Community Chat

[Mominohio]

---

@sunshine 919 wrote:

If the the top one percent paid their share of taxes, I believe everything would balance.  When you make a lot of money in this country you owe something to the country you are making all of your money.

---

Define 'their fair share'.

They already pay most of the taxes in this country.

And why do we feel the need to penalize people who were either smart enough or worked hard enough (or both) to create wealth, but we aren't supposed to even judge those who won't even do enought to take care of themselves, let alone contribute to society as a whole?

[Mominohio]

---

@Maudelynn wrote:

---

@justmyopinion wrote:

Abusing the system isn't an urban legend or myth. It happens.  Why does this fact evoke such anger in some? It is what it is. Thieves frauds, takers, abusers exist in on all levels - from Wall Street to Tobacco Road. Face it.

---

Hi- I don't think anyone is deluded into thinking there's no waste, abuse and fraud.  What is "angering" about this thread is that the OP is making a big, big assumption about the recipients of free lunch.  Others are generalizing those people who receive it as moochers, frauds and negligent parents.  That isn't the reality.

---

The 'assumptions' argument is flawed. Many of us know from our jobs, our families and friends, our own experiences, more than one person who does exactly what the OP has claimed. Even the OP is going to be right about a good number of the people she is refering to in the original post, if not all, even with just the information she has, and what the people are saying to others in public.

[Lila Belle]

---

@Mominohio wrote:

---

@sunshine 919 wrote:

If the the top one percent paid their share of taxes, I believe everything would balance.  When you make a lot of money in this country you owe something to the country you are making all of your money.

---

Define 'their fair share'.

They already pay most of the taxes in this country.

And why do we feel the need to penalize people who were either smart enough or worked hard enough (or both) to create wealth, but we aren't supposed to even judge those who won't even do enought to take care of themselves, let alone contribute to society as a whole?

---

```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````

Puh-lease...  they just have better accountants and more loopholes to exploit than we all do.

[Mominohio]

---

@terrier3 wrote:

---

@justmyopinion wrote:

Abusing the system isn't an urban legend or myth. It happens.  Why does this fact evoke such anger in some? It is what it is. Thieves frauds, takers, abusers exist in on all levels - from Wall Street to Tobacco Road. Face it.

---

Audits of SNAP and WIC show  one of the lowest percentages of fraud & abuse of any gvt. programs.

---

What audits, done by who, when, and where. 

[Maudelynn]

---

@Mominohio wrote:

---

@Maudelynn wrote:

---

@justmyopinion wrote:

Abusing the system isn't an urban legend or myth. It happens.  Why does this fact evoke such anger in some? It is what it is. Thieves frauds, takers, abusers exist in on all levels - from Wall Street to Tobacco Road. Face it.

---

Hi- I don't think anyone is deluded into thinking there's no waste, abuse and fraud.  What is "angering" about this thread is that the OP is making a big, big assumption about the recipients of free lunch.  Others are generalizing those people who receive it as moochers, frauds and negligent parents.  That isn't the reality.

---

The 'assumptions' argument is flawed. Many of us know from our jobs, our families and friends, our own experiences, more than one person who does exactly what the OP has claimed. Even the OP is going to be right about a good number of the people she is refering to in the original post, if not all, even with just the information she has, and what the people are saying to others in public

How sad for you. 

---

[Lila Belle]

Thanks for that infoTerrier3 ! You're a trusted source.

[Mominohio]

---

@esmerelda wrote:

If you know it, the school knows it and they don't care.  The more kids they have on reduced/free meals, the more taxpayer money they get.

You can't change it.  Don't lose sleep.

---

This is exactly why we have what we have in this nation. A political system that is ineffective, a multi trillion dollar debt, Social Security on the brink of failure, and more. 

Apathy is a dangerous thing.

[KALLIE]

---

@Mominohio wrote:

---

@terrier3 wrote:

---

@justmyopinion wrote:

Abusing the system isn't an urban legend or myth. It happens.  Why does this fact evoke such anger in some? It is what it is. Thieves frauds, takers, abusers exist in on all levels - from Wall Street to Tobacco Road. Face it.

---

Audits of SNAP and WIC show  one of the lowest percentages of fraud & abuse of any gvt. programs.

---

What audits, done by who, when, and where. 

---

Probably in her MIND. No PROOF.

[KALLIE]

---

@Maudelynn wrote:

---

@Mominohio wrote:

---

@Maudelynn wrote:

---

@justmyopinion wrote:

Abusing the system isn't an urban legend or myth. It happens.  Why does this fact evoke such anger in some? It is what it is. Thieves frauds, takers, abusers exist in on all levels - from Wall Street to Tobacco Road. Face it.

---

Hi- I don't think anyone is deluded into thinking there's no waste, abuse and fraud.  What is "angering" about this thread is that the OP is making a big, big assumption about the recipients of free lunch.  Others are generalizing those people who receive it as moochers, frauds and negligent parents.  That isn't the reality.

---

The 'assumptions' argument is flawed. Many of us know from our jobs, our families and friends, our own experiences, more than one person who does exactly what the OP has claimed. Even the OP is going to be right about a good number of the people she is refering to in the original post, if not all, even with just the information she has, and what the people are saying to others in public

How sad for you. 

---

---

Sad for you since you don't GET IT.

[Mominohio]

---

@Maudelynn wrote:

---

@Mominohio wrote:

---

@Maudelynn wrote:

---

@justmyopinion wrote:

Abusing the system isn't an urban legend or myth. It happens.  Why does this fact evoke such anger in some? It is what it is. Thieves frauds, takers, abusers exist in on all levels - from Wall Street to Tobacco Road. Face it.

---

Hi- I don't think anyone is deluded into thinking there's no waste, abuse and fraud.  What is "angering" about this thread is that the OP is making a big, big assumption about the recipients of free lunch.  Others are generalizing those people who receive it as moochers, frauds and negligent parents.  That isn't the reality.

---

The 'assumptions' argument is flawed. Many of us know from our jobs, our families and friends, our own experiences, more than one person who does exactly what the OP has claimed. Even the OP is going to be right about a good number of the people she is refering to in the original post, if not all, even with just the information she has, and what the people are saying to others in public

How sad for you. 

---

---

What is that even supposed to mean?