Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Wednesday, September 01, 2010

Toronto Star reporter Jim Rankin gave prepaid credit cards holding $50 or $75 to panhandlers, then found out after they went shopping what they bought. "I'm a very positive person and things can always be worse," said one recipient, a 44-year-old woman who has diabetes, manic depression and fibromyalgia.

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Food, food, food... and cigarettes.

I think most people would have assumed booze. I was pleasantly surprised with this small sampling.

Never mind, I just realized LCBO stands for the Liquor Controll Board of Ontario.

So $53.85 of $300 (approximately 18%) went to booze - $38.35 of that was allegedly a result of theft (not buying that story though).

men get $50 and women $75?

men get $50 and women $75?

Why not? It's how married people split their money.

men also get the shitty car...

Why not? It's how married people split their money.
#5 | Posted by taxman at 2010-09-01 04:46 PM | Reply | Flag:

You get that high a percentage Taxman? :)

Your bonafide homeless person is mentally ill and needs to be locked up (looked after) in a nervous hospital.

Your bonafide 'panhandler' is a low rent scam artist.
"Hey, man - I need some gas money - my wife and kids are with
the car 8 blocks down the road...we're trying to get to Tulsa".

You get that high a percentage Taxman

That's the pre-kid-tax percentage. After toys, food, entertainment it's much less.

Masterbum - Don't Leave Box Without It

men also get the shitty car...

The women get the period, so I'd say the guys still come out way ahead.

What did Jackass do with his?

Why even do this study we already know what will happen we gave credit cards with $1500 to Katrina victims. 99% of which were welfare trash.
They wasted all the money at bars and for big screen TV sets. People with no homes drug new big screen tv sets into motel rooms where they had the free use of cable tv on a room tv.

Why do we keep babying the welfare trash in America. Why do we keep studying them? Thee are not people down on there luck. These are morons who will waste ever dime of tax payer money they can pull from us.

We already know this we don't need studies.

If you really want to see where your food stamp money is going request a study on what that money is spent on...........

Request a study on what money given for aid for dependient children is going for. You will find it doesn't go to help the children.

They wasted all the money at bars and for big screen TV sets

Actually, they looted the TV sets.

in twenty oh five, katrina let er rip
taking dead aim at the coast of miss-i-sip

causing death and devastation like no one had ever seen
and anger and frustration in the town of new orleans

and they blamed george bush
and they blamed the head of fema
they told everybody that would listen to em shout
they blamed the mayor
and they blamed governor blanco
cos nobody came to get their sorry asses out

when the levees didnt hold the water started coming up
and all at once they realized that they were out of luck
so they all took refuge in the superdome
it didnt take em long to make themselves right at home

well they stole t.v.s and they stole fine jewelry
everybody got a new pair of nike tennis shoes
stole guns, dvds, fur coats, cold beer
they stole some stuff that they couldnt even use

with the water and the sewer now deeper than their thighs
they started shooting helicopters bringing them supplies
then when the army had the nerve to fire back
the reverend jesse jackson said it was cos that they were black

and they crapped in the streets
they raped young women
they committed every kind of unthinkable sin
they did some things that you cant even mention
with the only intention to get on cnn

now the water went down and they all went home
now they sit around and they bitch and they moan
cos everything is worse than you could ever expect
and they wonder who the hell is gonna send them their next check

now they got no job
they got no money
but they got away cos they never got caught
they aint no better than they was fore the storm
and dont you know that everythings the governments fault

they stole t.v.s and they stole fine jewelry
everybody got a new pair of nike tennis shoes
stole guns, dvds, fur coats, cold beer
they stole some stuff they couldnt even use

they blamed george bush
and they blamed the head of fema
they told everybody that would listen to em shout
they blamed the mayor
and they blamed governor blanco
cos nobody came to get their sorry asses out

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#7 | Posted by bartimus at 2010-09-01 05:54 PM | Reply | Flag:

You know Bart, I was thinking, men like to think they get the cruddy end of the stick in a marriage but I can tell you I consider myself lucky to still be married to a great woman and mother. Marriage is bliss!

I think Mark stole Joanne's card.

#16 | Posted by taxman at 2010-09-02 08:44 AM | Reply | Flag:

Agreed! My #7 was just an attempt at humor. Shoot, once the kids and bills are paid for, usually there isn't much left to split!

I usually get panhandlers a sandwich or bag of groceries if I think they're real.

Pretty bold handing over a credit card. Results shows basically decent people who are having a really tough time.

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