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Exactly...
As for being beside the point, when
do we EVER stay on topic? ROFL
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 8:58
PM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Man Kept Tiger In
Public Housing
Which is all beside the point. The
point is that the taxpayers of NYC were footing the bill for the rent of a man
who could obviously afford to pay his own rent. He was feeding wild
animals for Pete's sake. Probably the food bill for the tiger alone
would pay a very large portion of rent in a normal priced city. I would
imagine feeding a tiger would take several hundred dollars a
month.
Charles
Mims
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.
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