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Old 09-01-2011, 02:30 AM   #35
Saya
 
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Originally Posted by JCC View Post
I wouldn't say buying COD4 is a reasonable use of welfare money. I mean it doesn't matter ultimately, the amount you receive is the amount you receive regardless of what you buy so if you want to eat $60 out of an already measly welfare check then whatever but even I can't afford COD4. Buy an older one off Amazon for $8.
No wonder people are rioting over there, COD4 is cheap here.

Besides, regardless of the entertainment as a necessity thing, it could have been a gift for all we know. Poor people have birthdays and Christmas too.

And like I said before, its a pretty lousy double standard we have that poor people as a whole are not responsible and we should have a say and judge them on how they spend their money, but young kids getting grant and loan money at age 18 spending a lot of it on binge drinking is considered normal and pretty much expected.

I rely a lot on grant money, and no one says a word to me when I treat myself to something like a video game.
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