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Do Food Stamps & Medicaid Have a Negative Impact on Recipients’ Marriages?

Couples Receiving Government Assistance Are Less Satisfied, CommittedFinancial stress is the number one cause of marital angst, including divorce. So it may be intuitive to think that any financial assistance that can be achieved would be a benefit to the marriage, including from the government.

Not so, says a new study that reveals couples are significantly less satisfied and committed to their marriages if they receive help from the food stamps, Medicaid or other government assistance programs.

The study produced from the University of Missouri is one of only a few that have researched government assistance and marital quality. Science Daily has more:

“The study confirms that low income does have a negative impact on marital quality, but there are additional factors as well. The relationship between income and marital satisfaction is influenced by other issues, including whether or not the couple receives some form of government assistance,” [said David Schramm, assistant professor in Human Development and Family Studies in the College of Human Environmental Sciences.]

Couples Receiving Government Assistance Are Less Satisfied, CommittedThe study reviewed six aspects of marital quality: overall satisfaction, commitment, divorce proneness, feelings of being trapped in a marriage, and negative interaction. Couples earning $20,000 or less reported lower scores in five of the six categories of marital quality; similar scores were found of those receiving government assistance. And couples that had both lower income and government help had even lower scores in overall satisfaction and commitment:

“It’s likely there are pre-existing or co-existing issues that occur in addition to the receipt of government assistance,” Schramm said. “Possible explanations for the relationship among income, government assistance and marriage include mental health issues, psychiatric disorders, physical handicaps and substance abuse problems.”

Based on the findings and related research, Schramm plans to implement education programs aimed at low-income couples who receive government assistance.

This study was published in Journal of Family and Economic Issues.

Comments (103)

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  • Sleazy Hippo
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:58pm

    Amoral ethical weaklings and secularists often become divorced, but it’s not because of poverty. The very richest Job Creator class of 400 Billionaires and Multi-Millionaires has more multiply divorced individuals than any other group. These Ayn Rand worshipers are chronically self absorbed and lack basic human morality which leads to serial divorce and adultery. They need to embrace Christianity.

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  • georgeisn6
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:35pm

    Lets not spend a 100 million to study it, the answer is,“ HELL” YES

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    • MOLLYPITCHER
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:52pm

      @GEORGEISN6
      That is exactly what I was going to say. You beat me to it! But really, isn’t it obvious. As obvious as our government is wasting our taxes on this crap rather than lowering them so that maybe not os many families would be on food stamps.

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    • Sleazy Hippo
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:58pm

      Amoral ethical weaklings and secularists often become divorced, but it’s not because of poverty. The very richest Job Creator class of 400 Billionaires and Multi-Millionaires has more multiply divorced individuals than any other group. These Ayn Rand worshipers are chronically self absorbed and lack basic human morality which leads to serial divorce and adultery.
      They need to embrace Christianity.

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    • savagemonger
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 4:31pm

      Yes and a study will show it so it is a waste of time.

      http://politicalbowl.com – Political Videos

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 4:42pm

      Socialism has a negative effect on marriage and happiness.
      Ask any Russian !
      WELCOME TO DETROIT

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    • rangerp
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 5:52pm

      Not picking on black Americans, but if you want to see first hand the damage welfare and foodstamps does, take a look at predominately black neighborhoods.

      Who needs a husband, when you can get free Obama money (or Clinton, or Carter, or LBJ)?

      Who needs a God, when you have the U.S government.

      Essentially, this is what the federal gov did to black Americans, when they made it so easy to get on the system. They negated the need for a husband (a family) and they negated a need for God.

      Seven out of ten black babies are born into single parent homes. More black men go to prison than go to college.

