Food Stamps - Not appreciated, but expected

[Boiler 45,525]

I know less of the system in the US that the UK, often it seems for single women it is a combination of need and lifestyle choice, How else will they get their own house etc, usually there is an intelligence deficit as well.

Can not be good for society, how do you curtail it?

[Póg mo 1,749]

I think most people are happy to help people in need, but less keen when it is seen as a lifestyle choice.

I know, the old, "I would love to help the poor but you are only going to waste it any way, so I don't want to.". Very convenient.

[Boiler 45,525]

From local observation people are very generous when there is an emergent situation.

[Jacque67 7,328]

Debtors prisons and workhouses are the way to go

@spreadthehate

[2ndMessiah 184]

For some reason I hear "Let them eat cake". I seem to be drawing an unconscious link between Queen Marie Antoinette and her comment on hungry peasants with the OP post and the current Republican right.... I wonder why.

Please note that I am aware that she ( Marie Antoinette) probably did not say that but the sentiment is intact...

Edited June 8, 2015 by 2ndMessiah

[2ndMessiah 184]

Debtors prisons and workhouses are the way to go

@spreadthehate

You comment appears to be a modern and forward thinking concept, suggested by a thoughtful and intelligent person.

[Jacque67 7,328]

You comment appears to be a modern and forward thinking concept, suggested by a thoughtful and intelligent person.

Cheers guv'nor (Tips his cloth cap) Edited June 8, 2015 by Jacque67

[2ndMessiah 184]

Cheers guv'nor

You're more than welcome.

[eieio 1,594]

Looks like that the majority of those in the video could use a mandatory reduction of food. Maybe cut off benefits randomly?

[Boiler 45,525]

The film was a trifle racist, surprised that has not been commented on.

[Jacque67 7,328]

[MrsBonsu 138]

Just to let you know black people are not the only one who receives assistance!

[Janelle2002 3,865]

Just to let you know black people are not the only one who receives assistance!

You mean like this couple?

A Minnesota couple who allegedly claim to be Scottish aristocrats are on the run, accused of claiming public assistance benefits while living on their $1.2 million yacht and driving a $30,000 Lexus.

Andrea Chisholm, 54, and Colin Chisholm III, 62, allegedly collected more than $167,000 in welfare, food stamps and medical assistance across two states over a period of around seven years, according to a complaint filed with a Minnesota State court.

For the past month, Hennepin County Sheriff's department has been searching for the couple who are still at large, according to a statement issued by the Hennepin County Attorney, Mike Freeman.

"Mr. ... sorry. Lord and Lady Chisholm the third, are fraudsters of the first degree," Freeman said. "These folks ripped off the system."

The Chisholms began claiming public assistance in Minnesota in 2005 after telling authorities they were living with Andrea's mother in Minneapolis. Just weeks after the pair applied for assistance, they also bought an 83-foot yacht for $1.2 million in Florida, which they lived on for 28 months, according to the complaint. They were also claiming benefits in Florida at the same time as they were collecting money in Minnesota, the complaint said.

The couple also allegedly failed to report the nearly $3 million they had deposited in various bank accounts "to support their lavish lifestyle," and concealed that they had lived in luxury lakeside homes in Deepahaven since 2008 when they moved back to Minnesota, the complaint said.

During this time, the pair continued to receive welfare benefits and medical assistance from the state, including the prenatal care Andrea Chisholm received while pregnant in 2006 and 2007, the complaint said.

"Colin Chisholm portrays himself as a Scottish aristocrat who is a wealthy and successful executive in the broadcasting industry," criminal investigator Amanda Lange writes in the complaint.

Colin Chisholm was self-employed as the chief executive officer of TCN Network, which purported to be a satellite television and broadband service for countries throughout the Caribbean, while his wife owned a dog kennel that bred and sold pedigree championship puppies, according to Freeman.

None of funds generated by Andrea Chisholm's business, Strathglass Kennels, was ever reported to the state, the complaint said.

ABC News' calls and emails to the TCN Network and contacts listed for the Chisholms went unanswered.

All welfare benefits going to the Chisholms were terminated at the end of March 2012, and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the couple, who have reportedly fled the state, the complaint said.

Fraud charges typically carry a probation sentence, but prosecutors said in a statement they will request harsher sentencing "because the Chisholms committed a "major economic offense."

"It is truly outrageous when persons of considerable means steal from the government and all of us taxpayers through abusing the social welfare system," Freeman said. "We will prosecute this case with all the capacity we have."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-allegedly-claimed-welfare-food-stamps-living-12/story?id=23112223

[Not a Tailor 1,370]

The film was a trifle racist, surprised that has not been commented on.

I had assumed that Clayton County was one of the poorer counties in the South that tends to be black-dominant. If you look, they do exist and it's largely due to the fact that segregation used to be the law and so there are still communities that are almost all black and, thanks to centuries of racism, poor.

[MrsBonsu 138]

You mean like this couple?

A Minnesota couple who allegedly claim to be Scottish aristocrats are on the run, accused of claiming public assistance benefits while living on their $1.2 million yacht and driving a $30,000 Lexus.

Andrea Chisholm, 54, and Colin Chisholm III, 62, allegedly collected more than $167,000 in welfare, food stamps and medical assistance across two states over a period of around seven years, according to a complaint filed with a Minnesota State court.

For the past month, Hennepin County Sheriff's department has been searching for the couple who are still at large, according to a statement issued by the Hennepin County Attorney, Mike Freeman.

"Mr. ... sorry. Lord and Lady Chisholm the third, are fraudsters of the first degree," Freeman said. "These folks ripped off the system."

The Chisholms began claiming public assistance in Minnesota in 2005 after telling authorities they were living with Andrea's mother in Minneapolis. Just weeks after the pair applied for assistance, they also bought an 83-foot yacht for $1.2 million in Florida, which they lived on for 28 months, according to the complaint. They were also claiming benefits in Florida at the same time as they were collecting money in Minnesota, the complaint said.

The couple also allegedly failed to report the nearly $3 million they had deposited in various bank accounts "to support their lavish lifestyle," and concealed that they had lived in luxury lakeside homes in Deepahaven since 2008 when they moved back to Minnesota, the complaint said.

During this time, the pair continued to receive welfare benefits and medical assistance from the state, including the prenatal care Andrea Chisholm received while pregnant in 2006 and 2007, the complaint said.

"Colin Chisholm portrays himself as a Scottish aristocrat who is a wealthy and successful executive in the broadcasting industry," criminal investigator Amanda Lange writes in the complaint.

Colin Chisholm was self-employed as the chief executive officer of TCN Network, which purported to be a satellite television and broadband service for countries throughout the Caribbean, while his wife owned a dog kennel that bred and sold pedigree championship puppies, according to Freeman.

None of funds generated by Andrea Chisholm's business, Strathglass Kennels, was ever reported to the state, the complaint said.

ABC News' calls and emails to the TCN Network and contacts listed for the Chisholms went unanswered.

All welfare benefits going to the Chisholms were terminated at the end of March 2012, and a warrant has been issued for the arrest of the couple, who have reportedly fled the state, the complaint said.

Fraud charges typically carry a probation sentence, but prosecutors said in a statement they will request harsher sentencing "because the Chisholms committed a "major economic offense."

"It is truly outrageous when persons of considerable means steal from the government and all of us taxpayers through abusing the social welfare system," Freeman said. "We will prosecute this case with all the capacity we have."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/couple-allegedly-claimed-welfare-food-stamps-living-12/story?id=23112223

Yes!