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Jeebo

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5. I have a friend who has lived like that for most of his life.

Reply to PoindexterOglethorpe (Reply #3)

Mon Apr 13, 2020, 12:56 PM

Apr 2020

He typically would have $20 left to get through five or six days to his next payday. I would drive him to the grocery store and he would buy a loaf of bread, a jar of mayonnaise, a package of sliced sandwich meat, and a 12-pack of the cheapest soda, and then he would live on sandwiches and canned soda until his next paycheck. And then, in 2010, his 80-something father died and he inherited $267,000.

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Missouri seeking waiver to allow SNAP benefits to cover online grocery purchases [View all] TexasTowelie Apr 2020 OP

Good. That needs to be changed everwhere. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #1

The current maximum benefit for SNAP is $194 a month for a single person. TexasTowelie Apr 2020 #2

It is possible to eat on $6.50 a day. PoindexterOglethorpe Apr 2020 #3

I have a friend who has lived like that for most of his life. Jeebo Apr 2020 #5

Yes, it is easily possible for someone to eat on (less than) $ 6.50/day. n/t PoliticAverse Apr 2020 #4

If you are fortunate enough to have the resources to store the food and cook TexasTowelie Apr 2020 #6