      It has created a endless cycle. Tomika drops out of school at 15, and has a child with Tyrone. Tyrone does not support the child, and Tomika gets on the system. Two years later, Tomika gets with Jamal, she has another child, thus more money from the Government. Jamal ends up in prison for armed robbery. Three years later, Tomika shacks up with Andre. Andre makes a little cash, so no need for Tomika to get married and ruin a good thing. She can have some of Andre’s cash, and keep the foodstamps, welfare, and federal housing. Heck, everyone deserves a big screen TV, gold jewelry, a pierced nose, hundred dollar nikes for Tyrone Jr, and that cell phone. Twelve years later, Tomika’s youngest daughter Lashonda is now fifteen, and she has learned that you do not need an education, husband, God. She can go lay up with Pookey (he looks so cool wth the nappy braids, b

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    • loriann12
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:07pm

      IF there is a marriage among people on government assistance, it’s likely that the man has an unconscious feeling of responsibility towards his family, and feels displaced because the government is the bread winner. I have to wonder HOW MANY COUPLES are on welfare/food stamps? I’d bet the percentage of unwed parents is higher.

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    • avenger
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:10pm

      ya think…more freebies create more leeches…

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    • loriann12
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:10pm

      @rangerp

      I heard on Bill Bennett that part of the problem is that with the single parent household, they don’t get to see a man get up and go to work everyday. They have no working role model. They see a father who never bothered to marry the mother, and a mother who scams the government for more money.

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    • rangerp
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:39pm

      @loriann12

      While in college, I took up a good bit of time with some young black kids from close by housing projects. It was not sponsored, just something I did on my own. I took them fishing, shooting, swimming, and used to put them to work for a trip to the dairy queen and such. I tried to do much teaching, and set a good example, encourage school, church, hard work….

      It was interesting asking them what they wanted to be when they grew up, and how they would support themselves. One young fellow told me that when he grew up, he wanted to be a coon hunter like me. I explained that coon hunting was a hobby that I did, then asked him how he would provide food. He smiled, and looked at me like I was silly, and told me that he did not need to by food, as it comes in the mail. It took a few seconds for me to figure out that he was talking about food stamps. He looked a bit shocked when I told him that food stamps was not exactly a thing to strive for. It kind of went against the grain of everything he knew/

      A few years back I looked this kid up. He is 23 now, lives with his mom, does not have a job, and has fathered two kids.

      I stood in a parking lot, and spoke with him. I was a little surprised when he told me that he remembered much of what I had treid to teach him. He said it was dumb for him to drop out of school, and to have kids with a woman he would never marry, and then he assured me that he had never gotten into drugs, to use or sell. I still h

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    • MetalPatriot
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 9:31pm

      It sure does hurt the relationship. There’s a lot of guilt involved. We were fortunate enough to receive the stamps for a short period, then have been able to stay off for 2 years now. Thankful for the help, but don’t ever want to use it again.

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  • heyjim55
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:06pm

    Day by day I am getting more and more disgusted with the resident members here, people who apparently can not think or just think that anyone who is poor, lazy and stupid and should be punished for it. My with have a large group of silver spooners here I never thought that rich people bothered with web sites like the Blaze but I was wrong, to me you appear more and more to be no different than the Communists you complain about, just as mean and as heartless some claim to be Christian . I knew over time that this web site like so many others deteriorates into some kind of drive by troll inviting forum for mean people to vent their poorly thought out rants. So how long will it be before you demand that the poor , the unemployed or those suddenly stricken with some kind of calamity be removed from society perhaps a firing squad maybe a quick roundup and a good gassing or just removed from your community so you can enjoy a good glass of wine and admire your good fortune. You know what I mean get rid of the tent cities your corporate friends created and fellow bankers so you can enjoy the good life and not be bothered by the appearance of the low income crowd. You can wave the flag on the fourth claim to love your country while you rape it, but then I think there are still many here who just haven’t thought it through give it time it could be you or one of your children that need help or a good break and pray that it is still available for them. Sorry I just hate mean people.

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    • Secret Squirrel
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:10pm

      .
      Do the food stamps and medicaid cause unhappy marriages,
      or do people with no or unhappy marriages collect food stamps because they
      have no motivation.
      Marriage is hard work.

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    • Detroit paperboy
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:12pm

      Welcome to DETROIT everybody !
      You r gonna hate it …

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    • MODEL82A1
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:13pm

      You are a lazy parasite and I hope you are unhappy because of it. because you should be.

