I fail to see why I cannot get food stamps in South Florida... (real estate, home)

[annerk]

Originally Posted by Wild Style

you don't do the shopping in your home do you.

Yes I do. I didn't say that it would cover the food bill.

Maybe you don't understand that food stamps were never meant by the USDA to provide 100% of a persons monthly grocery bill, but rather to supplement the budget in order to help provide more nutritious foods.

[mhostr]

Go to Cornerstone Church or behind the Davie Police station, there is ..I forgot what it's called..but they have a one time thing program to get groceries there.
Cornerstone helped a couple of people I know and they were not members even of that church.
That's the way things should be in these times.

[EscAlaMike]

Originally Posted by 8.00 per hour

Unfortunately, I have about 600 a month in bills (car payment, insurance and credit card bills) and I'm not exactly a teenager without any expenses to pay for.

I have expenses I have to pay for and I need to get full time work soon.

To the OP, I know I'm jumping in late here, but I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. In November, I quit my job where I was making $675/week so I could go back to school. I have a wife and baby, and I had a $375/month truck payment. Guess what I did, I sold the truck and bought an older one cash. No more payment. I'm working 18 hours a week for $10/hour right now in addition to full-time school, I have never had any credit card debt because I don't buy crap I don't need. I don't have cable TV. Don't go begging for assistance from the government when you are living well above your means.

[8.00 per hour]

Im in the process of selling my car and going to school, I appled for a school loan and when I get the loan, Im going to use the eextra money topay off CCCS. That's 120 a month and that should be a huge load off.

[runswithscissors]

Originally Posted by FSUMike

To the OP, I know I'm jumping in late here, but I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. In November, I quit my job where I was making $675/week so I could go back to school. I have a wife and baby, and I had a $375/month truck payment. Guess what I did, I sold the truck and bought an older one cash. No more payment. I'm working 18 hours a week for $10/hour right now in addition to full-time school, I have never had any credit card debt because I don't buy crap I don't need. I don't have cable TV. Don't go begging for assistance from the government when you are living well above your means.

Yes you're jumping in late and don't know anything about the OP. He has medical conditions including Sickle Cell. He lives with his MOM and pays for some of her expenses too, because she was a realtor nuf said about her income having changed. He paid a couple of thousand dollars for an IT program that scammed him. He's BEEN going to school AND WORKING.

And if you wanna do comparisons he never got himself in the position of having to support a wife and BABY that he can't afford, it's just him and mom.

He is practically qualified for SSI but for his medical condition being SOMEWHAT under control but if you don't know about Sickle Cell then you really can't speak to his issues. Sickle Cell limits a person very much. Not even discussing his "other" conditions having to do with speech.

People are not able to work 18 hours per day with Sickle Cell, they're lucky to work 40 without collapsing. One might suggest YOU"RE living "above your means" by having children you can't support without working 18 hours per day, but that would be rude, right? Hope you don't get Sickle Cell on top of it.

Why would you have a 375 per month car payment making 10.00 per hour? Hello? I never had that big payment and always made over 30.00 per hour as a union worker not even including making alot more as management.

You're working 38 hours per month for your truck BEFORE taxes so if you're in a 17 percent bracket you're working 46 hours per month after tax for the truck. Not exactly a family vehicle either.

See it gets dicey picking someone else's personal life apart when you're in a similar situation but yours was of your own doing, the OP had medical challenges from the jump.

[EnjoyTheSilence]

Originally Posted by FSUMike

To the OP, I know I'm jumping in late here, but I DON'T FEEL SORRY FOR YOU. In November, I quit my job where I was making $675/week so I could go back to school. I have a wife and baby, and I had a $375/month truck payment. Guess what I did, I sold the truck and bought an older one cash. No more payment. I'm working 18 hours a week for $10/hour right now in addition to full-time school, I have never had any credit card debt because I don't buy crap I don't need. I don't have cable TV. Don't go begging for assistance from the government when you are living well above your means.

Yet another helpful, compassionate post

[runswithscissors]

Originally Posted by mhostr

Go to Cornerstone Church or behind the Davie Police station, there is ..I forgot what it's called..but they have a one time thing program to get groceries there.
Cornerstone helped a couple of people I know and they were not members even of that church.
That's the way things should be in these times.

AHHHH I'm so glad you said that it reminded me of Angel Food Ministries.

Several families in my office used Angel Food Ministries. You pay like 25.00 for a good bunch of food it's a national network. It's not "charity" it's a program for anyone who wants to participate by businesses who I think donate overstock at a cheaper rate.

Here's how it works and the menu you can pick from. It's not bad, normal stuff.

Welcome*- Angel Food Ministries


BOCA RATON Victory Christian Center 561-391-2800


COOPER CITY The Pentecostals of Cooper City 954-680-0710
954-680-0670

DAVIE Calvary Chapel Sawgrass 954-424-8046 x14

HOLLYWOOD First Assembly of God 954-536-3024
954-536-3459

Harvest Time Church 954-966-8444
305-432-5108

MIAMI Sunrise Presbyterian Church 305-821-5841

MIAMI LAKES Panorama Christian Center 305-698-0765

MIRAMAR Keys to Life Church 954-987-3611

TAMARAC Community Christian Church 954-724-7400 x23

[Scientifical Madness]

Originally Posted by runswithscissors

Yes you're jumping in late and don't know anything about the OP. He has medical conditions including Sickle Cell. He lives with his MOM and pays for some of her expenses too, because she was a realtor nuf said about her income having changed. He paid a couple of thousand dollars for an IT program that scammed him. He's BEEN going to school AND WORKING.

And if you wanna do comparisons he never got himself in the position of having to support a wife and BABY that he can't afford, it's just him and mom.

He is practically qualified for SSI but for his medical condition being SOMEWHAT under control but if you don't know about Sickle Cell then you really can't speak to his issues. Sickle Cell limits a person very much. Not even discussing his "other" conditions having to do with speech.

People are not able to work 18 hours per day with Sickle Cell, they're lucky to work 40 without collapsing. One might suggest YOU"RE living "above your means" by having children you can't support without working 18 hours per day, but that would be rude, right? Hope you don't get Sickle Cell on top of it.

Why would you have a 375 per month car payment making 10.00 per hour? Hello? I never had that big payment and always made over 30.00 per hour as a union worker not even including making alot more as management.

You're working 38 hours per month for your truck BEFORE taxes so if you're in a 17 percent bracket you're working 46 hours per month after tax for the truck. Not exactly a family vehicle either.

See it gets dicey picking someone else's personal life apart when you're in a similar situation but yours was of your own doing, the OP had medical challenges from the jump.

Good post RWS.

[♥♥PRINC3Ss♥♥]

Originally Posted by runswithscissors

Yes you're jumping in late and don't know anything about the OP

Yep good post.

He could have worded the whole thing differently, maybe suggest selling the car, avoiding getting into more debt, if his true intention was to help the OP

[cityrover]

you work part time. try working full time and file again. part time is an automatic denial

11$ is WAY over the minimum wage. automatic denial.

should i go on? but im sure its been covered in the 14 pages already