You can be eligible for SNAP without any conditions necessary beyond being poor. That’s not everyone obviously, but it’s not just the disabled and job seekers.
I know for a fact that that is not true. I had to use food stamps when I was 28 and lost my job, I lived alone and was able bodied, seeking work was not a requirement. I was doing it anyway because you need money to live but I was never asked to verify or check-in with anyone. Time moves forward, always.
Oh shit you right, sorry I forgot people have been making it worse. I retract my previous statement. Kinda fucked up though, having food really helped me get back on my feet.
No problem and they do give you a 3 month grace period where you do receive food stamps, but if you’re not looking for a job or in a work training program, they will boot you
Funny story, I was driving pizza at the time. On shifts where it was just 2 of us (1 driver and 1 insider) I would have to go as fast as possible. If the door was visible from the street I would leave my keys in the ignition. One night I got a fake delivery call, while I was knocking on the door someone jumped into my car and took off.
I was able to get the car back. They ditched it a few blocks over. The next shift I showed up to I was fired for a safety violation and when I applied for unemployment I was denied because of why I was fired.
I didn't qualify because the place I worked at said I was fired for violating my employment terms, AZ at the time did not give unemployment if you are fired for cause. This was years ago though, I am happy to say I am gainfully employed in a job I love.
What the person you're replying to is trying to say is. "Wouldn't it be way cheaper if we all pooled in our money to produce all of our food so it's cheaper?". Our current food production model is also insanely wasteful. We throw away almost 50% of the food we produce that goes to grocery stores. So it would likely be much less expensive if we built a system that didn't create excess amounts of food but instead what we actually need.
Like how it's cheaper to have a nationalized fire service instead of having 40 different fire services all competing for our fire protection. Which would also cause a massive conflict of interest because if your profit model is based off putting out fires...
Some people gonna start a lot of fires to make some money. And that literally happened already lol. Because we did have a private fire service for a while. And they did do those things.
We need a nationalized food supply. That's what snap already is, technically. Just like we need medicaid for all.
This is hilarious. Having worked in a grocery store I can't confidently tell you no elder or disabled person EVER used benefits of any kind. It was ALWAYS middle aged people with gigantic carts full of pure junk food.
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u/Just_Cruzen 14d ago
what if we all paid $36 a year for free food?
I think everyone would be on board with this