[FITZ]

and Palmer also gets a federal subsidy to pay most of her rent.

The taxpayers are already giving her free housing, I would bet she's getting food stamps, WIC, Medicaid, school lunches, energy assistance and lots of other free things ----she pays no taxes so shouldn't get a refund for something she didn't give ----$15,000 spending money wouldn't be too bad. Over $1200 a month just to buy non-essentials?

[supercat]

The taxpayers are already giving her free housing, I would bet she's getting food stamps, WIC, Medicaid, school lunches, energy assistance and lots of other free things ----she pays no taxes so shouldn't get a refund for something she didn't give ----$15,000 spending money wouldn't be too bad. Over $1200 a month just to buy non-essentials?

I thought people making $15K/year were ineligible for most of the handouts available to those making $0/year. Does anyone have specifics?

[katze]

Yeah, she probably gets her child care free, and I've read a bus picks up these employees, to and from work. The Dems wring their hands about low-income paying "payroll taxes", meaning their contribution to Social Security. She will get her windfall at the end of the year, EITC.