The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 signed by President Obama will award $47.4 million in food stamps in Oregon to increase the benefits families are receiving, said Lauri Stewart, a spokeswoman for Oregon Department of Human Services. Federal allocations for other benefit programs such as cash-assistance grants or food assistance for women, infants and children still are being calculated.
Families could begin seeing an increase in their monthly food stamp allotment by April 1 lasting through Sept. 30, Stewart said.
A family of four could see an increase of $80; a monthly food stamp allowance would increase from $588 to $668.
$700?? My family of 3 (two growing teens) eats for a month on about $300, accounting for groceries only--we won't count the fast food frantics on busy nights. What the heck are they buying--salmon and fillet mignon? Walmart, Target, and Winco are great for saving money, and I buy almost all our lunch snacks at Big Lots--I just bought 2 month's worth for $20 at their big sale last Saturday.
I was on food stamps and government housing while a full-time student a few years ago. At the time I got $300 a month and was hard-pressed to spend it all--even got letters saying if I didn't, they'd reduce benefits. Admittedly, it's a lot easier to buy salmon, fillet mignon and big brand stuff when the money is "free." It also would have been easier and a lot less expensive if I'd quit school and stayed in our government housing, eating off the backs of taxpayers. I'm debt up to my eyeballs in student loans, trying to get debt free and struggling. Why bother? Why not just sit back and let the guv take care of me? $700 a month??
I guarantee a majority of food stamps are going to illegal aliens--every time I went in to recertify, I was the only native English-speaker in the room. I guarantee most are buying food for others, a clear violation of the "rules." Yes, I bought the food when we had a family gathering or holiday and needed crudite. Why not? It's FREE!
When will it stop? When do we put down our feet and end this collectivist state? We talk about raising the bar for students, raising expectations, and whine that our kids are dumb. Is it any wonder? We hold hands and baby anyone who is diverse just for the sake of diversity, give handouts to the mostly lazy (I'm willing to bet everyone else living in my government housing 5 years ago is still living in government housing--why get out? It's FREE!).
This ridimulous money is merely going to keep recipients on the dole. Very few are getting off government aide even when they have jobs available. It is NOT going to create any new workers.
Tuesday morning rant, disgusted, unedited...I have to go to WORK.
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