn is not the same.

Llloyd Blankfein basically told congress to go screw themselves when he was questioned about why they used bail out money to trade their own assets and make corporate wealth versus using it to benefit the investors. AIG also threatened to sue the government after mismanaging bail out money and awarding executives golden bonuses. The fact that I have yet to see a thread on that but I have seen 50/11 threads, articles, news stories, FB post and so on about EBT show me what we are focusing on.

Edited by stardaqueenb23 - Jan 18 2013 at 4:02pm

I wonder if I should poof that TC!

I think it may have finished already

Obama made sure that program was evaluated


Edited by SamoneLenior - Jan 18 2013 at 3:59pm

Nvm, I know what you're gonna say

Edited by coconess - Jan 18 2013 at 4:05pm