Food Stamp Riots

[SD Realtor]

Copied from the coming food stamp riots from Michael Snyder….

Fifty million. Consider that for a moment. Most of those 50 million people live in high-density cities. Many are proud owners of Obama phones, Obama food stamps, Obama unemployment checks and Obama subsidized housing. They have absolutely no clue that the government upon which they wholly depend to put food on the table is teetering on the verge of permanent collapse. (Seriously, they cannot conceive of the idea of government “running out of money” because they do not understand where money comes from.) Because of this distorted belief, they do not prepare for any future events other than more Obama handouts. Their entire “preparedness” plan is to vote for Democrats, because that’s who they know will give them the most handouts. And they will always win the popular vote, too, because any politician promising to restore responsible fiscal spending to the government by cutting programs will be viciously accused of being “mean” or involved in “hating poor people.” So the government handouts will only ratchet higher and higher, ensnaring more and more people, until the entire system is unsustainable and collapses under its own weight.

When that system of dependence fails, those who depend on it will panic in mere hours. As proof of this, consider the fact that this mass looting of Wal-Mart stores happened in less than three hours after the Saturday EBT card glitch struck. Police had to be called in to prevent the situation from getting completely out of control, and it was offline for only part of one day.

Now imagine what will happen when EBT cards go offline for 24, 48 or even 72 hours. And imagine it happening in every U.S. city simultaneously

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Hope he is incorrect however I don’t really see . out of the spiral we are in. More handouts equals more votes equals more handouts. I see no way the cycle gets broken until the system breaks down. When it does it will not be pretty.

[ucodegen]

I know that this is inevitable, though I try to get some people to pay attention and learn. Part of it is due to current society not wanting to be responsible and accountable for their behavior – nod to the motorcyclists going after a Range Rover.. amongst others. Since it is inevitable, the real thing is to figure out how to be safe and profit from it.

[paramount]

The system of dependence will not fail in 10 lifetimes.

[scaredyclassic]

i was dependent on bank of america for my 1098s.

but no more.

when they cut off my online access, im going to go riot in my yard.

[spdrun]

You’re still c@rping about this? Did you finish your taxes, or waste all your time till the deadline b1tching about BoA online? 😀

[svelte]

[quote=ucodegen] the real thing is to figure out how to be safe and profit from it.[/quote]

here’s how: provoke and encourage fear in populous, run for office as a Republican, and watch the donations pour in.

[spdrun]

How about buying “RGR” and “SWHC” stock on dips?

[no_such_reality]

I think it looks very different than you think. The recent Walmart mistake in Louisiana paints a different picture.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57607332/ebt-benefit-card-glitch-sparks-walmart-shopping-sprees-in-louisiana/

Not, the same outage occurred in numerous locations, but this only happened where someone said honor the cards anyway.

In other locations there were no issues.

[SD Realtor]

Maybe nsr, however I tend to fall into agreement with the author.

I hope for my kids sake I am wrong but I don’t see the direction of the country changing. I think we have way to much inertia in the “you will be taken care of” direction. We have 10’s of millions who need it, and we have dug ourselves into a hole where we cannot stop providing for them. The party that provides the most will always be elected now.

I see no way out, perhaps others do.

[no_such_reality]

The world fundamentally needs to change. Automation is, and will continue, to largely make 90% of the population irrelevant from a labor standpoint.

The vast majority of the population, not only don’t have the education, they don’t have the family dynamic, they don’t have nutrition, they don’t have the raw life enrichment experiences necessary to develop the raw mental horsepower needed to be part of the creative class.

The question is how will we get over the hump before we rip ourselves apart.

[SD Realtor]

NSR I cannot argue with that point. It makes sense.

However I am discussing the entitlement mentality.

Okay for example, I have several midwest rentals. Alot of them are in working class neighborhoods. One of my tenants is chronically late on rent. All the time. However she always ends up getting it to me. She is in her 50’s with two good for nothing kids and two grandkids. She has no education. She gets some child support. She makes ends meet by getting housekeeping, babysitting and eldercare jobs. She uses care.com. She has no certifications. She works hard and is able bodied. She could collect welfare and SNAP and all that but she says as long as she is able to work she would feel very bad about taking support.

I think more and more, hers is a mentality that is vanishing amoung lower end working class. It is easier to throw in the towel.

Look at the SNAP program. In 2000 it was $17B and now it is $78B. Over 47 million on it. Stats show that the once on it, most stay on it. Then there is another $40 millions spent on advertising and outreach. There are recruiters and events actively recruiting more people for it…

I am in favor of the assistance.. it is yet another entitlement to an ever growing safety net. However all of the recruiting and quotas… it just serves the purposes of promoting dependency rather then weaning people off of it.

[no_such_reality]

There’s an old quote I learned from Civilization IV.

[quote]The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of the expanding bureaucracy[/quote]

Oddly apropos…

Potentially a quote from Oscar Wilde, potentially much older quote.

[CDMA ENG]

[quote=no_such_reality]The world fundamentally needs to change. Automation is, and will continue, to largely make 90% of the population irrelevant from a labor standpoint.

The vast majority of the population, not only don’t have the education, they don’t have the family dynamic, they don’t have nutrition, they don’t have the raw life enrichment experiences necessary to develop the raw mental horsepower needed to be part of the creative class.

The question is how will we get over the hump before we rip ourselves apart.[/quote]

+1

CE

[SD Realtor]

Very well put!

[flyer]

Agree with these viewpoints.

The sad thing is that, IMO, even those in future generations with the family background, education, etc., etc., will still struggle to live the lives of their dreams, so don’t be deluded into thinking these trends will only affect “the masses.”

We’re already seeing evidence of this in increasing numbers with some of our kids friends, all of whom were raised in RSF. So far, our kids, who are in their late 20’s, are doing well after college, but I would say, rough estimate, over 50% of their friends are not. By well, I mean the ability to achieve your dreams/goals in life.

What’s really unbelievable, is when you ask their parents what the kids are planning to do after college, many of them just try to avoid the subject–since they probably have no idea. Sad.
A sign of things to come? Only time will tell.

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