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    • SpankDaMonkey
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:13pm

      .
      What if we put them in the military, and make them earn it for a change?…………..

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:40pm

      You don’t have a clue of the meaning of liberty,the federal government has created a permanent underclass and generational poverty with welfare.When the government takes care of you from cradle to grave they control you completely,you have no liberty or freedom.Welfare is unconstitutional & immoral it takes by force through government and gives to the so called poor,poor in this country and poor in Bangladesh are two different things.You talk of ’round ups,‘ the only rounding up would be done by our Marxist president he doesn’t like critics very well.

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    • Rowgue
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:44pm

      Shut up moron. Expecting people to make an attempt to fend for themselves is not evil or people being mean. Every penny you sponge from the government came from the pockets of the taxpayers. Personally if I’m going to give money to somebody or pay for things for them, I‘d rather choose who I’m giving it to rather than having the government hand it out to ungrateful entitlement program losers that have no intention of ever even making an attempt to support themselves. There’s nothing wrong with charity. There is something very wrong with government mandated and government directed charity.

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:50pm

      HEY JIM We are just ordinary working stiffs. we are sick and tired of buying votes with our tax dollars so dems can keep these people in permenant slavery. Most of us know at least one person who is frauding the system. i haev a neighbor who get every thing for free(4 kids and no job) He has a 20011 Ford truck, a 2 year old bass boat( Ican afford neither) How? Every thing is in his brothers name. He also mows lawns cash only and has to make at least 30-40K a year based on what othere make in this area. His illegal income and benefits has to be over 100K a year. You wnder why we get mad? Even if you call on these people there is never an investigation. I have video tape of him mowing a estate lawn and they will not even look at it. So yes let them starve. I have paid all my life and its time to stop it.

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    • Stoic one
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:54pm

      perhaps it is the unrelenting PUSH,SHOVE from left .?
      I am absolutely frustrated with our politicians AND public sector unions…..
      I am sure that i am not the only one that can do simple math and see the deception going on.
      out of an extended family of 12, 3 are out of work. I am one of them and i am certainly urinated OFF at this admin.

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    • THX-1138
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:56pm

      Would your definition of “Mean People” be people who would use the brute force of the Law to take the money they feel they deserve from other people they feel “have too much”? Are people who use the Law to commit otherwise criminal acts “Mean”?

      Think Harder.

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    • scarebear83
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 4:32pm

      Secret Squirrel- I would agree. Even though I’m not married I do know (from what I see of other people) that marriage is hard work and some of those on food stamps seem to hardly work in other areas of their life so the easier thing is to give up.

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    • Redscot
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:35pm

      Are your Socialistic roots showing just a trifle? I went on food stamps a couple of times. The first one was when my husband, who had COPD, caught pneumonia and could not work for several months. The second was years later when he died and I had children in school. To him, a Republican, it was acceptable. To me, the Democrat, it was not. I figured I should go back to work, even though I was in a wheelchair. He felt it was our right to have help. You talk about feelings, not facts. He did too. To me, it is the parents’ responsibility to take care of the offspring they have, not the government’s job. We had the kids, we support them.
      Put your well intention-ed feelings back in your heart and talk about facts. The government has no responsibility to put food on my table. When it does, it expects to tell me how to run my life. The obvious state of life after that is government control over a private entity – the family. That should not be dependent on anyone except its own members. Charity should be taken in emergencies and from those organizations who do that – namely churches or charitable groups like The Salvation Army or Goodwill. To me, the Red Cross is a business, not a charity.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 7:43pm

      Give a man a fish and he eats for a day. Teach him how to fish and you lose a Democratic voter.

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 8:20pm

      Well, we happen to make less than $20,000 a year in our family, so I wouldn’t consider myself a “silver spooner”. Although perhaps you would think that I am because my grandmother’s a millionaire (she got that way because grandpa had a business and they never wasted their money… for example, they had a 13″ black and white TV until well into the 1990s). Or perhaps I’m privileged because I own my own business (which I work on in the evenings and late at night) and homeschool my kids (saving the government a ton of money, because the only public school we use is 45 minutes a week for ds’s speech therapy). Then again, dh is in law school, so perhaps that puts me in the category of the “privileged elite”.

