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Woman Denied Public Assistance Because of Her New Car
KTRE-TV ^ | 7/27/06 | Ramonica R. Jones

Posted on 07/29/2006 6:14:17 AM PDT by GeorgiaDawg32

Stephanie Drinkard is a single stay-at-home mom with two little girls. She moved back to Nacogdoches a month ago from Louisiana. There, she was on Section 8 housing, food stamps, and Medicaid, but she can't get that help in Texas because of a contest she won back in October.

"I went online and entered," said Drinkard. "I didn't know I was gonna win it. Only like two people won - it was me and somebody else - but it's a 2006 Limited Edition Toyota Avalon and it's like a $40,000 car."

And $40,000 exceeds the limit the

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KEYWORDS: govwatch; jobs; lazystupidignorant; nowaytogothroughlife; welfare
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Looks like Louisiana denied her benefits when she won the car, and she moved to Texas to see if she could get them here....


61 posted on 07/29/2006 6:57:58 AM PDT by Ready4Freddy (Ever had Vuja de? That feeling that you've never ever been here before? :)
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To: GeorgiaDawg32

Hmm - It's only LIKE a $40,000 car, apparently.


62 posted on 07/29/2006 6:58:17 AM PDT by little jeremiah
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
"I either have to sell the car and not have any transportation or just live off what we're living off of, which is like rice, basically, we have rice."

"Basically", half the world eats very well in every respect, thank you very much, on a rice-based diet. For example:

Rice, a can of Spam, some vegetables (onion, green bell pepper, celery, garlic, green onions), a couple of tomatoes, a boullion cube or two, and a couple shakes of Tabasco and Worstershire costs about five bucks and gives you ten adult-sized servings of jambalaya that's better than the stuff you'd find at many restaurants even in New Orleans. It freezes fine, too, so don't give me that crap about how you can't cook every day, either.

It's too bad she lives in a place where rice-based dishes like this one haven't been a part of the local culture for hundreds of years. Maybe she's put off by that long list of hard-to-find, expensive ingredients.

63 posted on 07/29/2006 6:58:19 AM PDT by jiggyboy (Ten per cent of poll respondents are either lying or insane)
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To: ladyjane
Maybe she could get a job. Maybe her husband could get a job.

Ditto. Although perhaps because of her bad choices she doesn't currently have a husband and doesn't have any prospects. In either case, the babies' father should be helping her out.

64 posted on 07/29/2006 6:59:24 AM PDT by Theo ("Scientists" believe in both evolution and man-caused global warming. They're wrong in both cases.)
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To: MineralMan
She should sell the car and use the money to get herself out of her situation. Sheesh!

Yeah, like pay back the taxpayers who fund the existence of this welfare broodmare....

65 posted on 07/29/2006 6:59:51 AM PDT by Thermalseeker
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To: jiggyboy

Honestly, do you know just how good some of these ramen noodles are when you add a little meat and fresh herbs?

A little rice and meat and herbs is the same deal

Gosh I ate rice all week
Sausage jambalaya and shrimp gumbo(the shrimp was 3.99 lb)
There are probably still 6 big servings left.

I could have fed a family for a week off that for 10 bucks


66 posted on 07/29/2006 7:04:26 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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To: Diddle E. Squat
I'd like to introduce her to my friend Jesus Martinez, because if they get married she can claim, "I was a Drinkard, until I met Jesus."

Uber clever, Diddle. LOL.

67 posted on 07/29/2006 7:08:47 AM PDT by savedbygrace (SECURE THE BORDERS FIRST (I'M YELLING ON PURPOSE))
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
Everyone here is giving the wrong advice. The answer is simple. She should just move back to Louisiana where corrupt government officials will let her keep the car and all of her welfare payments.
68 posted on 07/29/2006 7:10:45 AM PDT by vox humana
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To: Harmless Teddy Bear
Sell the car.

You have outlined a perfectly sensible plan that leaves her with nearly $4,000 to buy a car and tags. Plenty of money to purchase reliable transportation. I spent $1200 on a pickup. It ain't no status symbol but it starts every day and gets me from point A to point B. Nobody will steal it and if it gets dinged up a little bit, I really don't care. Insurance is under $40/month and I don't have a car payment!

I can't help but think that somebody at Social Services has had to have suggested this idea to her!

