What Does The B In EBT Mean?
Jan 7, 2013 Political
It appears, from the recent news, that the B in the Electronic Benefits Card actually stands for Bar, Booze or Booty because quite a few EBT cards are being used at bars, strip clubs and liquor stores. But, but, these folks can’t use those cards for such things because the cards are for essentials like food, formula and diapers.
Well that would be the case if we only issued the cards to people who were in need. If we issued them to the truly needy to meet their essential needs and not to people who have it quite good and have learned to game the system then we might have something that works.
Instead, we issue these cards to people who have figured out how to get cash with them and then use the cash to buy items that are not allowed. We issue them to people who drive nice cars, have smart phones, wear the nicest clothing, have jewelry that is top notch and who have wads of cash probably from jobs that are paid under the table so as to keep those benefits coming.
I have been to the store and witnessed people using the EBT card for food (really nice and expensive food) and then pulling out a wad of cash to buy a carton of smokes. I am not talking a few twenty dollar bills I am talking a wad of cash that would put a drug dealer to shame. These folks (and I see them often, not rarely as some would suggest when claiming there is no problem) then go out and get into a very expensive car to take all their free goodies home.
I realize there are plenty of people who might have these nice things and an EBT because they are foster parents and the money is for the children under their care. I have no problem with that and am sure I could tell the difference. The folks I see are gaming the system as they have been taught to by generations of welfare and generations of liberal policies that take from one group and give to another thus enslaving those folks to their masters in government.
These folks become dependable voters because they will vote for the people who promise them more “free” stuff.
Barack Obama and his minions will scream about raising taxes on the rich and claim that spending is not the issue but the reality is that we have billions and billions of dollars in waste because government is inept and can’t keep track of these things. Government is not interested in finding this waste because it likes people being subservient to it. This is why the government wants to take our firearms, to enslave all of us and not just the welfare class of low information voters who feel they are “entitled” to what they get.
We need to go through each and every case and decide if the people on welfare should actually be. We need to check and if they have suspicious EBT use. We need to get a list of their assets and see if they have expensive stuff. If so then they do not need welfare.
People with actual needs would continue to get welfare as would those who care for foster children. They are the folks these programs were designed to help and we need to make sure they are the only ones that get the help.
Before you liberals scream that the elderly is the biggest class of people on welfare because of Social Security or Medicare keep in mind that while these programs need to be reformed to exclude those who should not be getting those benefits, those who paid in really are entitled. They paid for this on a promise the government would use the money to care for them. If government had not spent the money on other things there would be plenty of it to pay those who receive the benefits. Well, there would be if we got rid of those who scam the two systems with phony claims for disability and other such things the system was never designed to pay for.
In any event, we need reform of everything and we need it now. No debt ceiling increase, no tax increases and lots of spending cuts.
Period.
How long before those of us paying taxes stop sending you the money? We had excessive taxation and attempts at gun confiscation in the past. The result was the birth of the USA.
What will the next result be?
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
[jpsub]
Tags: booty, booze, Democrats, ebt, fraud, liberals, lies, Obama, redistribution, spending cuts, taxes
Detroit To Big Cheese; Give Us The Cheddar
Dec 6, 2012 Political
Councilwoman JoAnn Watson of Detroit said that since the residents of Detroit overwhelmingly supported Barack Obama in the last election he needs to provide a bailout for the city. Detroit could run out of money by the end of the year after decades of Democrat rule and liberal/progressive policies.
Typical of liberalism, the people in charge royally screwed things up and now have their hats in their hands requesting, no demanding, that Obama take money from those of us who do not live in Detroit and pay for their mismanagement. I guess since Obama bailed out the irresponsible auto makers the rest of Detroit thinks they deserve some of the pork as well.
Why is it that all across this nation the cities that are run by Democrats are in ruins? Why is it that they can’t run things and why is it they demand that the rest of us pay for their inability to do their jobs?
I know Detroit has a small tax base as people either don’t have well paying jobs (if at all) or have left but perhaps if those who live there would pay their fair share things would be a little better. You see, Watson has underpaid her property taxes by thousands of dollars for quite some time. She claims she pays her bills and that she paid what they billed her.
