In this July 16, 2012, photo, Laura Fritz, 27, left, with her daughter Adalade Goudeseune fills out a form at the Jefferson Action Center, an assistance center in the Denver suburb of Lakewood. Both Fritz grew up in the Denver suburbs a solidly middle class family, but she and her boyfriend, who has struggled to find work, and are now relying on government assistance to cover food and $650 rent for their family. The ranks of America's poor are on track to climb to levels unseen in nearly half a century, erasing gains from the war on poverty in the 1960s amid a weak economy and fraying government safety net. Census figures for 2011 will be released this fall in the critical weeks ahead of the November elections. (AP Photo/Kristen Wyatt)
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Juggernaut8000 posted at 5:55 am on Tue, Jul 24, 2012.
Salafia,
I am not republican nor democrat, so you are wrong there. As well as your religious threat I don't believe in any of that fairy tale so your threat goes on deaf ears. I am disappointed in any adult who lacks the intelligence to realize religion is a made up story akin to santa claus.
People like you are the reason why this society needs to support this lazy and useless woman. The article indicates she was 'injured' in basic training. Allow me to interpret: She couldn't hack it and dropped out and claimed some false injury and now the taxpayer gets to support her and her litter.
Now please take your bleeding heart liberal vomit and choke yourself.
CSalafia posted at 7:36 pm on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
Wow.
The comments in this thread are just disgusting, yet typical of the "I got mine, so scr3w you" philosophy of the GOP these days.
May God have mercy on your blackened, rotted souls.
tularockstar posted at 12:35 pm on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
Can we say that Oblamer has created a food stamp nation? In three years, the number of people on food stamps and disabilities jumped 39%! This socialist slime only cares about creating dependency on government and less on independence and entrepreneurship.
tularockstar posted at 12:32 pm on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
Really? The Right loves poverty? Looked in the mirror lately? It's your Food Stamp President, who loves to create poverty and dependency of entitlement society! You liberals are so stoopid!
American Socialist posted at 10:23 am on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
The Right loves poverty...
It keeps their sheep in line and desporate.
chuckles3 posted at 10:11 am on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
The war on poverty is the longest, most expensive war in the history of the world.
Poverty reached its low point in the 70's, right after the programs started. Then the libs started moving the goal post. And more programs were added.
The poor get food stamps, free medical care, free housing, free cell phones, ....in most countries they would be middle class or better.
And, a 27 year old on disability? Really? She could have a baby out of wedlock, what is her disability? What 'job' is she unable to perform?
Arizona Willie posted at 8:30 am on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
Loves of invading aliens claim Americans won't do the grunt work like landscaping but yet here is an American who WANTS a landscaping job and can't find one.
Perhaps if he overdosed on spray on tan and spoke Spanish he wouldn't have so much problem.
I know that's racist and I'm not really racist but there is an element of truth to it.
As an American citizen he is covered by the wage and hour laws and the workplace safety laws and landscaping contractors can't get away with stiffing him on his wages and make him work overtime for straight time etc. etc. Invading aliens can't complain because the contractor can report them and possibly get them deported.
But this story proves that the claim that Americans won't do that kind of work is false.
Suziehaystack819 posted at 7:03 am on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
If her boyfriend Garrett Goudeseune, 25, needs a landscaper job he should go to Mexico. I don't think there's any landscapers left there.
mvccd1000 posted at 1:45 am on Mon, Jul 23, 2012.
So she has no trouble deciding to have a kid and drop several hundred on a tattoo that looks fairly fresh, but she want us taxpayers to buy her food and help pay her bills?
I shouldn't be on the hook for her poor decisions.
Juggernaut8000 posted at 3:27 pm on Sun, Jul 22, 2012.
Maybe, these bums should get a job instead of relying on my taxes to pay for their lifestyles. If the stupid woman in the picture was able to keep her legs closed John Q taxpayer would not be paying for her offspring.