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You are so smart about food stamps, you must already know that people who work and make minumum wage don't usually qualify for food stamps --- because they make too much money.
I have friends who make that and qualify. The bar is low, but it's not that low.
That's not true. If you're making minimum wage, you probably qualify for an extra $70 a month or so. If you seriously are not eating for weeks on end as you claim, you should look into it.
I eat. I eat what is in my freezer and cupboard. I don't eat what I'd like to eat but I eat. Sometimes the refrigerator is pretty empty before I have enough money to buy food.
I've done the calculations online and I don't qualify for food stamps.
And, honestly I don't want food stamps. What I want is a better job and I will find one.
But, I think you people should work as a cashier in a grocery store for a while. I'm very sure that it would open your eyes.
I eat. I eat what is in my freezer and cupboard. I don't eat what I'd like to eat but I eat. Sometimes the refrigerator is pretty empty before I have enough money to buy food.
I've done the calculations online and I don't qualify for food stamps.
And, honestly I don't want food stamps. What I want is a better job and I will find one.
But, I think you people should work as a cashier in a grocery store for a while. I'm very sure that it would open your eyes.
Trust me, I know what I'm talking about.
I eat what is in my freezer and cupboard too. If I didn't replace what was in there regularly, there wouldn't be anything in there. Do you have a cupboard that grows its own food?
I eat what is in my freezer and cupboard too. If I didn't replace what was in there regularly, there wouldn't be anything in there. Do you have a cupboard that grows its own food?
I don't know what you want me to say...
I just did the calculator again. Making minimum wage, I do not qualify for Food Stamps. (and I honestly don't want Food Stamps)
You do what you have to do to get by.
I know that there are plenty of people like me who go to work every day and are barely getting by -- who don't qualify for Food Stamps.
I still believe that the Food Stamp program is not meant for buying steak & lobster.
A wedding should not be about a $500 cake. I don't object to there being some allowance for non-essential foods, but I'm talking maybe $50 worth per year.
If poor people want to be extravagant, they can do it on their own dime.
FWIW, hubby and I spent around $20 for customized cupcakes for our wedding, and they were a hit.
That's not true. If you're making minimum wage, you probably qualify for an extra $70 a month or so. If you seriously are not eating for weeks on end as you claim, you should look into it.
Not if you are childless in Oregon, max there for one person is about $1150 a month (`$13500/yr)
Not if you are childless in Oregon, max there for one person is about $1150 a month (`$13500/yr)
"In August of 2013, about 808,244 Oregonians in 443,501 households received food benefits. The average monthly benefit was about $235 per household. The benefits paid to households are paid 100% by the federal government, and the cost of administering the program is paid 50% by the federal government and 50% by the state."
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