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Originally Posted by Ch2tf
This may be true but it angers me (and others) no less. Not too long ago a friend lost her job and could barely make it week to week on unemployment. She went to see if she qualified for food stamps and they offered her $10 a month because she made too much  |
I can't speak for other states, but in NY, if you let a sufficient amount of time pass from when you lost your job, you can get various forms of public assistance. The worst time to go is right after you've lost your job and you had steady income up to that point.
Regardless, the way public assistance is set up, it mostly benefits children, elderly people, disabled people and the like. They seem to expect the rest of us to bounce back like nothing happened when we lose our jobs or undergo another major life crisis.
My point in commenting was to bring attention to the fact that people, like your friend, would really be up a creek if their
assets (savings, house, car, etc.) were factored into how much they're eligible for.