You'd Be Surprised Who's On Food Stamps
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- Опубликовано: 17 мар 2015
- If you live in the U.S., you probably know someone who's on food stamps, aka SNAP. In fact, 46.5 million people use SNAP to get by. And not all of them are who you'd expect.
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"They're gonna get mad if it's not organic."
Dude. Not their money. Not their food. Not their decision.
+SierraLizLife Exactly. Make sure you eat first if you are that fucking broke.
yup... im with you ;)
WinterSable Honestly she looks very stupid. Her roomies are probably laughing their asses off because of all the free good they get whilst she's on foodstamps buying shit for the entire house.
She's talking about vanilla extract. It's normal that roomates share basic kitchen stuff, that doesn't mean she feeds all of them. Maybe she just used it up and now it's her turn to repurchase it.
folks on welfare use to get flower ,powdered milk, cheese and not whatever they wanted .
Why is she using her stamps to feed her room mates? Let them take care of their damn selves.
Her pets cannot take care of themself
Michael F She shouldn't have pets. I'll bet her pets don't eat organic.
I'll bet they do.............
Barry H. she is the problem !! i wonder why she's buying for her friends too?
Salaama3alaikum well polite people, when offered a plat, don't fuss about it being organic or not
I’m on food stamps, as I have a chronic illness and not able to work. It helps me TREMENDOUSLY. And I’m able to get by just fine on what I’m given, and am so thankful that our country has these programs for people who need it.
has a degree from duke, lives in san fran and only makes 19000 a year, will ONLY eat organic. is there anything likable about this girl?
Angel Key she's the problem! ! no doubt a Pelosi voter!!!
yeah something is so wrong with this picture!
awesome11991 I want to smack her
So you define a person likeable by their income, sicko.
awesome11991 whole foods and trader joes both very high priced she can get a better deal at walmart or aldi and stamps would go a lot farther
I find the comments really interesting. Most people seem really supportive of this white young woman who is able to work in a higher paying job (which she admits) and gets food stamps to buy healthier food than she would otherwise be able to afford. I am fine with this btw. However, I have seen similar programs with very poor, unskilled, black women and it's nothing but poverty shaming. Interesting indeed.
You hit the nail on the head. It is because she is white and sympathetic.
I think it should be brought forward about education, where you live, housing and other necessary costs, if you live in a place there are no real grocery stores, in other words the whole enchilada. It's different in Alabama than in San Fransisco.
+Sassafraster I find it very interesting too. There was no sympathy and lots of hateful comments on that video about food stamps running out in Georgia.
+Sassafraster I thought i was the only person that saw that... It's okay for this white young woman to need government assistance but not okay for black women. She has a job and there are black women that get food stamps that have jobs too.... But they are wrong and in this young lady's case this is okay. When you go to other vids about blacks being on food stamps, you see the comments and they are horrendous, but not in the case of this girl's story.
+Living Well With TJ How about instead of race baiting people stop being hateful to one another period? Stop singling out a certain group of people and making fun of others but exempting others from scrutiny? I just came from a vid, where there were whites and black making fun of black women on food stamps and saying evil comments. Sassafraster did not say anything derrogatory, she didnt make fun of this female in the vid and she also did not curse about her or call her names. But with these comments on this video, this white young lady is not recieving much back-lash... I dont think anyone should mock anyone's situation. No offence, if you cant seem to see the differences or the variations in the comments and the obvious ignorant way of thinking a lot of people clearly identify they have, then i feel sorry for you, this world is so not sugar coated.
hearing her talk about "organic" and food stamps sounds wrong...
why?
additional poison .... not benefit.. ..
I would rather her purchase good food than junk food. I have seen people us SNAPS and their cart is full of chips, soda, nothing healthy. At least what she is doing is going a long way
H TylerE that's what I'm saying
Regular tomato $1
Organic tomato $2
You dont have to go to duke to know which one would make this money go a longer way
I made less than her and did not qualify.