      Of course I don’t agree that the unemployed and low income need to be gassed. I don’t agree with Stuart Varney that the poor in income are also poor in spirit. There are so many reasons why someone might be poor. Our family once had a six-figure income. We’re quite happy, love God, attend church 3x week, etc. We gave up the big bucks so that I could be at home with the children, and the transition to dh being a breadwinner with a well-paying job is difficult. The difficult part is being content for now.

      There are many that do have the wrong attitude towards work… but then there are people like my mother in law, who was an impoverished single mom with two kids living in Compton, but never accepted assistance and lives a pretty comfortable life, 40 ye

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    • john1417
      Posted on September 9, 2011 at 12:55am

      @Sleazy Hippo
      I am an Ayn rand lover, But I don’t follow her thought on faith and relgion. And there are a lot of people who are the same. And if you really read what she says she does believe in giving…

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  • BrendaB
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:01pm

    That’s because there is zero sense of personal achievment

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    • oldoldtimer
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:52pm

      Why work is some one else will feed and house you for free. All you have to do is lower your standards and work for cash.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 6:59pm

      and a lack of respect for each other

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  • cntrlfrk
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:58pm

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    I know people who won’t even get married because they are afraid of losing their handouts.

    Sad but true. All over the Reservations and slums.

    .

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  • heyjim55
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:42pm

    Food stamps are what they are , no marriage can survive in the long run if food stamps are part of the future unless said couple is equally but lazy. I have no problem with people on food stamps per say given the bad economy and some people who can not find suitable work that pays enough for them to get off stamps .Legal immigrants and their families have a very hard time finding work even when they have done all that is expected of them, the one’s that do find work earn very little. There is just to many mean people who have a easier life with a lot going for them either by the help of their affluent parents or by their own hard work who have no sympathy for the poor. I only have a problem with those who can do better but refuse and prefer to sponge off the tax payer. I am married to a legal immigrant we have many friends from her country of birth living here and on food stamps and they hate it they want better paying jobs but can’t get them so they do what they have to do to feed their kids. They are hard working people who can and preserve food in order to save money just like our ancestors did when they immigrated to this country , they go to food banks and they work very hard at what they can do themselves. There are a few heartless Neocons here at the Blaze lumping everyone in the category so they don’t have to think. There’s nothing wrong with a Social safety net it just needs to be more accountable with time limits or re evaluation of those who receive benefits.

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    • 420 Patriot
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:05pm

      My son is on SSI as he is disabled from a traumatic brain injury he received in an accident that was not his fault. The driver of the car had no insurance, my insurance did not cover him because of his age and that he was not living with us at the time. He just got married, just had a child and his wife was able to land a part time job which she will earn $800.00 per month. Because of this, my son will lose his SSI and Medicaid and will be in worse shape. My wife and I will help as much as we can but we can only help so much. I do not like the fact that my son is on entitlement programs, but his situation is what they are all about. To cut him over a part time job that his new wife has is not right. They are now considering getting a divorce so that he does not lose his SSI. Sad.

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    • zymogene
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 4:15pm

      I don’t know what the rules are today, state by state, but a few decades ago you couldn’t get food stamps and government asst. and such if you were married….or living with your parents etc, or live in boyfriend etc. and it took simply a 10 dollar bill as Christmas gift to have you knocked off. You couldn’t have cable, a car, phone, and a whole host of things that seem to be part of the package today, Used to be it was families and single people on hard times that the church and food pantries helped with, and some of them now (depending on where you live) won’t, unless you are on government asst. The whole thing has changed to where it seems the government will give you more than you can make if you actually go out and work and more opportunity single than married. Heck when my parents were alive but ill and they needed a tiny amount of help, they were told get a divorce and we can help you, but otherwise you risk loosing everything…they said we made an oath through good times and bad and refused….but I’m sure out of fear many opted out (divorced) because the government choice appeared to be the safest choice. Take 1 step forward and the government pulls the rug out from under you….unless you lie and game the system.

