TerryP
Staff
My first hand experience with this department is with one of my best friend's brother, Rickey. I can't remember the name of the disease: it was in the brain and basically untreatable.
His disability, as I recall, ended up being around $1200 and then taxes were taken. (Taxes, on some who can't work, for god's sake.) If he worked more than the allotted hours per week, his disability dropped. He worked at a nursing home moping floors because, and I quote, "the manager felt sorry for him." Mortgage? $563 a month. (Great, right?!?! He had that home since the 90's.) Light bill, food bill, water bill, ...
He applied for food stamps and they gave him $22 a month.
As soon as day breaks, I know I could go to a guys house and buy $200 of food stamps for $75, or less.
I know of a couple with six kids who live off of the food stamp program. One, by selling their stamps. Two, by the number of mouths they feed.
So, @ElephantStomp what do I think about the Food Stamp program?
Horribly mismanaged.
His disability, as I recall, ended up being around $1200 and then taxes were taken. (Taxes, on some who can't work, for god's sake.) If he worked more than the allotted hours per week, his disability dropped. He worked at a nursing home moping floors because, and I quote, "the manager felt sorry for him." Mortgage? $563 a month. (Great, right?!?! He had that home since the 90's.) Light bill, food bill, water bill, ...
He applied for food stamps and they gave him $22 a month.
As soon as day breaks, I know I could go to a guys house and buy $200 of food stamps for $75, or less.
I know of a couple with six kids who live off of the food stamp program. One, by selling their stamps. Two, by the number of mouths they feed.
So, @ElephantStomp what do I think about the Food Stamp program?
Horribly mismanaged.