If she is on minimum wage with two kids, she’s on more than SNAP.....you can pretty much bet she’s shaped her argument to only one of the entitlements she gets.
With her income and dependents, she’s definitely getting a few thousand free cash each year in EITC. That bare bones phone is probably an ObamaPhone. You qualify for SNAP - you qualify for that phone and you can get signed up for one in a New York minute.
That house on the edge of town her grandparents bought to ‘rent’ to her. Is it on Section 8? Does she get nearly all of that rent paid?
While we’re at it. If she’s so poor, then she’s probably drawing SSI for the two children, too.
The problem with entitlements is that they’re so easy to get if you don’t have anything much. Just a kid or two and a nowhere job does it most times. And if you get one program, you’re prequalified for many of the others. It never stops at “just that one.”
True enough, provided the person doesn't stop.
However, if this is like most places, working at all would cost her.