Is is true third-world poor buy TVs instead of education?
Like Methylviolet, I was on food stamps and rental assistance for a while. I was also working for most of that time, too. It was a careful balance to work and not lose the assistance in a non-proportional way. They look at your bank balance and your pay stubs and that’s it. (This turned out very long, and I apologize, but I lived month to month like this for several years. I don’t have any cites, just an anecdotal tale. I understand if the mods choose to delete it.) I wanted to be present for my children as much as possible, so I worked part-time once they were in school. Child care would take a pretty big bite out of my take-home pay, even if I was paying another single mom for a couple hours a day, which I did for a while. In my state, you tend to get the renewal paperwork on a Tuesday, and the deadline printed on the forms is the immediate next Sunday. There’s no mail drop
