Cooking & Baking

synni

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29. As someone who is on SNAP, I can explain

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 12:24 PM

Oct 28

The program keeps us disempowered by prohibiting us from saving money or earning very much money. If you get a job, your benefits are slashed drastically.

For example, when I was unable to work, I was getting $300 a month in benefits. Now that I'm on disability, that amount has been slashed to only $140.

The only way I can survive on disability and SNAP is that I live in an area with a very low cost of living, and I own my own little house. If I had to pay rent, I would probably be on the street.

The welfare system is, indeed, purposely designed to keep poor people poor. The only way to get out of the trap is to obtain a very large sum of money at once, or else land a very good paying job.

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Black woman in Michigan faces 10 years in prison for selling baked goods made with food stamps [View all] littlemissmartypants Oct 28 OP

I can understand that would be against the rules Diamond_Dog Oct 28 #1

OK, explain it to me. ananda Oct 28 #15

For pulling herself up by the bootstraps... Trueblue Texan Oct 28 #2

The person who wrote that headline cloudbase Oct 28 #3

Yes absolutely. Srkdqltr Oct 28 #8

Why? Because of bad grammar? Wednesdays Oct 28 #25

Untrue, elleng Oct 28 #26

Baked goods made with food stamps probably aren't very tasty, cloudbase Oct 28 #28

That's idiotically disproportionate jfz9580m Oct 28 #4

You're right! In our case the penalty is far in excess of the cost of doing it right dickthegrouch Oct 28 #31

Well, the narcotics war jfz9580m Oct 29 #42

I think this attached to the wrong thread dickthegrouch Oct 29 #43

Prosecutors should have to PROVE where the butter and flour came from NewLarry Oct 28 #5

How can they know? Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #18

And we have a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapists in the WH. Ferrets are Cool Oct 28 #6

A a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapist who is OUT ON BAIL after being indicted for election interfereance in GA! Attilatheblond Oct 28 #17

Ruin somebody's life, Turbineguy Oct 28 #7

So, a black woman gets a little government money, adds labor & makes something... CaptainTruth Oct 28 #9

No explanation as to how she was caught Layzeebeaver Oct 28 #10

She was advertising on facebook questionseverything Oct 28 #30

And who caught her? Layzeebeaver Oct 28 #32

Advertising what exactly? Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #36

Snap, Medicaid and cash assistance have very strict rules questionseverything Oct 28 #37

Was she advertising breaking the law???? Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #38

If she's on snap how do you think she can afford a good lawyer? questionseverything Oct 28 #39

There is legal aid Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #41

Jury nullification. @Michigan peeps nilram Oct 28 #11

Although it's not hard to see why she can't do that... JohnnyRingo Oct 28 #12

Trump's free plane is not so free for us tax payers. Emile Oct 28 #13

Can't say she was too lazy to work. She added value to the food through her labor doc03 Oct 28 #14

SNAP as it currently exists isn't really meant to help people but to keep them dependent and unempowered. cstanleytech Oct 28 #16

There are other programs that provide those other benefits Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #20

As someone who is on SNAP, I can explain synni Oct 28 #29

I see how it can be difficult Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #33

They should be expanded and made common place, that would keep the top 1%ers from demonizing them questionseverything Oct 28 #40

Does this"profit" include her labor idahoblue Oct 28 #19

To the letter of this law I believe the goods would House of Roberts Oct 28 #21

Exactly Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #34

Can the country get any lower? I fear it can, but JFC this is getting beyond absurd. Bev54 Oct 28 #22

How many maga take funds and use them for something else? GreenWave Oct 28 #23

No worries, dumpie loves to pardon innocent people for free. KS Toronado Oct 28 #24

For once, it's not racial profiling...just a little-known law synni Oct 28 #27

Unless she posted on line claiming she used food bought with SNAP benefits Farmer-Rick Oct 28 #35