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4 moms who rely on US government programs like EBT and Medicare say the hardest part isn't the stigma or eligibility — it's the paperwork
Business insider ^ | 05/07/2022 | Leo Aquino

Posted on 05/08/2022 3:18:35 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27

While there are many government aid programs available for people experiencing poverty, filling out the paperwork is usually the hardest part.

In 1995, Congress passed a bill called the Paperwork Reduction Act to reduce the amount of government forms that need to be filled out by people and nonprofit organizations, especially if they are filling out forms for multiple kinds of government agencies.

Nearly three decades later, many people still find the process of applying for government aid daunting. Insider spoke with four mothers who receive different forms of government aid to see what it's really like.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Food; History; Local News
KEYWORDS: ebt; government; medicare; moms
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You have got to be kidding me with this crap
1 posted on 05/08/2022 3:18:35 PM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
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To: ChicagoConservative27

This is just a bunch of made up bullsh%t


2 posted on 05/08/2022 3:20:27 PM PDT by markman46 (engage brain before using keyboard!!!you)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

It’s not supposed to be easy.

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3 posted on 05/08/2022 3:21:30 PM PDT by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I see the problem - we need to work on bringing the stigma back.


4 posted on 05/08/2022 3:21:32 PM PDT by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Offer them and their children $500 each to receive free tubal ligations and vasectomies.


5 posted on 05/08/2022 3:21:45 PM PDT by BenLurkin ((The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire. Or both.))
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To: ChicagoConservative27

In 1995, Congress passed a bill called the Paperwork Reduction Act


this law requires all forms to be reviewed by a govt agency and given a doc clearance. Take a look at the forms. You should see it.


6 posted on 05/08/2022 3:24:14 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I suppose it’s on par with, let’s say, filling out an application for employment.

You know? E-m-p-l-o-y-m-e-n-t?

Nevermind.


7 posted on 05/08/2022 3:24:54 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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“it took her 15 years to lift herself out of poverty with the help of government programs. “Watching my kids struggle through the same thing,” she says, “something about this system needs to change.”

So her kids are now parasites, too.


8 posted on 05/08/2022 3:25:10 PM PDT by dynachrome (I have the eye of a tiger, the heart of a lion, and a lifetime ban from the zoo)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

The hardest part of getting free money is getting free money effortlessly …yup, this country is done!


9 posted on 05/08/2022 3:26:56 PM PDT by mikelets456
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To: ChicagoConservative27

I have three renters getting Covid relief rent and power payments from the government. The process has been insane. It’s as if someone set up a committee to find the most complicated, obtuse, illogical way of doing things. The payments are never made on the same date. I have no idea if the payments will be made. DCF, the organization handling the process, can’t tell me which payments are for what months. There is no way to change anything, and the phone service is some foreign contractor who can’t communicate your question to DCF until it is 15 days old. In other words, if anyone from DCF has even opened the file I can’t send them a question about anything for fifteen days. On top of that, it’s voice over IP and the connections are often so bad I have to hang up and spend another hour on hold to see if I can talk to someone else with a better microphone or connection. If you ask someone to please use their phone instead of their headset, they often just hang up. It’s obvious some of the phone people are using a headset they bought themselves and that doesn’t match well with their phone. Often you hear things in the background like chickens, a rooster, small children or someone tuning a motorbike. It’s absolute hell to deal with.


10 posted on 05/08/2022 3:28:54 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry.)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

Sponges are complaining it’s so hard to fill out paperwork and continue sponging?


11 posted on 05/08/2022 3:28:56 PM PDT by vpintheak (Live free, or die!)
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To: ChicagoConservative27

They want free which infers that there are no strings, no paperwork, no nothing, nada, just give it to them F R E E. /s


12 posted on 05/08/2022 3:29:46 PM PDT by cranked
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Paperwork is hard. Who do you think you are demanding they do this paperwork?

Just take their word for it and give them the money.


13 posted on 05/08/2022 3:29:54 PM PDT by skeeter
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You know what’s harder than filling out paperwork to get government assistance?

Earning money by working 8+ hours a day.


14 posted on 05/08/2022 3:33:55 PM PDT by Boogieman
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Trying doing your taxes chickie poos


15 posted on 05/08/2022 3:36:48 PM PDT by goodnesswins (....pervert Biden & O Cabal are destroying America, as planned.)
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I have no doubt the paper works is difficult to fill out. Look at filing taxes. Government is piss poor at communicating. I started Medicare this year. I am not accustomed to dealing with government, other than taxes. I have a ton of Medicare letters and pamphlets telling me all about parts A, B, C, D and Advantage. I guess I don't do governmentese to well, so I just talked to people already on Medicare.

My point basically is, government sucks at most things it does. I hate the idea of government being involved in health insurance and health care. I also hate the government being involved in welfare and social program. Articles like this one can be correct, but they completely miss the point of the problem. Government should not being doing these things. AT ALL. The problem is not paperwork. Paperwork is just a symptom of government eff'ing up yet another thing it has no business being involved. The problem is the government program exists to begin with.

16 posted on 05/08/2022 3:40:36 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA (Scratch a leftist and you'll find a fascist )
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To: ChicagoConservative27

yeah, getting free shyt is so hard.


17 posted on 05/08/2022 3:41:19 PM PDT by PGR88
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To: Boogieman
You know what’s harder than filling out paperwork to get government assistance?

Earning money by working 8+ hours a day.

And watching half of your earnings disappear down the tax hole.

18 posted on 05/08/2022 3:41:24 PM PDT by Skooz (Gabba Gabba accept you we accept you one of us Gabba Gabba we accept you we accept you one of us )
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If the paperwork is too tough, give them a handful of coins. Freeloaders crying and whining about paperwork is disgusting commie BS. Life is tough. It’s a lot tougher when you’re a freeloading idiot.


19 posted on 05/08/2022 3:44:26 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Don't blame me, I voted for President Trump. Let's Go Brandon! FJB!)
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Business Insider is a Yahoo partner.

Just saying.


20 posted on 05/08/2022 3:46:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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