What about all those people you hear about that drive cadillacs up to pick up their foodstamps? Are you saying that this is just an urban legend and isn't so???
Laurie --- Greg Hopper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Oh yeah, a car that was only 3 years old would > definitely get you turned down. My Mom was turned > down in Arkansas several years back when she was a > divorced single Mom because of the same thing. Her > fancy new car? A tiny Geo Metro.....lol And my aunt > had to co-sign for that because Mom didn't have any > credit in her own name. It had all been in her > husbands...she lived out in the country and had to > travel 25 miles or so to work, so the car was a > must. > > So the ones driving fancy cars, either are driving > someone else's car or doing something under the > table somehow.....if they were in their name they > would be turned down. Because the DHS "does" check, > they don't just take your word for it.....know that > for a fact. lol > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Angela > To: The Sandbox Discussion List > Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:17 PM > Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Man Kept Tiger In Public > Housing > > > That pisses me off to no end right there. I know > for a fact that if you try to apply for food stamps, > you are turned down if your car is worth more than > $1000. My aunt got turned down for them b/c she had > to buy a new car. Even then it wasnt a brand new > car, but her old one was no longer able to be > repaired and she got a used car that had problems on > its own, but it was a newer car and still had a > higher value on it and she was turned down. She is > working two jobs and going to college and has 2 kids > to take care of. She has a deadbeat exhusband that > was able to get out of paying any kind of alimony or > child support due to mental illness causing him to > be disable and unable to work. She does get a social > security check for her kids in the amount of $75 a > month, which doesnt even pay her electric bill. How > fair is it that someone who is trying but just > needs a little extra help cant get any help simply > b/c she needed a reliable car to get her too and > from work. And for the record her car is a 96 > cavalier that she bought in 99. > > > ________________________________ > > Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, > digest) can be made by going to > http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net ===== I wanted a perfect ending... Now, I've learned, the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment, and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next. Delicious ambiguity. --Gilda Radner __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com ________________________________ Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
