If there's one thing I simply cannot stand, it's poverty shaming.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

62. Myths that really frost me because I have to debunk them again and again

1. People on food stamps buy steak and lobster while I (the right-wing person) can't afford them. I won't have people buying steak and lobster at the expense of us poor, strapped taxpayers!

Such wingers seem to assume that food stamp recipients can just go get more when their EBT funds run out. They don't realize that their monthly allotment is their monthly allotment and that they can't go and get more if they run out. They're stuck till the next month. It would be stupid for a food stamp recipient to buy steak and lobster on limited funds, but from the taxpayer's point of view, it's no different than if the recipient lives entirely on rice and beans. The cost to the taxpayer is exactly the same.

2. The "Obama Phone"

Never mind that this is just an updated form of a program that was started by Ronald Reagan. Never mind that the phone comes with limited minutes and no Internet service. The righties' fevered imaginations picture teenage mothers walking around with free iPhone 6's.

What the righties forget is that you can get a smartphone for free if you sign up for a monthly plan and accept an outdated model. This is cheaper than a land line, and I doubt that the average right winger can tell the difference between a 2015 Samsung phone and a 2012 Samsung phone or between an iPhone 5C (available free with contract) and an iPhone 6 (starting at $299 with contract).

3. Ninety-fve percent of so-called poor people have refrigerators, and the majority have air conditioning! I can't afford air conditioning!

Landlords are required by law to provide refrigerators in their apartments, and most apartments these days are either built with air conditioning or (like my older building) have rattly old window models installed.

4. "But they have DVD players!"

I suppose these complainers bought their DVD player when the things were new and cost $500. Well, they cost about $30 now, and with movies only $1.25 at RedBox or free from the public library, there's no cheaper entertainment available other than books from the library. But anyway, as all right-wingers know, poor people aren't supposed to have fun.