|
For the most part they are, and you
just described them here to a t. Ditto for Louisiana...
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:53
PM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Man Kept Tiger In
Public Housing
Well
I know when Neil and I first got married and moved out on our own, he was only
working at Hardee's and making probably $13,000 a year. Our rent per month was
$300 along with electric and phone. With all that we were bringing in less per
month than what was going back out. We also had a POS escort that was falling
apart. As much as I didnt want to do it I went and got food stamps. We were
getting quite a bit but I still used them carefully and made them last the
whole month. About a month before Neil switched jobs (which would have ruined
us on them anyway) we had to buy a new car b/c our old one died. They totally
cut off all of them b/c they said if we could afford a new car (not that we
could, just had to have it and got the cheapest, most reliable we could find)
then we could afford to buy food. Now as I said, it wasnt that big a deal b/c
right after that he got a new job which I was just waiting for him to get so
we could go off them anyway. But with 2 kids, you had to be making less than
$25,000 a year and your car could be worth no more than $4000 and your monthly
bills such as rent/electric/phone had to total over half your monthly income.
But
I was under the impression that programs such as the food stamp program were
federal guidelines, not state guidelines.
In a message dated 10/6/2003 1:28:51 PM Eastern
Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
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.
i don't know how it works where you are from, but here we
still got our food stamps (card) with no changes and we HAD to but a 2000
auto for about $16kthe only killing us on food stamps is that jackie had to
get a job to pay for our rent.
________________________________
Changes to your subscription
(unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to
http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
|
________________________________
Changes to your subscription (unsubs, nomail, digest) can be made by going to
http://sandboxmail.net/mailman/listinfo/sndbox_sandboxmail.net