69 posted on 07/29/2006 7:14:06 AM PDT by Drew68
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To: goldstategop

If he had an inheritance he shouldn't be in a Habitat house.


70 posted on 07/29/2006 7:18:26 AM PDT by bonfire
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To: mylife

"Interesting that our poor are online. I wonder if she's on broadband?"

There are three possible explanations of why this woman was online. (1) She was using a computer at a public library where internet service is available for free. (2) She was using a friend's computer. (3) Someone donated a old computer to her. There are many people who do fix older computes for those who are elderly, disabled, or low income.

FYI, that is how I got my computer; a former neighbor and his wife, who are also Freepers, revamped one of their old computers and donted it to me. It's not top of the line but I can get on the internet. I will be eternally grateful to that wonderful family for their old fashioned kindnesses and courtesies to me and those around them. As I become more and more housebound, this computer has become my lifeline.


71 posted on 07/29/2006 7:23:04 AM PDT by tob2 (I may not be perfect but I'm always me.)
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To: Diddle E. Squat

LOL - After reading that I need a strong drinkard.


72 posted on 07/29/2006 7:23:06 AM PDT by Enterprise (Let's not enforce laws that are already on the books, let's just write new laws we won't enforce.)
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To: taillightchaser

There, somebody finally said it. HOw does she afford a computer. On line? Do you know hwat it costs to have a computer on line every month? It's all I can do to afford it.


73 posted on 07/29/2006 7:23:38 AM PDT by WVNan (In memory of LadyX,, the finest of Free Republic)
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To: toddlintown
Sell it and buy a beater.

It doesn't even have to be a beater. For $2,500 one can buy a car with several years and tens of thousands of miles left on it. Throw in another thousand for a repair reserve and she is set for several years.

I know this works because this is how I do it. No car payments and liability insurance only - no collision.

I am a 50+ year old software support engineer in Alabama, and for about 8 of the last 10 years I have commuted 25 miles every day in a car (actually cars) with no air conditioning. I can do this because I am committed to cheap transportation.

With the 20 thousand cash left over from selling her new toy she could start a new life, get an education, start a business, etc. For some reason, however, I imagine this is the furthest thought from he mind.

74 posted on 07/29/2006 7:26:35 AM PDT by WayneM ( Sneaking in is NOT immigration.......(¯`'•..•'´¯).......Cut the KRAP (Karl Rove Amnesty Plan).)
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To: WVNan

if her name was gonzalez they would be throwing money at her.....no questions asked


75 posted on 07/29/2006 7:26:59 AM PDT by jneesy
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To: GeorgiaDawg32
"I got everything cut off in Louisiana and when I came down here....

So she get cut off in LA, so she moves to Texas. Maybe that's our answer in the Alabama case...whe folks get cut off, they move to a new state ans try again.

76 posted on 07/29/2006 7:27:08 AM PDT by TankerKC (¿José puede usted ver?)
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To: Condor51
So when she sells that car she better keep $10K handy for the tax man.

Even if she doesn't sell it, she's going to need $10K for the tax man.

77 posted on 07/29/2006 7:27:20 AM PDT by Moonman62 (The issue of whether cheap labor makes America great should have been settled by the Civil War.)
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To: Tijeras_Slim; ladyjane
No such individual [a husband] was mentioned in the article

More to point, she is described as a single mother. Making children whom you have no prospect of supporting is a profoundly antisocial act.

78 posted on 07/29/2006 7:27:53 AM PDT by Lonesome in Massachussets (NYT Headline: 'Protocols of the Learned Elders of CBS: Fake But Accurate, Experts Say.')
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To: Drawsing; mylife
Don't forget Algore's tax to get the poor online.

I say take the car and sell it for past welfare collected.

79 posted on 07/29/2006 7:27:57 AM PDT by smokeyb
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To: Drew68

I know a family that is struggling.
They both work and owned a house they got for 27K in an older part of town.
The garage was full of exotic cars and motorcycles in various states of repair(mostly broken)
I found them a 1980s grampa mobile whos owner had died, with like 25K mi on it for 800 bucks.
Did they buy it? hell no. theyed rather throw 3k a year at an unreliable dream car.
BTW they lost the house. you could have made the mortgage selling soda cans.
Did I mention the house was full of computers and servers?

You cant make people make good choices


80 posted on 07/29/2006 7:30:30 AM PDT by mylife (The roar of the masses could be farts)
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