A Very Real Story About Food Stamps Only The Working Poor Will Truly Understand | If You Only News

We were allotted $426 a month for a family of four.  This is the point where conservatives think people start living large off the government and their tax dollars, but the truth was so far from that its ridiculous.


We became the working poor.  My wife was given 38 hours a week at her job, which meant she wasn’t eligible for benefits like insurance.  For months, I found nothing, but not for a lack of trying.  We ended up selling off the things we loved, borrowing from friends and family and searching the trash on the street for scrap metal on garbage day.

The only relief came on the 10th day of the month, when that $426 came and we could actually go shopping.  The relief was short-lived, however, as what was a blessing became a lesson in stress management.

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Before you judge, before you criticize, before you assume you know what people who use that EBT card are all about, consider this:  It could happen to you.  Before you decide that people on public assistance are living large on your dime, set aside $106.50 and feed yourself for a month on it.

The working poor live this nightmare, and unless something is done to change the rising tide of minimum wage jobs and wealth inequality, our story will become more and more common.

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