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Sad read. There are so much wrong/failure in the story, I will pick out a few.
33% of the town population is on food stamps? That's a lot of people.
Steak for people who are on food stamps?
On food stamps and have money for cigarettes?
Money is tight and they spent $75 on tattoo?
Aprender a hablar Inglésl
Over 90% of sale were paid by food stamps? Yike.
Lack of common sense and basic finance FTL.
Don't forget to read the comments section in the bottom of the article.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/...7768635_1_mother-s-day-food-stamps-woonsocket
a federal program that began as a last resort for a few million hungry people has grown into an economic lifeline for entire towns. Spending on SNAP has doubled in the past four years and tripled in the past decade, surpassing $78 billion last year. A record 47 million Americans receive the benefit including 13,752 in Woonsocket, one-third of the towns population..
SNAP enrollment in Rhode Island had been rising for six years, up from 73,000 people to nearly 180,000, and now three-quarters of purchases at International Meat Market are paid for with Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) cards.
33% of the town population is on food stamps? That's a lot of people.
He had ordered 150 pounds of the tenderloin steak favored by the newly poor
Steak for people who are on food stamps?
They leaned on shopping carts and smoked cigarettes,
On food stamps and have money for cigarettes?
Was it better to pay down the $600 they owed the landlord, or the $110 they owed for their cellphones, or the $75 they owed the tattoo parlor, or the $840 they owed the electric company?
Money is tight and they spent $75 on tattoo?
A Salvadoran immigrant who wanted the meat pack flier translated into Spanish.
Aprender a hablar Inglésl
His store had already sold more than $5,000, with $4,700 paid for in SNAP.
Over 90% of sale were paid by food stamps? Yike.
a 2004 Mitsubishi Galant leased on 18 percent interest for $90 a week.
She had spent about two weeks of SNAP money on groceries that would last seven or eight days.
Lack of common sense and basic finance FTL.
Don't forget to read the comments section in the bottom of the article.
http://articles.washingtonpost.com/...7768635_1_mother-s-day-food-stamps-woonsocket
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