starkid wrote:
lostguyFL wrote:
well you were right. i just got a letter saying that they're cutting my foodstamps down to 15$ a month. im not upset about it though because i can afford to buy even more food now that ive been approved for SSI so it's cool.
Jesus, that's awful. I'm glad you are not upset, but having disabled people live on so little is ridiculous in one of the richest countries in the world.
I have a pending SSDI application, and I would be pissed if my food stamps benefit were decreased so much after I'm awarded so little money.
Paying for food with cash instead of food stamps would be a nice change, however—it's idiotic that people cannot purchase hot ready-made food with food stamps, especially given that homeless people get a hot meal so rarely.
That’s exactly what happened when I was approved for SSDI. While I was waiting for my appeal for being denied SSDI benefits, I was receiving SNAP in the amount of $200.00 per month. This was shortly after the 2008 economic meltdown. After being rewarded benefits, it was cut to $16.00 / month, and was reduced again to $15.00 last year, no thanks to Trumpty-Dumpty and his minions.
As for the food bank? DON’T MAKE ME LAUGH!! ! I seldom see fresh ANYTHING at the bank I visit. Granted, I have
Sensory issues with a lot of fruits and vegetables (can’t handle the tastes and textures (what little I have left, no thanks to metformin (metformin leaves a permanent metallic taste in my mouth.))
Of course, this being York County, PA, i’m Being ostracized since receiving SNAP, SSDI, Medicare and Medicaid. It’s why I seldom leave the house.
17 Jan 2019, 5:22 am