There was evidently some damage to her property and she said she thought that reduced her property value. The city lists her property as a vacant lot even though the house she lives in is on it. Does she expect us to believe that she looked at her assessment or property bills and thought they were correct?
Isn’t it more likely that she saw they made an error, knew she could pay it and blame them and likely not have to pay what was actually owed after the fact?
If we accept her claim as true then how is she in any way, shape or form qualified to be a part of the team that runs the city? If she can’t figure out that her bill was wrong and work to get it fixed (the ethical thing to do) then how can she look at bills and expenses for the city and know if they are correct or not?
How many other tax bills are wrong? How many, if correct, would have helped with the financial problems Detroit faces?
Most importantly, why should the rest of us send them money especially when it is obvious that they can’t manage the money they are supposed to collect?
Obama will have a second term and does not need these folks any longer so it is unclear if he will bail them out or not. It would be wrong to send them money which is probably why Obama will try it.
If he does though, I think a case could be made for impropriety. Watson said that the City voted for Obama so he owes them. She said there ought to be a quid pro quo.
If Obama bails them out, no matter the reason, it will look like he did it because they supported him. If Detroit supported Obama with the expectation of something in return and Obama gives them something for that support then it would raise red flags regarding the legality of it.
Of course, Barackey Claus gave out lots of “free” stuff in order to buy votes (ObawmahPhone!) and 51% of the voters thought that was just fine…
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: bailout, city, detroit, failure, joann watson, liberals, Obama, progressives, property tax
The Tolerant Left
Sep 7, 2012 Political
All this week the Democrats have tried to tell us how tolerant they are and that they are the party of inclusion. They portray the Republican party as the party of old white people who are a bunch of racists. The inclusive and diverse Democrats seem to have trouble though including people who are not perceived to be like them. They stereotype people and then say those people are not welcome. A liberal icon points this out:
In fact, Michelle Malkin’s Twitchy site has a bunch of Tweets from the left regarding the prayer at the end of the convention. Look at how the tolerant left treats Archbishop Timothy Cardinal Dolan:
WARNING: This link contains offensive words.
The left, so full of people who just want everyone under the tent.
Of course, this is the party that fought FOR slavery and oppressed blacks for decades. Hell, the left keeps blacks in poverty and on its plantation today…
Cave canem
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: convention, inclusion, liberals, malkin, timothy dolan, tolerance
Joe Biden’s Budget Woes
Aug 20, 2012 Political
King Putt’s vice President and court jester Joe Biden recently took a swipe at GOP VP candidate Paul Ryan by invoking the wise words of his late father. Biden always tells people what the wise words of his father were as if Joe actually lives by them (or as if his father actually said them). Here is what Jester Joe had to say:
“…But my dad [had] a lot of wisdom. Every time someone tell you, say, ‘Look, let me tell you what’s important to me, what I value.’ My dad would go, ‘No, no. Don’t tell me what you value. Show me your budget, and I will tell you what you value.'” Weekly Standard
I am sure that Biden’s father was talking about people and their personal budgets but Joe made it sound as if ole daddy B was discussing any budget and the assumption is that Ryan has budget ideas that show values contrary to American values. Since Jester Joe decided to apply his pappy’s words to the federal budget I have to wonder if Joe is aware that the Democrat controlled Senate, which Joe is the president of, has not passed a budget in over three years.
If Joe wants us to believe that his daddy said he could tell what someone valued by looking at the budget what do you suppose daddy B would be able to tell about a group of people who passed NO budget?
I also wonder if his daddy would be proud of the fact that Joe is the president of the Senate (OK, he only has one real function there) and that he did not bother to push the Democrats to pass a budget. I would say that it shows the Democrats do not value using a budget or living within its means. I would say that it shows that Democrats value obstruction and cheating taxpayers out of money by not putting in place a mechanism to allocate that money appropriately. I know that it matters little because they do not have to balance anything and they spend as they want regardless of a budget BUT Joe said we could tell a lot about what people value by their budget.