Because you have a rich heart....lol
I must have something. I can't believe she makes more than me and is able to get them.
She probably included the other people that live with her,!in the calculations to determine if she is eligible for assistance.
She shouldn't be able to claim people who are not dependent on her. My ex couldn't claim me and we lived together.
what you have in your bank account matters too, i think its has to be under 600 dollars or something for a certain amount of time. i looked into this while i was unemployed...lol but im good now
If she was black the comment section would be so different.
Sydney Davison So true
Dee Cee yes it would.. it would be terrible.....
Sydney Davison whites get more sympathy (even from other minorities) lol
there's a video on youtube talking about minimum wage that stars a black woman and her son and the comments there vs the comments here prove racism is alive and well.
You are so correct!
Her roommates sound awful, why would they pressure her to buy organic produce when she has to live off food stamps?
So she's getting paid with tax dollars because she CHOOSES to live in one of the most expensive areas in America? And chooses to eat organic overpriced trader joe's? Pay it on your own dime. I'm all for giving people who can't afford it food, but do what us self-reliant working people do, who make just us much or less money: live in a cheaper state, shop at Walmart, etc.
"What IF" eating healthy reduces health risk by 80%, thus you ACTUALLY save tax payer money by not paying for her ER visits at $5k a visit??? What IF society looks at the BIG picture of what is cheaper???
totally agree with you I just made a comment saying you can not and should not buy organic on food stamps
TheRusschannel Since when does eating non-Organic fruits cause ER visits?
Glyphosate kills... read up on it... thats why cancer and stomach issues have spiked 1000% since the 1990's
Agreed. She should move back home with her parents or to a smaller town.
I just watched another video about a woman trying to feed a family of 7 on $7.50/hour, and she wasn't even sure if she qualifies. WTF. Also WTF is with her roommate being organic food elitists. I have nothing against organic food, but you need to realize that you're not rich.
Spoiler alert: a lot of foods labeled organic aren't even organic. They just slap the label on so they can change extra.
I consider using food stamps on goat cheese and crap like that is abuse of food stamps
why? she's getting the same amount regardless what she buys.
It is using them inefficiently on stuff she doesn't need that is expensive
Christian Martin exactly, I'm sorry that she can't afford organic but let's be honest, organic food is more of a luxury.
You don't want her to buy goat cheese then have your legislator make it a requirement that you can't buy it. SNAP already does not allow you to use money on alcohol, cigarettes, and paper products which makes sense. However you are giving someone x amount of dollars per week to buy food as they see fit and not to have you legislate what they can or can't eat outside of a few vice requirements.
Organic should never be considered a luxury! Why are only the rich allowed the luxury of not being poisoned
If she has 6 roommates how does she still have to pay so much in rent,bills,utilities ? What's the point of living with so many people to keep paying so much
living in the bay area is expensive and especially living in sf(especially downtown) it is over the roof expensive,
SF is hands down one of the most, if not the most expensive cities to live in California. Last I heard it's right behind NYC.
San Francisco is the 2nd most expensive city to live in behind NYC. A studio apartment alone can cost around 2,000 a month.
That makes no sense, even if rent is $3,000-$4,000 in sf (im from the pay so i know rent prices) between 6 roommates thats not a lot to pay per person. And plus she seems very Embarrassed about it and as if she is too good to be using them but she still does.
she lives with 6 white boys. so none them have a job or pay bills. so she has bills to pay and mouths to feed now. she has to be their mommy while they smoke weed and play call of duty all day talkin about how bad ass it would be like to be in military shooting people for real
Damn my daughter has 2 kids and a single mom and no support and can't even get any help. Wth is wrong with the system.
I know! I live in a family of 5 and my father only makes $2,000 more than her a year, has had to file bankruptsy, and is the only income and we cant get anything. it's ridiculous.
no one should get free money. why do you think it's everyone else's responsibility to support your daughter. was she forced to have kids.
