Food Stamp Usage Continues To Decline

[DutchessCottonPuff]

Originally Posted by beb0p

Yes, because many states are moving people from welfare to disability. Nowadays, you can qualify for disability if you got high blood pressure.

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You are VERY wrong here . It took me 20 years before finally 2 of my several surgeons went to bat for me and still they are going to "check me" every three years to see if I can be cured. Really ? All for $700 a month. People on disability or SSI do not get scads of cash.

I'll be 58 in 3 years with a couple of chronic physical conditions I have had since birth, that have required multiple surgeries and is in general as expected with chronic conditions get worse with age . Even with the best management - which I have done .

I have a friend who was denied for almost the same amount of time as I was. She is a double amputee who caught that bacteria we have in the waters of the Gulf back home ( Gulf Of Mexico ) . They expected her to bounce out of that bed by golly and get back to work at that shrimp plant !

When I lived in Europe the taxes were higher yeah but you got services and alot less stress . Women can leave abusive relationships without becoming destitute , people get medical care when they need it , the dentist, end of life care etc because people there are willing to share & don't have a fit when someone recieves any assistance and automatically brand them as lazy or accuse them of stealing their tax dollars .

[Delahanty]

Originally Posted by Angry-Koala

I think it's a wonderful thing as long as people don't need them anymore, which is the case for most people that have gone off food stamps lately. But when the ones that are truly in need fail to qualify because of some poorly written law, I don't think it's it's a good thing at all.

People who need food stamps should always qualify; benefits here in NY have always been generous, and still are.

That is, after all, the reason that program was created--to provide assistance to those who need it.