Lottery winner continues to collect food stamps...

[Jim in CT]

Originally Posted by The Dad Fisherman

I'd like to congratulate the Welfare Recipients from Portsmouth Naval Shipyard for coming in ahead of schedule and under budget....way to do nothing and collect a paycheck...

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TDF, I'm going to go out on a limb and speculate (confidently) that Johnny wasn't talking about all government employees, rather those that have a work ethic that, shall we say, would leave something to be desired. We all know that the public sector attracts those types of people, as they can't justify their salary in the private sector.

Johnny, I agree with you 100%. Just like what's happening in Europe, there will come a point in this country when people finally realize how much money we're bleeding on these programs, and when the checks start bouncing, the necessary cuts will be made. I expect the reaction here will be similar to the reaction in Europe - riots.

That's why I'm working as hard as I can to pay all my txes NOW, because I have to believe tax rates will skyrocket in the future.

10,000 baby boomers a day turn 65, and that'll be the average for the next 20 years. 10,000 a day. We don't have enough money to give them the social security benefits they expect, and for damn sure we don't have nearly enough money to give them the Medicare benefits they are expecting. At some point, the effect of the Baby Boomers will be the straw that broke the camel's back, there's no stopping it.

And you have to hand it to liberals to design a welfare program where winning one million dollars in the lottery, doesn't make you ineligible for food stamps. Kudos, liberals. Kudos to you all. Well done. I say to thee, yeah!