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could be though where they have more kids. Probably a more plausible
reason.
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.
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