$40 for a Week's Worth of Groceries?

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• em Friday, Apr 10 at 3:39 AM FLAG COMMENT I do feel for those who are working but make just a little too much money or only qualify for a ridiculous amount like $20 a month. At the same time, I see my neighbors in our crappy neighborhood completely taking advantage of the system. That definitely irritates me, but so do the people who make enough money but cry to everyone else because they overwhelmed themselves with debt. It's a complicated issue... but not everyone on food stamps is lazy, uneducated, worthless, etc! The story almost makes it sound as if the $40 maximum is per family. It is per person, per week. My fiance and I both work, and we've both returned to college to get ourselves into a better situation, though it's a struggle in the meantime. We were recently approved for the Link card (for the two of us and our daughter). It's not terribly difficult to make it cover our food budget, and we don't get the maximum amount. ... MORE >
• Tina Friday, Mar 20 at 6:45 PM FLAG COMMENT Learn how to use coupons! I am a single female and live on $40.00 month for groceries and I get by. It is definitely hard, I make $19,000 year and cannot get food stamps because I don't have any children. It is amazing what a human being can accomplish when left to their own devices!Learn how to use coupons! I am a single female and live on $40.00 month for groceries and I get by. It is definitely hard, I make $19,000 year and cannot get food stamps because I don't have any children. It is amazing what a human being can accomplish when left to their own devices!
• Kayla Wednesday, Nov 19 at 7:56 PM FLAG COMMENT Pfttttt. I lived off of $40 a week for groceries for two people! And we were only 18-20! In our prime! Eating away! Don't complain! At least it's somethingPfttttt. I lived off of $40 a week for groceries for two people! And we were only 18-20! In our prime! Eating away! Don't complain! At least it's something
• Unemployed Sunday, Nov 9 at 12:49 AM FLAG COMMENT My husband and I have been working since we were 16 years old and I lost my job last November and him following me. I am married with 3 children and my husband and I have been looking for work for almost a year now with no luck. Food stamps have been our saving grace, but even if you do not buy junk food, which we don't, and buy a whole lot of chicken and ground beef for meals, you still have to figure in the fact that prices have shot up when it comes to food. The only store that is within walking distance is the neighborhood grocer, so Aldi is out of the question. Before you start trashing how so many people buy junk with food stamps, think about the people out there that cannot find a job and are struggling with the little we get from the government, Do you think that the majority wants to use the Link card to pay for groceries? No, we don't. Next time any of you get all righteous about the "people taking from the government", you can tell my kids next time they are hungry, they can have toast instead of something more healthy because that is all I could get at the store!!!!! ... MORE >
• Solution Saturday, Nov 8 at 2:11 PM FLAG COMMENT It is very hard to live within this economy. I believe that the welfare system should only be a stepping stone for people and that the government and state need to guide the system with stipulations of steps to get off of welfare and be independent from the system. For seniors, I feel that they should get the assistance just for the simple fact that they don't get enough from social security, etc and there should be limits as well. Another idea is its ok to let immigrants in here LEGALLY, but they should get no breaks such as free education especially through college and free healthcare and business tax breaks. I think immigrants should have to go through the same steps natural born citizens have to. Good luck to all....no matter race, etc I hope that OBama can help us out. To all the ignorants: Rights were given along time ago and what exactly did OBama promise solely to one race? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!!!! ... MORE >

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