Stacker Pentecost
Superstar
$25 is what they gave me in food stamps.....$25. ......this country doesnt care about its poor
The bolded, until people are in those circumstances they will never understand. Fresh out of college during the Great Recession and had nowhere to go, I applied EVERYWHERE, went to the library every day applying for jobs because I was living with a friend in the projects that didn’t have internet at home. Had so many interviews, one woman even sat me down and said I was great but they had over 1500 applicants for only one job so please don’t take it personal if I didn’t get hired. Applied for food stamps and the Asian bytch (who I’m 100% sure was fukking racist) denied me because I “wasn’t paying rent.” I said sure I’m living with a friend for free, but I still have no income for food??? Denied. Luckily another friend got EBT/WIC and was able to collect unemployment after being let go (which is still usually only 40% of your previous income) so we all ate off her food.
People think unemployment and food stamps is like mIllions of dollars just raining from the sky, it’s not.