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    • PILLYWIGGINS1
      Posted on September 9, 2011 at 8:46pm

      my live-in boyfriend has been recieving foodstamps for a few years now, and both he and i hate it. We need it desperately since are jobs don‘t pay enough and he’s a diabetic who must have food in the house, but it galls to be accepting a gov. handout and a soon as we can we want to get off. we work hard and are trying our best. The economy just sucks and Obama keeps making it worse. I agree HEYJIM55, some social safety net is good, but it’s become a monster enticing as many people as possible to look to the gov instead of themselves. They need to back it off and focus more attention on making it easier to get out of the system than it is to get in.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:41pm

    Duh – Yah
    can you say 2nd class citizen
    low self esteem
    however after generations – We are now entitle to this fee stuff
    No whats im sayin

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  • love the kids
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:40pm

    How about a law preventing people from getting married or having a new child if they have been on govt. assistance for over a year?

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    • jakartaman
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:10pm

      How about like the old days – family, churches, or private charity etc. took care of the poor before the liberal nanny state took over.
      It certainly would make us as a nation more compassionate and responsible

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    • LonestarFree
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:30pm

      I don’t mean to pick a fight but that is the stupidest thing I have seen posted here. If they get pregnant anyway should we throw them in jail and abort the child for them? Prevent them from getting married? I think enough people are living without the comitment of getting married and it leads to the destruction of a moral society. The building of family values that are the backbone of a strong and moral nation start with this commitment. Living off the government is a problem for everyone and does damage in many ways, perhaps a non government solution would be best to help people. We have seen to often what happens when the government tries to help. Have you been to the projects in a major city near you? thats what happens and the only way to prevent it is to prevent the government from helping.

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  • love the kids
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:38pm

    I’ll bet the poll is actually reversed, but not shown that way. This is what I mean:
    Someone who is more likely to cheat or be less committed to their marriage is someone who would be willing to take govt. assistance in the first place, even if they weren’t married. Or, someone who would be more faithful and honest and constantly work at a good marriage would be MUCH less likely to seek help from someone else, even when they need it. It really bothers hard working people to get on the Govt. payroll because of pride, therfore, they are more committed to success, no matter what it’s at.

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    • Gonzo
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:22pm

      Nail on the head award! I think you are exactly right.

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    • FlowerBell
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 11:21pm

      Yes! it’s all about content of character.

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  • Briggston
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:38pm

    You better believe it can. Speaking from personal experience I can remember my Junior and Senior year of college when we were getting some assistance for food and medical. I remarked even then ( before I was aware of anything political) that this system is corrupt by design. It is designed to keep you on it indefinitely or kick you off at the mercy of bills you couldn’t even hope of paying. sometimes a difference of 10$ a paycheck would eliminate your assistance. And it is not set at a level where you become self sufficient it is exactly at the minimum poverty line. Enough to keep you afloat but never gain independence from it. Even when we relocated to our current state we had to get WIC assistance due to a loss in income for the change. We just got off it but my wife would tell you horror stories at the DES office and the pathetic family conditions of those seeking assistance. Yet what is funny is that these same people seemed to have the latest name brand fashion clothes, Most advanced cell phones, I-pods or I-pads My wife told me that the reality of the corruption, graft and fraud that has been perpetrated through this program hit her all at once and she told the DES office never again and left. this is exactly what Margaret Sanger, Ted Kennedy and great society planners of LBJ designed it to be. Implant the government into families, create dependence, destroy the family structure. makes the state the new authority in the house while bribing slave voters.

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    • ejbonk
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:43pm

      You said it all brother. two thumbs up!

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:07pm

      Here’s another one… the more people these places sign up the more funding they get. They actually are provided an incentive to do so.

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    • progressiveslayer
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:50pm

      You are correct,the unconstitutional welfare state is designed to destroy the family and have government be there to take care of you,it’s vile and disgusting and needs to be abolished over time.It can’t be done cold turkey,we’d have riots that would make the watts riots or Detroit riots look like play time.

      I know people need help that’s what charity is for, not the government.

