20 years ago I spent a summer as a
bank teller. I remember one lady who would come in every other Friday. With her
she would bring her paycheck; it was very small. Her clothes were neat and
clean, but obviously very old. She would deposit her check with a smile and
then very bashfully in a very quiet voice she would ask for her food stamps
(back them you picked them up at that bank). Each time she asked, the shame and
embarrasment was evident on her face and in the slump of her shoulders. There
were others that came in on Fridays. Men and women in expensive looking clothes
and wearing brand name sneakers would pick up not only food stamps, but
spending and rent money that had been given to them by the government. These
well dressed, healthy, young men and women never seemed the slightest bit
embarrased to get the food stamps and cash. Many of them complained that they
deserved more....and few if ever brought a pay check that they had earned with them to be desposited.
I
watched this video and felt so sad. There are so many people out there who are
hard workers and go without rather than ask the government for a hand out while
people like this man feel that they deserve all the help they can get.
In
my starry eyed dreams I wish that there was a way to sort the needy from the
lazy.
I agree. Not to brag, but in our 'lean' years (hubby had a failing business), we sometimes had pancakes or eggs or pancakes AND eggs or spaghetti weeks on end.....We didnt apply for food stamps. It wasnt pride, it was only that we felt we could work and those things were for those who couldnt...
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