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HiPointDem

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56. you can't get 'welfare' unless you have kids. The $367 is the maximum for a working couple

Thu Sep 27, 2012, 03:42 AM

Sep 2012

making a combined income of $24K.

They might get rent assistance, but they wouldn't be prioritized unless they had kids. So they might not. Where I live you will not get housing assistance when you first apply, you'll be put on a waiting list -- and you will wait for more than a year or more if you don't have kids.

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I challenge Barack & Michelle, Joe & Jill Mitt & Ann and Paul & Jana before election day to live [View all] diabeticman Sep 2012 OP

The President did as a child....n/t chillfactor Sep 2012 #1

wonder why poster doesn't want to respond to any reply that mentions this JI7 Sep 2012 #28

I HAVE IN OTHER POST! I also think proverty today is a slight bit harder than it was 10 years diabeticman Sep 2012 #32

Poor and hungry is timeless. JNelson6563 Sep 2012 #58

Hell you can watch him say it , I posted a video former-republican Sep 2012 #39

Except that when the president & his mother were living it, she was in college & had two employed HiPointDem Sep 2012 #55

Do you have a source for that claim? JDPriestly Sep 2012 #33

what is a food stamp budget? former-republican Sep 2012 #2

It does depends. I know that a consturtuction worker get food stamps during his off season diabeticman Sep 2012 #3

make it harder former-republican Sep 2012 #4

I'm saying give them an average amount that is given for people to live on a week. diabeticman Sep 2012 #5

I guess I'm not following you then former-republican Sep 2012 #7

Comment #8 is supposed to be a reply to you. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #9

you can't get 'welfare' unless you have kids. The $367 is the maximum for a working couple HiPointDem Sep 2012 #56

Phoenix, Arizona: $29 per week. See below Tx4obama Sep 2012 #8

See my other post former-republican Sep 2012 #11

Not always. When my wife was ill last year and off work for months we could not get any diabeticman Sep 2012 #15

I kind of understand the sentiment in your original post but former-republican Sep 2012 #26

That doesn't sound right Tsiyu Sep 2012 #54

Huh? If you are a single man or woman without a child you do not get section 8 housing. Tx4obama Sep 2012 #17

Isn't there HUD programs that do help single or married couples with rent? former-republican Sep 2012 #19

Here in Western PA our social program that helps people pay their rent is OUT OF FUNDS they diabeticman Sep 2012 #24

Just try to get on any of those programs, especially in Arizona. The waiting list for section 8 was Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #22

Thank you for those facts I would just like to add that $449 per month is suppose to help that famil diabeticman Sep 2012 #25

maybe I do my friend former-republican Sep 2012 #31

When I first went down this road trying to help a friend I was completely shocked. Even putting the Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #49

This post is just about how much people receive in food stamps. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #34

Thank you TX for that post info. I couldn't find it. This is part of the reason why I started this diabeticman Sep 2012 #12

Umm the President DID grow up that way, and Michelle's Dad worked at the Water plant. progressivebydesign Sep 2012 #6

IT ISN"T AN ATTITUDE! I have seen other politican take this challenge we even have an diabeticman Sep 2012 #10

and the poster said the Pres has already lived it JI7 Sep 2012 #14

Do you have a link to a source saying that Obama and his mother received food stamps? JDPriestly Sep 2012 #36

how about this former-republican Sep 2012 #38

Thanks for that. Since the poster who requested it couldn't be bothered. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #43

I think now this thread should come to rest by the OP former-republican Sep 2012 #44

No they didn't. It is so much worse today than when we were kids that the situations Egalitarian Thug Sep 2012 #50

why include the Pres and VP in this ? JI7 Sep 2012 #13

why do democratic politican take the challenge like the Mayor did in Arizona? diabeticman Sep 2012 #16

it wont speak a lot more , it would be viewed as opportunist JI7 Sep 2012 #18

I think you are wrong. I believe it would open peoples eyes to the trouble we have in this country. diabeticman Sep 2012 #27

yeah, but the PRes HAS already lived it , which you refuse to acknowledge JI7 Sep 2012 #29

Link? JDPriestly Sep 2012 #37

See Post #38. You asked for it, and then didn't acknowledge it. Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #47

I just got back here today. Thanks. JDPriestly Sep 2012 #59

This message was self-deleted by its author DemocratsForProgress Sep 2012 #53

So you basically want the president and his wife to play dress up? "People's eyes" are.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #45

You know, I'm really really tired of this "they're all the same" bullcrap. 2ndAmForComputers Sep 2012 #20

I don't want an energy deprived president loyalsister Sep 2012 #21

Try being a mother energy deprived. Try being a man driving a truck energy deprived. You don't diabeticman Sep 2012 #23

I get that loyalsister Sep 2012 #41

+1. You'd think that would be obvious to everyone. He's only the most powerful man.... Tarheel_Dem Sep 2012 #46

You haven't heard the President speak? CakeGrrl Sep 2012 #30

I have heard him BUT I still think doing the challenge will be more powerful than any speech he'd diabeticman Sep 2012 #35

He's the President not a contestant on survivor former-republican Sep 2012 #40

Obama increased it from $140 a week to $200 a week I thought nt ErikJ Sep 2012 #42

Obama also has spent time working at food shelves getting food out to people. Tigress DEM Sep 2012 #48

No thanks. madamesilverspurs Sep 2012 #51

In case you haven't noticed Summer Hathaway Sep 2012 #52

President Obama, VP Biden, Michelle, and Dr Jill Cha Sep 2012 #57