Jul 31 - Photo of boy in public housing with an iPad prompts debate over what the poor should have

This article just screams post racial politics. I mean first off its new orleans projects and I can say I rather see this child with a Ipad trying to make sense of the world and why they live in the projects than shooting some craps.

You two are the only ones that have mentioned race. I don't agree with the premise of the article, but do we need another damn !! fest about the white man/devil/cac/honkey/any other term that's acceptable on this site "holding you down?" The article is about people living off of public[..]istance having luxuries. If I recall, many a thread has been made on this very site with statistics showing there are more whites on welfare than blacks, so pick your poison.

Seriously, every thread does not have to be a race war. Yes, the picture is of a black kid...I get it. However, you two are baiting and you know it. GROW THE !! UP. [pic]

ipads and other similar technology are more of a moral booster... i grew up hella poor, but when i got my first super nintendo (like 2 years after they came out).. i was the happiest poor kid in school... whats more important a broke family or a happy child??

The sterotype of a poor individual on govt[..]istance is[..]ociated with African Americans despite the stats. Maybe you don't see it because your race is the est@blished social norm, but everything in the United States is based upon race.

You honestly believe people would make the same[..]umptions if it were a Caucasian child?

So basically, poor people shouldnt have

anything of value. If we find you with

items we think you shouldnt possess, we

want you punished even further than

generational poverty.
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The sterotype of a poor individual on govt[..]istance is[..]ociated with African Americans despite the stats. Maybe you don't see it because your race is the est@blished social norm, but everything in the United States is based upon race.

You honestly believe people would make the same[..]umptions if it were a Caucasian child?

So basically, poor people shouldnt have

anything of value. If we find you with

items we think you shouldnt possess, we

want you punished even further than

generational poverty.
[pic]

y'all are missing the point.


every year at my office we get lists from families who are poor, and live on welfare. every year the lists from kids ask for, xbox360 games, wii games, and ps3 games. whats disgutsing is the fact that this is on one list.

so this family that lives on welfare from the gov't, spends thousands of dollars on gaming consoles, instead of food and clothing?

its !!ed up.


i stopped giving when i read what my money was actually going to. a kid wants some sock or shoes fine, but no kid getting CoD and GTA iv because they parents some bane on society

When you live off the !!in system...absolutely!

When you're in that situation and you're only "surviving" off the American working-cl a#s tax dollars through public[..]istance then you should be forced to do what you are told and buy what you are allowed to. If you want expensive !! then get off the system, and go buy it. By having expensive things and being on welfare, it shows that you clearly don't need it. My tax dollars don't need to pay for perfectly capable peoples lifestyle because the mother is an irresponsible crackhead chick that gets knocked up by other random unemployed "disabled" crackheads, or better yet an "unknown."

I work for my money and pay my taxes so I should be able to buy whatever the !! I want, if you receive public[..]istance it should be going towards NECESSITIES and documented FAR MORE closely...not top of the line !! either. You are supposedly IN NEED. If your rent is being paid for, you get food stamps, cash[..]istance, utilities paid for, and medical coverage then you are OWNED by the government. The problem is that there's so many scams around all these systems and people literally breed generations that live off this, and that's what it has turned into, a way of life. If you need it then that's fine, but nobody should be given decades of live for free p a#ses.

Sad part is that we haven't even scratched the surface, seeing how out of hand this is all going to get with many more girls getting pregnant at a far younger age. Add to that the amount of refugees we have been bringing into the Country, then combine it with the current problems, and the welfare system has no positive future.

Then again who the !! is going to work for minimum wage when they can live off the system that pays better and has better benefits than an average middle-cl a#s job?[pic]