STIMULUS WATCH: $25 check may cost you food stamps

Yahoo ^ | 6/15/09 | ap

[Nachum]

WASHINGTON – When President Barack Obama increased unemployment benefits as part of his economic stimulus, he also made some Americans ineligible for hundreds of dollars a month in food stamps.

[Nachum]

The list, ping

[pnh102]

When President Barack Obama increased unemployment benefits as part of his economic stimulus, he also made some Americans ineligible for hundreds of dollars a month in food stamps.

I wonder if the taxpayers came out ahead on this one?

[conservative cat]

I read this earlier and laughed. Does that make me a bad person?

[TigersEye]

They wanted change. They got change.

"Spare Change got rained on by his own .38!"

[TLEIBY308]

HA HA

[proudpapa]

You probably laughed because you recognize that the road to hell is paved with good, liberal intentions.

[G-Man 1]

Give out more 25 dollor checks.

[BIG_CARBON_FOOT_PRINT]

No longer eligible for food stamsp? I am playing the world’s smallest violin for them.

[mountn man]

I know a couple that get, according to them, $400 a month in food stamps.

I work in construction, making a good hourly wage, working 60-70 hours a week. I bring home by most peoples standards a pretty comfortable check. I watch the sales, and 90% of the time buy whats on sale, not what I happen to see at the moment. I also have a pretty completely stocked pantry, so I usually have most of what I need. The meat I buy is whats on sale, usually in the $2 per lb. price.

I'm working a hard job, with long hours, making GOOD money, and I'm not spending $400 a month on food.

I see people on food stamps buying stuff that with my income I very seldom would buy.

There's something wrong when a welfare recipient is buying more in groceries than a working person.