camille65 -> RE: Low Income Dominants. (12/10/2007 10:53:16 AM)
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ORIGINAL: OldBastardly1 Do you think there is anything wrong with getting public assistance, food & medical care, while having enough money for fetish stuff? Bear in mind, I am not condemning....I am asking, because it seems that other people's tax dollars are supplementing your kink. Yeah, that has always been somewhat of a pet-peeve of mine... I remember when I first started working fresh out of college, living VERY FRUGALLY (and RESPONSIBLY to my way of thinking) well... I have always seen the need for Social Programs, but it really did irk me while I was out grocery shopping when I looked on the grocery conveyor belt at the mediocre (albeit fiscally responsible choices) that I had ready to be purchased, and saw the "stuff" that the woman on FOODSTAMPS before me had on the conveyor belt waiting for her check-out. She had steaks, expensive "pre-made/pre-packaged" convenience foods, and I had "get ready to cook in its entirety yourself" type goods. I was PARTICULARY annoyed when I looked the woman over and noticed her array of flashy gold/diamond rings piled up her fingers, and her expensive full-length mink coat (while talkin about needing to take her Cadillac into the shop). I wanted to shake this woman by the throat...it's ok, I restrained myself LOL... But seriously, its outlandish behavior like hers that ticks off the rest of society footing her bill! I don't personally know Luna, she may be a wonderful caring, and responsible mother/"wife", but I did sorta feel that TINGE of annoyance when I read the part where she stated she has "basic" cable... Is "BASIC" cable and fetish toys something that (a person who is rec'g assistance from society at large) should be on your "MUST HAVE LIST"? Just my opinion (from having been a "contributing member of society" from the last 27 years of my adult life) Basic cable... some areas have no reception whatsoever for television forcing the person to buy basic cable. Where I happen to live if you don't have basic you don't have any television. It can be lonely living in a silent house. Perhaps it is an indulgence but if that is my only entertainment so be it, I don't go to movies because they are too expensive.Sometimes even people on welfare/food stamps etc want to eat well, perhaps to celebrate an anniversary or birthday they choose to buy a steak as a wonderful indulgence.The woman with diamonds & the Cadillac may very well have those items as her only assets. An older woman divorced and out of the job market for decades having to rely on food stamps and the judgemental stares as she stands in line. I used a friends foodstamps to buy her UM a birthday cake, while in line someone behind me made a snarky comment about celebrating on welfare.My friend is paralyzed from the waist down and raising UMs on her own.Does this mean that her UMs have to go without a cake on their birthday, because someone sees it as a frivolous item?
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