If we accept this as true then we see a lot of things the Democrat controlled Senate values that are contrary to American principles.
To take it a step further, Jester Joe and his wife have donated about 1% of their income to charity while Mitt Romney and his wife have donated about 16% of their income to charity. It would appear as if Joe does not value charity.
That is, of course, unless he is being charitable with someone else’s money. Joe loves spending on social programs to help the folks out but only so long as he is spending money that is not his own.
He really does not value helping others when it comes to his own money
Liberals love to spend everyone else’s money and Joe is no exception to the rule.
I also wonder what his daddy would have said about plagiarism but that is something to save for another day.
Remember this folks when you hear the Democrats call Romney a greedy rich guy…
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: budget, charity, daddy's words, joe biden, liar, liberals, paul ryan
Death Wishes From The Tolerant Left
Aug 12, 2012 Political
On Saturday morning Mitt Romney announced that Paul Ryan would be his running mate. The announcement was supposed to be Friday but the funerals for the people murdered at the Sikh Temple were on that day so the announcement was pushed to Saturday. Ryan and one of Romney’s sons attended the funerals.
It was not long after the announcement that the liberal left went nuts. There were wishes that Ryan would die and there were a number of hate filled tweets regarding the selection. This is how the left operates. It claims that it is for peace and that our country using violence via wars is wrong but then the very people who scream for peace call for violence.
Today the Twitter universe is full of death threats against Mitt Romney. A bunch of deranged liberals are saying they want to shoot Mitt Romney. Many more are calling for someone else to shoot him. This is how the tolerant left reacts to things it does not like.
I am no fan of Barack Obama. I do not like his ideology and I think he is out to destroy America but I have never had the desire to shoot him. I have never ever wanted to see him get shot. I want to beat him in the election and send him packing.
THAT IS HOW WE DO THINGS IN THIS COUNTRY.
The deranged left is unable to comprehend as liberals remark about how bad Romney would be. Russell Simmons says a Romney victory would destroy our people (blacks). I imagine Simmons is unaware of the astronomical unemployment among blacks at the hands of Obama. I guess he is unaware that the black’s allegiance to the left has led them to poverty, welfare, high death rates, single parent homes, teens having children and generational poverty while they are held hostage as slaves on the liberal plantation. The liberal destruction of the black family is one reason that the jails have disproportionately high numbers of blacks in them.
But don’t let those facts get in the way when you want to claim Romney will destroy “our people.” Let me ask Russell, what is your definition of destroy and how is that not correctly applied NOW?
Michael Moore points out that neither served in the military but used a battleship as a backdrop. Hey Mike, the ship is named after Ryan’s home state. By the way Mike, when did you serve and when did Obama serve? Obama is out to destroy the military and loathes it. Before you remark that the Republicans have never served you should look at your messiah.
Oh wait, Barry went to Pakistan and shot bin Laden, my bad.
As an aside, Obama and his regime have only been secretive when it comes to Obama’s personal papers (college transcripts, birth records, etc). All other things leak out of the White House like water through a screen door. At least we know Romney and Ryan know how to keep a secret.
The left is unhinged because the right is energized. People from all parties see what Obama and his ilk are doing to this nation and they want to put a stop to it. The Romney campaign took in millions in the first 24 hours after announcing the Ryan selection because people like the team and want to see Obama defeated before he completely destroys this nation. This is why the left is losing it.
I can only wonder why there is not a big uproar and why people are not screaming that the people making the death threats are racists. We KNOW this would be the case if this happened to Obama. Hell, if someone passes gas near Obama the Secret Service jumps into action and the left screams racism like their heads are on fire and their asses are catching.
It is going to be a long, tough campaign to defeat Obama. Socialists do not want to give up power and Obama has not completed the task to fulfill the dream of his real father. He needs more time and the liberals want to keep their power.
We the People can end that in November.
And we will.
Cave canem!
Never surrender, never submit.
Tags: death threats, left, liberals, lies, Obama, romney, ryan, tolerance, unhinged