I hate our greedy lying media.
More than what veterans and the military will see.
[ A 4% SNAP DECREASE would lead in the news media night and day for two months!
I hate our greedy lying media. ]
You gotta keep up with inflation... well unless you have a real job then the admin sez to you: Screw You it is all your fault for working too hard...
My raise this year was 2%. I felt lucky to get that.
Why is there an increase? They keep telling us that there is no inflation?
I hate threads like this...it always turns into a witch hunt for those who have to rely on help to get by. I’m on disability (finally), I get SNAP, and even though I don’t get to keep ANY of my disability since I owe so much in back rent, they cut my food benefit to HALF! My son and I will have to rely on cheap foods; hotdogs, ramen soup etc...I always get fresh fruit and vegies, salads...won’t be able to get that now, we’ll never get through the month with enough to eat on the benefit we will get. So I guess I’m bad because I get “government benefits”...but I sure wish I could figure out how to feed my son and myself when my disability is less than 700 a month and my stamps are halved effective before I even get my first disability check.
Just curious, but I’m wondering what the average SNAP recipient receives in monthly benefits? Does anyone know?
I remember back in the 90s, they used to get free gov housing along with the food stamps. And if they weren’t in an area where there was gov housing, they received a voucher that covered most of their rent. And they usually qualified for help with utilities, etc.
All I know is that the combination of increased Federal SNAP baseline and the increased deduction for rent resulted in just over a 1% increase in benefits in my state this month on average. I don’t like to give advice to people in other states (although I wish I could sometimes) because state by state handling of SNAP varies greatly. In my state, for example, you have to take into consideration a separate state “Basic Food” program. I imagine procedures for deductions vary considerably as well.