Originally Posted by Guest

That line today, with 50 million people on food stamps, would be 9,500 MILES long! That "recovery" we paid $10 trillion ($10,000,000,000,000) for is really working out well...

​How low-wage employers cost taxpayers $153B a year - CBS News

When the minimum wage goes up there will be less on food stamps. Of course every business that uses minimum wage employees will raise their prices. That will be the newest complaint. It will cost more for you to live here.

Originally Posted by Guest

​How low-wage employers cost taxpayers $153B a year - CBS News

When the minimum wage goes up there will be less on food stamps. Of course every business that uses minimum wage employees will raise their prices. That will be the newest complaint. It will cost more for you to live here.

how does the minimum wage increase affect the number of those on food stamps?

If it is dependent upon the minimum allowed to be earned closing out some, I do not think that will affect the number with any significance.
If prisoners can gigure out how to file phony tax returns with pgony SS numbers I am sure the food stamp members can be just as creative.

And the government would not intervene because it would not want to be seen as the reason for someone not getting or continuing their freebies.

The issue will resort to the new norm.....lack of enforcement....hence no fear!

Originally Posted by Guest

how does the minimum wage increase affect the number of those on food stamps?

If it is dependent upon the minimum allowed to be earned closing out some, I do not think that will affect the number with any significance.
If prisoners can gigure out how to file phony tax returns with pgony SS numbers I am sure the food stamp members can be just as creative.

And the government would not intervene because it would not want to be seen as the reason for someone not getting or continuing their freebies.

The issue will resort to the new norm.....lack of enforcement....hence no fear!

In other words you didn't bother o read the link.
I'll give you a quote that sums it up.

"When companies pay too little for workers to provide for their families, workers rely on public assistance programs to meet their basic needs," Ken Jacobs, chair of the labor center and co-author of the new report, said in a statement. "This creates significant cost to the states."

Originally Posted by Guest

And the choices on the other side are??? A felon, liar and tax cheat or a Socialist. Guess bother parties reached the bottom of the barrel this time around.

If you think about it why would any intelligent , well educated , competent manager who is an honest person want the job !!
Please don`t tell us about how much money they can make after serving in the job . The fact is a highly competent hard driving person could earn more in 8 years w/out all the pressure and the constant criticism .
Look at the folks who read the news off a teleprompter each day on CNN or Fox . They are making several million a year .

Originally Posted by Guest

In other words you didn't bother o read the link.
I'll give you a quote that sums it up.

"When companies pay too little for workers to provide for their families, workers rely on public assistance programs to meet their basic needs," Ken Jacobs, chair of the labor center and co-author of the new report, said in a statement. "This creates significant cost to the states."

Yes, isn't it lovely when idiots tell others why someone fails in life. I have no sympathy for anyone that fails to support their family properly. If I can do it and succeed then anyone can. I worked three jobs to pay my bills and support my family when I was young. Wife and four kids. And three of them went to private school, because my wife worked there and was with them the whole time. I didn't worry about pride when I was cleaning bathrooms and offices, and didn't think twice about working all night as a security guard until I got on my feet. My kids still don't realize how poor we were, and just making ends meet. But, I refused food stamps and welfare. I figured that I would be a failure if I accepted help from the arrogant government. When I retired, I was making six figures and two of my children had graduated from college. If you want to ruin a man, tell him that he is a failure and that he should take help from the gov in the form of food stamps and welfare. That is how you take away his incentive to succeed. Take away his motivation and you might as well shoot him.