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<blockquote data-quote="carolineowen1974" data-source="post: 3098964" data-attributes="member: 133660">Oh, it isn&#039;t written down, but you&#039;re saying claims reps in state and federal offices are intentionally breaking the law, risking their jobs/careers so that some poor white guy doesn&#039;t get as much money as some poor black guy?&nbsp; Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds?I would really like for yohan to give me a little more information about this &quot;father of 5 who got $40 because he was white.&quot;&nbsp; Just point out the program we&#039;re talking about... was it State or Federal?&nbsp; Are we talking general assistance, food stamps, medicaid or maybe something federal... SSI?&nbsp; Or was it a private program?&nbsp; This is the only scenario where I can even begin to believe this might have happened.&nbsp; Many private agencies, advocacy groups and churches have charitable programs, and they can, within certain guidelines, choose to give their assistance to anyone they want... or choose not to.Edit to add:&nbsp; I do want to make it clear that there is definitely a real issue in America dealing with the working poor.&nbsp; I can definitely believe that there is a guy who makes $12/hr and is having a rough time of it.&nbsp; There is an entire subsection of our population who is uninsured and scraping by, usually carrying obscene amounts of debt because they make too much to qualify for assistance, but barely enough to scrape by.&nbsp; My point is that race is irrelevant.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="carolineowen1974, post: 3098964, member: 133660"] Oh, it isn't written down, but you're saying claims reps in state and federal offices are intentionally breaking the law, risking their jobs/careers so that some poor white guy doesn't get as much money as some poor black guy? Do you realize how ridiculous that sounds? I would really like for yohan to give me a little more information about this "father of 5 who got $40 because he was white." Just point out the program we're talking about... was it State or Federal? Are we talking general assistance, food stamps, medicaid or maybe something federal... SSI? Or was it a private program? This is the only scenario where I can even begin to believe this might have happened. Many private agencies, advocacy groups and churches have charitable programs, and they can, within certain guidelines, choose to give their assistance to anyone they want... or choose not to. Edit to add: I do want to make it clear that there is definitely a real issue in America dealing with the working poor. I can definitely believe that there is a guy who makes $12/hr and is having a rough time of it. There is an entire subsection of our population who is uninsured and scraping by, usually carrying obscene amounts of debt because they make too much to qualify for assistance, but barely enough to scrape by. My point is that race is irrelevant. [/QUOTE]

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