Comments on: Food-stamps-for-felons bill draws DeVore’s ire

By: brenda hunt

brenda hunt — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 12:48:48 +0000

why not violent offenders why not sex offenders why drug offenders? this law is arbitrary it singles out people what does a drug charge have to do with food stamps anyway? I have a 15 year old first offense charge that I did my punishment and haven’t been in trouble since. Now when I’m in desperate need I’m being cut off. I don’t get it.

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By: kaye l

kaye l — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 09:34:04 +0000

I spoke with my sister today and she informed me that she was denied food stamps because she was a felon. She was convicted of drug trafficking about 7 years ago and wrongly convicted as she was just a drug user who used proberly 10 dollars a day on drugs, was busted having drugs, but personal use drugs. she was sent to Chowchilla Prison where she did 3 months and they realized that she wae there under a false conviction and sent her to rehabilitation for a year to serve her time. She has been clean and because of that false conviction, she cant find a job and now she can’t get aide to feed herself. I don’t understand how this law can be a life binding law. She deserves a chance to have a life. What is wrong with our government. Who made them God? I wish they would live a month homeless and see what it is like to see hardtimes, and maybe they would be a little more humble and realize that one day it may happen to them. This law should be revisited and people should only be denied on individual basis. If a person has not been in jail or in trouble in over 5 years and have been doing well in society, or as well as society will let them. I think we as a society should give them a chance to be someone and stop holding them to slavery for the rest of their lives.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 21:13:18 +0000

A VERY BIG SCREWED UP MESS! Taxpayers pay taxes so immigrants can get assistance but not felons? Discriminating! Discriminating!. Immigrants can go home and there will be more jobs and financial aid to help our own, wronged or right. As far as I’m concerned, there should only be food banks and everyone can wait in line or get help from the local churches and goodwills. What a mess!

By: terry clapp

terry clapp — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 13:01:11 +0000

I have been out of prison since 2008. The first time I got out i got help with food stamps , I never abused that privelage. because I am drug free. Also I have a disability I have’nt been diagnosed yet but sometimes i forget what I’m doing. On a few ocasions. I have started my car, but left it running for hours, when I drive I get confused and can’t remember where I was going.What used to be easy to remeber is now getting more difficult to hide. I blame no one else but myself for being in prison. It’s a shame that illegal aliens have more rights than I do. Also it’s shamefull that the goverment can just take something away because of a few bad apples.

By: Kathryn

Kathryn — Wed, 22 Sep 2010 17:38:18 +0000

I could not agree more with Robert Peterson! I however, did not go to prison for a drug abuse problem I went for making money with drugs so it all goes hand and hand right?
So here I am 35 years old and PREGNANT. The last baby I had was 20 years ago! I had my own pretty LUCRATIVE business yet, the only way I made money was when I performed a service therefore, I found myself in the position of asking the state (OF WHICH I PAY TAXES TO) for some assistance with food. Little did I know that there was this law written by the very people (republiCANT’S) that “CLAIM” to believe in “Life” “(Pro-Lifer’s)” wrote to DENY someone (that HAS ALREADY BEEN PUNISHED ACCORDING TO THE LAW OF THE LAND), FOOD I mean, if that is NOT the ABSOLUTE MOST INHUMANE WAY TO TREAT SOMEONE!!!!!
Here I was PREGNANT with A LITTLE INNOCENT BABY and the FEDERAL AND STATE GOVERNMENT IS DENYING MY UNBORN CHILD (that NEVER hurt ANYONE or committed any crimes) FOOD!!
What kind of world do we live in when a PEDOPHILE is allowed food assistance and an PREGNANT woman CAN NOT even get assistance with FOOD???

By: Robert Peterson

Robert Peterson — Wed, 18 Aug 2010 17:09:57 +0000

I have been clean since being released from prison,
I found work, lived in a halfway house the first year
and eventually found a good paying job. I was promoted
to supervisor of a 2 1/2 million dollar contract, when the contract ended I was laid off, my unemployment benefits ran out and I have still not found any work,
Any kind of work whatsoever, I can’t pay my bills,
and was denied food stamps because of my drug conviction. Child molestors, thieves, people who do
identity theft can get food stamps, I was convicted of
manufacturing a controlled substance. How is that worse
than being a child molestor? I have nothing to eat
and thinking about shoplifting some food thanks to
the rediculous laws discriminating against certain felonies and not others. These stupid laws make
no sense whatsoever. If someone would hire me I’d
be working. I did my time changed my life and now
am considering crime only because I need to eat.

By: MEO

MEO — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:29:08 +0000

If incompetent blue collar bums get off their asses and do their jobs by enforcing the illegal immigrant laws and maybe us americans can have a chance at getting a decent job and maybe we wouldnt have somany felons. Afterall, what makes a felon? When an ex-con pays his debt what does food stamps got to do with it. If thats a second penalty, then thats double jeopardy!! I have worked harder than alot of people on food stamps I feel I deserve some of the payback, especially in this rediculuous economy.

By: Ed

Ed — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 00:22:09 +0000

Ihave been an excon now for over 3 yrs and survive with a minimum wage job. I have served my time and payed my debt to society. I am an ex felon who is now a productive member of society who needs these foodstamps and benefits, but because a holes like you think you’re perfect and never make mistakes, I am a U.S. born citizen who pays taxes, what makes you better than me? I had a bad turn in life, everyone does. Some people get away with worst and some people receiving benefits who don’t even really need them.

By: RR, Uninvited Columnist

RR, Uninvited Columnist — Sun, 16 May 2010 03:12:38 +0000

Felons wouldn’t need food stamps if they were employed doing the work of illegal immigrants.