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Households have to meet income tests unless all members are receiving TANF, SSI, or in some places general assistance. Most households must meet both the gross and net income tests, but a household with an elderly person or a person who is receiving certain types of disability payments only has to meet the net income test. Households, except those noted, that have income over the amounts listed below cannot get SNAP benefits.
Thats not a good site to quote from. Most counties have their own sites. Its gross, not net, 99% sure.
here is from my counties site:
" You may qualify for benefits if your household’s gross monthly income is at or under 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. "
On their application, they ask for gross income. When they have your paystubs and check income, its gross.
Here is California people buying soda with food stamps also don't have to pay CRV(recycling deposit). Also if you don't bring your own bag you have to pay 10 cents for a paper bag but people on food stamps get the paper bags free.
Thats not a good site to quote from. Most counties have their own sites. Its gross, not net, 99% sure.
here is from my counties site:
" You may qualify for benefits if your household’s gross monthly income is at or under 130 percent of the federal poverty guidelines. "
On their application, they ask for gross income. When they have your paystubs and check income, its gross.
I really don't know the point you are making here.
That quote is from United States department of agriculture Food and Nutrition Service
by the way, I am not saying people shouldn't get food stamps. What are we arguing here?
I am a conservative/Republican, I don't believe the government should completely eliminate food stamps or tell the recipients what NOT to buy.
I think cracking down on food stamp fraud is more productive.
I agree. Who cares if people waste their food stamp benefit on junk food. You can either buy filet mignon at $27.99/lb or hamburger at $5.99/lb. Once you run out of money, you will have to go without. People will learn when their money runs out and there are still two more weeks until they get more.
It just seems strange that the discussion of wasteful food stamp expenditures tends to be such a popular and recurring topic when we have [much greater] problems like the following, perpetrated by skilled professionals (rather than poor people): The $272 billion swindle | The Economist
The best way to reduce the SNAP program is to raise the minimum wage to $15/hour, a living wage, so that millions of working poor can have enough money to pay for their own meals. It makes no sense to have a minimum wage so low that working people qualify for government assistance. The only thing $7.50/hour does is increase dependency on the government. In effect every time Republicans vote against higher minimum wages, they are voting for more social services spending.
Raising the minimum wage to $15 will cause inflation and everything will become more expensive. The effect will be that the minimum wage job of $15 and hour will be the same struggle that the $7.50 minimum wage job is now. Minimum wage job are not meant to be careers they are entry level job that require minimal skills. If someone in a minimum wage job wants to increase their wages they should increase their skills, training and education. People should not expect to raise a family on minimum wage and therefore should not have children while making minimum wage. Waiting until you are financially stable to have children is something millions upon millions of people do and have done. If people make bad decisions why should I as a tax payer have to pay for those bad decisions.
I agree. Who cares if people waste their food stamp benefit on junk food. You can either buy filet mignon at $27.99/lb or hamburger at $5.99/lb. Once you run out of money, you will have to go without. People will learn when their money runs out and there are still two more weeks until they get more.
The only thing that we should conclude from this is that the people on food stamps aren't the sharpest tacks in the box when it comes to nutrition.
Agreed.
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