My Rampage about... The Link Card

What is the point of the Link card? I know it is equivalent to food stamps, but I don't understand how people can use their Link card to buy a 20 oz. bottle of soda, when they could use that money to buy a loaf of bread and some peanut butter and feed their family for a week. I know that there are families out there that are actually trying to better their life, and are only on the Link card for the time being. There are also families out there that are on the Link card, simply because they are either too lazy to get a job, or are on disability because they got "hurt" at work. Some families are on food stamps because their sole provider has a life threatening illness, like cancer, and then there are families that are on food stamps because their provider "hurt" their back, when they were climbing a ladder.
The state of Illinois should monitor the distribution of food stamps more closely. They are giving money to families that do not deserve it. There are families that are not on food stamps, but still can't afford to feed their families the type of food that people on food stamps buy their families. These families are buying name brand food, when they could be buying generic, and saving money.
I am not trying to degrade those few people that are on food stamps for a legitimate reason. On the other hand I am trying to make a point to those lazy families out there that are trying to get as much money as they can from the state. The other day at work, a fellow co-worker said something to me that I found to be the sole reason that our state funded programs are as corrupt as they are. "Why should I have to pay for something, when I can get it for free?" When my co-worker said that, I wanted to say "That is the reason why our state is the way that it is." With an attitude like that, it is no wonder that there are people out there that are not trying to better their lives because they are receiving free money from the state.

Over the weekend, my parents and my two brothers went to Branson, Missouri. I did not get the priviledge to go because I was forced to work. This was my first weekend where I was completely home by myself. At first, I was a little freaked out by the whole idea, because I had never stayed home by myself. Either I stayed with someone else, or I just went with my parents.
Before my family left, my older brother gave me some advice, "Do yourself a favor, and throw a party this weekend." I told him that it was not likely to happen because I had to work all weekend. Even if I did not have to work, I still would not have one, just because I did not want to.
While my family was gone, my dad entrusted me to feed the animals while he was gone. Did I forget to mention that I hate animals, all animals. So I recruited my friend Jessica to help me. All I have to say is that without her help, I would still be standing at the chicken pen, trying to convince myself that the chickens were not going to eat me alive.
So that was my weekend, pretty much uneventful, the only good thing that happened, was that I got to spend the whole weekend by myself.

Halloween Tradition

On Saturday night, my little brother went to the Haunted Woods with his friends. He called my mom around 11 o'clock and told her that they were going to go to Red Bud to grab some food, and then he would be home.  When he got home, my mom was waiting up for him and his friend, who was going to spend the night.  Apparently prior to my little brother leaving the house, my mom told him that she would take him and his friend tping.  I just want to remind you that my little brother is 13.  So my brother and his friend walked to my neighbor’s house.  Of all of the neighbors that we have, we like them the least.  As I was driving to work on Sunday morning I was the damage they did, it was pretty bad.  Later on I come to find out that my brother also walked about a mile up the road to another house, and tped them and egged their windows. What can I say, my brother is stupid.

That night, my older brother came home and he was going to go tp his bosses house, and I overheard him talking to his friend, and apparently he had a hand in tping, not only the neighbors house, but he was the one that did the egging.  Let's just say my older brother is not the best role model for my gullible little brother.

Let's just say that it is now a Feldmann tradition to tp someone on Halloween, I did it last year, but that is another blog post.