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Originally Posted by filtherton
There are a great many, i'd assume a majority, of people on PA that you have never come into contact with.
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Or people that you weren't AWARE were on PA.
I know several of people who were on PA at one time or another who would avoid shopping during busy times at the store. I myself would do the same and with the new card instead of coupons for foodstamps it was easy to sortof scan it without ANNOUNCING that it was foodstamps. I'm not sure if people really noticed often, except for the cashiers. I would also avoid going with a slew of screaming kids (or even just one if I could avoid it) and tried to dress as conservatively as possible. No big brand names, not lots of brand new stuff or old cruddy stuff. Something inconspicuous. I didn't want people to notice that I was using foodstamps. I was also careful not to buy a lot of junk or expensive stuff (no caviar). Just the basics mostly. I have a feeling there are quite a few people out there who truely need the assistance, are not proud of it, and don't want people to know they are on it.
The people who are abusing the system seem to not be ashamed of using PA and almost seem to flaunt it. I have run into a few of those myself. Those are the types you are more likely to see I think and where you get your general impression of the PA dependants. Laziness in any form is disgusting and detrimental to our society.
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