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As I think about this, I struggle to not be offended by the audacity of a major corporation trying, yet again, to prey on the weak. While at the same time I can see the logic, for those who really are afflicted with limitations that make “normal” living difficult at best.

But I really don’t want to talk about this, what I want to focus on is the comments by Samantha. (The quotes are on page 6 & 8, of the all comments page)

Let me tell you people. My family is on food stamps because my husband lost his $20 an hour job and now has a $12 an hour job. I am disabled and I can’t work. I CANNOT tell you how many times my family HAS NOT eaten well because I can’t cook and I can’t always stop and get them something to eat. Do you know how many times my kids have asked if we could stop and get a hamburger??? It is not that much of a big deal! If people on food stamps cannot budget in restaurants then they can’t budget period!! And as the news said, this isn’t for everyone on Food stamps it is for people like me, disabled and CAN’T COOK.

I can go on and on about this subject. I too used to have the SAME views as you, well let me tell you GOD STRUCK ME DOWN for my judgements. We are not the one to judge, God is. I always thought bad things happen to bad people, well I will be the first to tell you I am not a bad person & my family has been living a life of hell since we were sold a house fraudulently in Louisville, yeah, we were on the news too. So from that God has put in my place & can do the same to you. I felt people were on welfare because they were lazy, filed bankruptcy because they didn’t want to budget, well let me tell you. everything I said I would not be or do or live has happened to me. Don’t judge someone on food stamps as a baby momma, you don’t know her background. I am not saying there aren’t people like that but don’t judge unless you first hand know that persons story!!!!

Samantha is, for lack of a better word, a victim. Not a victim that suffered a great injustice at the hand of an almighty angry God, but of a mindset that has diminished her ability look beyond her disabilities. I am sure that she is a wonderful person, with many positive attributes.

However, she has decided that she is helpless, so she shall remain helpless…

She has decided that God has taken vengeance on her because of her lack of compassion for the downtrodden, so she shall remain downtrodden…

She has also decided that her situation was caused by a force outside of herself, that is by far mightier then her…
How can anyone defeat that ?
How can she be accountable for the affliction handed down by God ?
So she shall remain afflicted…

Samantha, Please stop… You are helpless, because you believe you are helpless. I’m sorry for your unfortunate situation, but it was bad decisions that caused these problems, not God. Blaming an outside force, not matter what it is, is just scapegoating. Take responsibility. You can change your situation, but you have to decide to do so…