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  • ejbonk
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:35pm

    The problem is once,your in these programs. Your Trapped,there is no exit system for a soft landing. Get a Job your cut off totally,no smooth transition. If,you get really sick while on the program and your on a main. of medical prescription and testing,you get a job and now you have no health insurance. For people with diabetes,aids,etc…. this can be a death sentence. You sell assets to make ends meet and lower debt,they reduce of cut off your benefits. I personally know a woman that sold 5 shares of stock she has to pay off her winter gas bill and they cut off her food stamps for 2 months, I helped her and her 3 children out during this period with food from my stock pile. The Liberals Built this TRAP to keep you down and so you can never leave the system. The only way out is to lie and cover up income and stock pile drugs and food until you can exit the system successfully. The system is very stressful, to get on,stay on,and to get out of. IT IS HELL ON EARTH!

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  • Carlinpa
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:26pm

    YES. The gravimetrics of a family changes when they receive government assistance. We have seen this in the black community where by since the liberals have “helping” them by inducing them onto the roles of dependence the family structure has been completely inverted. Single family households are at an all time high with over 65% being single family. No need for a stable father(man) when you have uncle Sam.

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    • edcoil
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:30pm

      I am willing to bet there are no couples getting food stamps that look like the couple in the photo.

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  • slvrserfr
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:23pm

    Food stamps and medicaid isn’t going to influence the outcome of a relationship or marriage, the sole influence of the individuals that make up each relationship or marriage is going to trump this outcome. Even rich couples can have the capacity to be miserable with each other.

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    • Michael600r
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:54pm

      When the state becomes daddy by being the provider, the dynamics of the male/female relationship are altered in an unrecoverable way. If the man does no providing the woman will lose respect and interest. It’s built in, hard wired susvival of the species stuff.

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  • Disabledvet
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:21pm

    No most of the people that are on food stamps are both losers and of the dependent class, where they want everything given to them any way, I am all for the governor in the news that just limited welfare to 4 years in his state, thats long enough to get the state to help you go to school and learn a trade to get yourself off welfare and food stamps and section 8 and anything else.

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  • Exrepublisheep
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:18pm

    As the middle class disappears ( I guess we’re all just lazy slobs) food stamp usage wii increase dramatically.

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    • GhostOfJefferson
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:29pm

      Or…people will start participating more and more in the grey market and avoid the very economic policies government imposes that creates the poverty they would be facing.

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  • Sleazy Hippo
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:16pm

    Welfare cases or millionaires, “divorced people” have a lot of self examination to do and need to seek repentance.

    Real Christians will not get divorced because of worldly issues like material wealth. Only weak people and cultists get divorced. I have to admit that when secular and cult people get married so casually it puts them at risk for divorce.

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    • AlansTigg
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:39pm

      awwww it’s so cute how you act like you have all the answers

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    • valerie4308
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 3:59pm

      This comment is directed to ‘Sleazy Hippo’, which in itself says VOLUMES!!!!! Your narcissistic view on people who get divorced disqust me. Strong, true Christian people get divorced for many reasons and not just due to weakness or being labeled a cultist. Furthermore, a true Christian would know that it is not our job to judge others but to be judged only by God himself for our actions. And though I don’t normally point fingers, it is plainly obvious that you suffer from a certain weakness yourself.

      Sincerely,
      A divorcee who loves Jesus!! May God bless you…

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    • Sleazy Hippo
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 4:25pm

      Dearest Madam!

      No one is being critical of your private, personal issue. Just look inward, repent and seek salvation. (PS were you having food stamp problems, since you mention you were divorced?)

      Next!

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  • momprayn
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:13pm

    Schramm sounds like another clueless, unrealistic, arrogant liberal and the answer is just to implement “education programs”. Yes, I‘m sure that’ll alleviate the problem. LOL Always, always avoiding, “not seeing”, acknowleding the root causes of problems – which probably go back to breakdown of the traditional family, lack of morals, lack of belief, respect for God, work ethic, human nature, welfare – in other words ——–liberalism. . We must expose and KILL LIBERALISM off in this country.

