Empathy? That is so Yesterday

I enjoy tooling around the internet, reading the various articles that Yahoo puts out defending B.O. on a daily basis.  Some of those invariably mention food stamps, and I almost always go straight to the comment section of those. Guilty as charged.
While there, I will read  from many, many lucky people who have never ever in their lives been dependent on assistance.  That must be the case, as they are very draconian in their allowances for what people should be able to buy with a food stamp.
If a person has paid into the system their entire working life, and then the time comes that they are down sized from their job, I think that they should be able to use the system that they were forced to support.  Is there a line of people monitoring your purchases if you receive unemployment? No. Because you paid into the system and you are simply getting some of your money back from it.
How is the food stamp program any different if you have paid into it?  Now understand, I am not talking about the professional moochers, illegals, and various other miscreants who have made government assistance a lifestyle.
I am talking about the hard working people who have lost their jobs because Obama is an idiot who didn't see the law of unintended consequences when it was staring him right in the face.  He also didn't listen as people who actually know what they are talking about told him that his socialized medicine scheme wouldn't work.
I am talking about the people who have lost their jobs, had their hours cut, or simply cannot afford food in addition to all of the other expenses that B.O. has laid on their shoulders.  You have to have a roof over your head.  You have to have gasoline in your car to get back and forth to your job.  Quite often that leaves food at the bottom of the list, and many people have run out of money before they get to that one.  Are they supposed to go hungry?  Or even if they are receiving help, are they supposed to adhere to a strict list of what they can and cannot buy with money that was forcibly taken from them and now they need back?  Please.
I've read varying degrees of stupidity that cry out for changes in the food stamp program.  They usually fall into one of several predictable categories.
The don't let them buy junk food or soda category. These gracious souls believe that any sort of non essential food stuff is a waste of (your) money and don't think that you should be able to buy it with the money that you had taken from you in case you ever needed it, and now need it.
The only let them buy nutritious foods that they make from scratch category.  These big hearted folks are the ones who think that anything you buy shouldn't be prepackaged, ( good bye tuna helper) frozen, (adios frozen dinners), or premade. (Hello cooking everything from cakes to biscuits from flour and other ingredients. I hope you have access to a cook book)
And my personal favorite The meat, vegetables, whole grains only crowd.  These are the ones who probably couldn't make a fried chicken from a regular chicken if their lives depended on it.  It is very easy to be sanctimonious and self righteous when you've never been down on your luck, isn't it?
The next time you see someone who has to use foodstamps, try thanking God that you aren't in their shoes.  Be grateful that you don't need any assistance right now.  Because you never know, with B.O.'s depression, you could be next.  Think about it.  You'll thank me later.