Well, I'll do my typical vent- think I've brought this up before.
In CA a family of 3 gets $450 a month in food stamps ($150/person/month). I think there was legislation just passed to increase this amount in light of recent grocery price increases.
When a welfare family of 3 in CA was getting that $450, I was feeding my family of 3 for $200-$250. They get a raise. I didn't. Prices have climbed significantly here. I need to find about another $100/month for groceries which still puts us $100 behind the old CA welfare standard.
Learning this has brought up a lot of questions for me- namely, how does the gov't calculate a fair amount for food stamps? Is it based on a certain diet? Is it based on a percentage of what the average American family spends? I have a lot of problems with how the welfare system works. I'm all for social programs, but not to the extent that even people who will not work for a living are able to afford more than people who work long, difficult weeks.
Sorry to vent, this really irks me.
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