Topic: Pride is a problem

[Weisshaupt]

“The most common reason eligible people do not participate is because they do not realize they may be eligible,” USDA explains. “Others choose not to apply because of myths or misunderstandings about SNAP benefits or because of stigma that continues to persist. Others make a cost-benefit decision that the time involved in applying for benefits is not worth the expected return. Some do not want to accept government assistance.”

Why should there be a stigma attached to being a no good leeching parasite? Why should a personal belief  that being one is bad have anything to with it?

They want to be able to control you.
They want to look down on you.


 

[trapeze]

I would characterize it as more "self respect" than "pride."

[warpmine]

These people by their very nature are disgusting. I cannot wait until it all comes crashing down....but how the hell is that going to happen when they continue to deal out the goodies. One thing for sure, it will come faster as they spen more and more as the wealthier decide to pick up and high tail it to another land.

[Pandora]

I would characterize it as more "self respect" than "pride."

It is self respect as well.

Once upon a time, many prided themselves on their self-reliance, from which springs self-respect.

One in seven Americans are on food stamps, but the government is pushing to enroll more — in many instances working to overcome Americans’ “pride,” self-reliance or failure to see a need.

“Our common goal is to increase participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program,” the United States Department of Agriculture explains on its “Outreach Toolkits” page. “Our purpose is to ensure that those going through difficult times can feed their families healthy, nutritious food. By working as a team, we can accomplish these goals.”

The USDA has adopted a range of strategies and programs designed to bring more people to SNAP, including taking on “pride.” A 2011 Hunger Champions Award document reveals that local assistance offices have been rewarded for “counteracting” pride and pushing more people to sign up for benefits.

The Ashe County Department of Social Services in Jefferson, N.C., for example, received a “Gold” award for confronting “mountain pride” and increasing food stamp participation by 10 percent.

Damn these people.  This is just downright evil, I swear.

[Pandora]

Reading further ....

“SNAP is an investment in our future. It offers nutrition benefits to participating clients, supports work, and provides economic benefits to communities,” USDA explains on one of its outreach pages. “However, too many low-income people who are eligible for the program do not participate and thus forgo nutrition assistance that could stretch their food dollars at the grocery store. Their communities lose out on the benefits provided by new SNAP dollars flowing into local economies.”

So.  Now it's a duty and responsibility to "the community" to "participate".

I HATE these people!

[IronDioPriest]

The personal stories of fathers/mothers, grandfathers/grandmothers, and great-grandfathers/grandmothers who struggled through the Depression refusing to accept handouts and resolving to make ends meet are myriad.

These Leftist pukes don't deserve the dignity of being trampled under the boots of such men and women.

[Glock32]

More of the "good for the economy" nonsense. It's like filling a bucket in the deep end of the pool and pouring it into the shallow end, claiming to have provided a stimulus of water to the shallow part of the pool. Except you spill half of the bucket during the trip, part of the cost of transport.

There's also something telling in their use of the word "client". They probably think it is less stigmatic and demeaning to refer to welfare recipients as "clients", but it also reveals their mindset. They want the entire population to be reduced to the status of clients of the state.

[Sectionhand]

In its own way Government has become the equivalent of Drug Pushers ... get 'em hooked and keep 'em that way !

[EW1(SG)]

In its own way Government has become the equivalent of Drug Pushers ... get 'em hooked and keep 'em that way !

Exactly so.

ETA:  A lot of gubmint drug "rehab" programs are ineffective precisely because they perpetuate the "client" model mentioned by Glock32 above.

[charlesoakwood]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Client_state

Client state is one of several phrases used to describe the economic, political and/or military subordination of one state to a more powerful state

[warpmine]

More of the "good for the economy" nonsense. It's like filling a bucket in the deep end of the pool and pouring it into the shallow end, claiming to have provided a stimulus of water to the shallow part of the pool. Except you spill half of the bucket during the trip, part of the cost of transport.

There's also something telling in their use of the word "client". They probably think it is less stigmatic and demeaning to refer to welfare recipients as "clients", but it also reveals their mindset. They want the entire population to be reduced to the status of clients of the state.

How about using the word patient and it would be much more appropriate.

[Libertas]

Stamping out individualism has always been a central hallmark of Marxists, why so many fail to see that and recoil in horror sickens me, meek acceptance is the undeniable sign that the Marxists are winning.