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    • Scrubpuppy
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:24pm

      So their downfall is low morals, and your answer is to expose and exterminate Liberals.

      I’m guessing you work for the Bachman campaign?

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    • StandOnYourTwoFeet
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:25pm

      I agree Momprayn, they want us to believe its all just ok, and It is not!

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    • Jim in Houston
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:55pm

      Scrubpuppy: How else do you explain the number of illegitimate children in this country, other than low morals?

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    • InSooth
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 4:21pm

      Hey SCRUBPUPPY; MOMPRAYN clearly stated that Liberalism should be killed off. Nothing was mentioned of killing liberals, just the ideology of liberals. To distort ones’ statement is to misrepresent yourself as anything legitimate.

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  • J_Dub
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:10pm

    Government welfare programs are designed to “enslave” people in that lifestyle, buy their votes, and eat away at the traditional family unit. Touchy-feely types might THINK they exist only to help the recipient, but in fact that harm many of them, and society in general.

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  • welovetheUSA
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:10pm

    Moral dilemma………living off tax payer money while your spouse sits on the couch watching the big screen TV…….

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  • rambosharley
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:07pm

    Government assistance causes mental illness, psychiatric disorders, substance abuse…yep..sounds about right!

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  • progressiveslayer
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:05pm

    Food stamps and medicaid have a negative impact on the constitution,abolish all forms of welfare they’re unconstitutional and a threat to the republic.I’ll keep it simple for the progressives who post on here,if the takers outnumber the makers we’re done, America is over,of course that’s what the Marxist in chief wants, the transformation.

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  • Rowgue
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:04pm

    If you’re on food stamps and medicaid maybe you should consider getting your life in order before getting married and starting a family.

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  • PoohbearA2
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:04pm

    Big surprise huh ? Self sufficient people are happiest. Not news to me.

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  • StandOnYourTwoFeet
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:03pm

    Well, yesterday I shopped at wal mart, in front of me were two young black girls (presumable gay since they were huggin and touching one another in line) they had 460 dollars worth of food stamps, one of the lovers has 4 kids. I was pissed, here I work my ass off 40 hours a week and pay 150 bucks for my groceries an realise it cut me short for bills! I do believe the institution of marrage is long since second to federal government help. I mean here are two girl in a gay relationship, feeding there children on Government Funding. I would starve I’m a white female with one child! They know how to work the system and use it to there advantage! I believe all states should limit goverment help. and everyone in the house over the age of 12 should be drug tested and if one person fails government assisance should stop! I am tired of struggling an other lay around an have more kids so they can get more money. I would never deny anyone the help they need to get on their feet, but abuse is prominent all over the US. This has to stop at some point because we all suffer in the end!

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    • Dustyluv
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:11pm

      Even so…It should not matter what color they are or if they are gay otr not. Its total bullcrap that you would add the color of their skin or what you think is a sexual orientation. I frankly dont give a crap what color a welfare recipient is or what they do in their private lives sexuallly. Nor should anyone but a racist jerkwad….
      If they are druggies, abuse alcohol, drop babies and i have to pay for them, have a house full of electroncs and are on Government assistance, then I get pissed..Color of skin, sexual orientation should never matter to anyone but a jackwagon.

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    • StandOnYourTwoFeet
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:22pm

      @ Dustyluv, I really dont care If it pissed you off If I said they were gay or not, I set the stage to what I saw. The point is… most of us strugle to survive. Its not a surprise in black comunities welfare is higher! The ******** who insinuates other wise is more prone on attacking the messenger then just reading the story! Im not one of those people who ride along the coat tals of people who believe that homosexuality is ok! I do not agree with homosexuality! Sorry if that hurts your feeling but you may think its ok if two woman grab each other butts in public… personally I don’t. Welfare is welfare if your black white or gay or straight! Either way I’m tired of paying for their butts layin on the couch!!

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  • atechgeek
    Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:03pm

    Yes .. Because the woman finally realized she married a freakin loser.

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    • Scrubpuppy
      Posted on September 8, 2011 at 2:26pm

      Hey wait a minute, I thought women were the empowered ones now? Maybe the men realized THEY married a loser.

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