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A lot of welfare and food stamp recipients are the working poor. This was a single mom with three children. She needs to arrange for child care while she's wo
by loudmax 7y ago
A lot of welfare and food stamp recipients are the working poor.
This was a single mom with three children. She needs to arrange for child care while she's working and it's a good idea to set aside money for medical emergencies. I'm going to guess this job probably pays a few dollars above minimum wage.
Someone in this situation is absolutely eligible for food stamps. But if we get another four years of MAGA, then who knows, maybe not.
- dTal 7y agoRight, that's not the point. The point is that taking a pay cut, with apparently no other change in circumstance, somehow rendered her ineligible for a social service she was already receiving. I want to know what rule made that possible, as it appears to be critical to this discussion of perverse discontinuities.
- loudmax 7y agoYeah, we're missing some details here. Could be tips or hours worked as sibling comments suggested. Life is messy.
- pavel_lishin 7y agoDoes the food stamp program look at hourly wage as your income determinant, instead of weekly income?