+Andrew Tobeck I was about to write something similar but looks like I don't have to.
You took the words right out of my mouth !.
Here in Michigan we have an extremely high percentage of single women with children and no father all thinking they're entitled to everything because they couldn't keep their legs together and or chose to mate with a " Bad boy " with no job or future .
I'm so grateful for food stamps. My dad makes less then 10,000 a year and my mom does odd jobs. I work fast food but I got two younger brothers and one of them with me are struggling through college. we're the first in our family to graduate high school and go to college and there were times when our pantry and fridge was empty. just...I feel uncomfortable the girl in the video receives it but she seems very capable to buy her own food, compared to single moms or big famalies who depend on food stamps
+Eve V. Valentine
the girl in the video thinks she is entitled to the rest of us buying her goat cheese and organic vanilla extract.
Ok I hate to be that guy but cmon. You serious? She went to duke makes less than 20k a year and decides to live In the city with the highest cost of living in the country and buys organic at trader joes??? While on food stamps? Is this a joke?.. I make like 80k a year and I shopped at food 4 less for ever. I barely upgraded my ass to Ralph's a couple months ago. Once I'm six figures then I'll think about organic and trader Joe's. The hell wrong with this new generation man.
Shining Star She doesn't look like a fitness enthusiast. So I wouldn't say she's so health conscious. She's more like obsessed with new wave trendy hip stuff. Besides I'd hardly call shopping at trader joes; "obsessed with health". She's just the classic wine drinker on a beer budget, nothing more..
Lots of people who have gone to college or University can't find a job in their field of study.
Raven Von Krieger she has a job in her study... your point is invalid
And even if she didn't? With a Sheepskin from Duke? She can find another damn "field".
Totally agree with you GreenLittleRobot. She needs to get a second or third job and stop freeloading off the System. And, she's not the only one out there freeloading off the system--there are many many more.
Her solution is so easy!
Move out of San Francisco or if she decide to stay, get a second job. SF is full of restaurants.
When you have nothing it is easy as changing hotel rooms. When there's a will, there's always a way.
By the way, I used to move every three years due to my military service. So I know what moving with children is all about.
lol she needs a rest to find her right path
But she needs to find the perfect job! She can't lower herself to working a service industry job. She's above that. Duh!
That 2nd Part-Time "Job" as a DUKE Graduate... Wow, University is WORTHLESS even for Women. MIC DROP.
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When will people realize that AmeriCorps is NOT "work" in the traditional sense?? It is PUBLIC SERVICE, aka VOLUNTEERING, which means you get a "stipend." There is NO salary, NO wage in the traditional sense. You ARE meant to live in poverty, because the mission of AmeriCorps is to eliminate poverty, and one method of preparing those who serve to help achieve that goal is to have that poverty like experience. You want a higher pay? Work retail, fast food, whatever pays minimum wage. You'll be making a lot more than serving with AmeriCorps. Not bashing on Americorps, I'm bashing on this video's lame attempt to garner my sympathy. People CHOOSE to dedicate a year of their life to AmeriCorps.
+Chris M Plus, she is going to get a $5,700 educational award at the end of her service.
+Chris M Thank you for stating this! I can't believe they are trying to present this as something it's not. I am an AmeriCorps alumni. When I served (about 15 years ago), we received $700 a month, and there was a stipulation that we could NOT receive food stamps (I guess they have since changed that rule). We also received free health insurance--I didn't pay a dime for anything health-related, which is a luxury the people I served didn't have. Anyhoo, yes. This program is designed to place volunteers into the poverty level of the people they serve. How could AJ not research this well enough to know WTF it actually is? Journalism = infotainment these days.
Wait. I love how non racist this section is..because if she was black all kind of N word and racist posts would be in the comment section lol
You're so right. Everyone is suddenly understanding 😐
+Dodge Mustang are you trying to spell " negro"? 😕
+WinterSable
agree
+Dodge Mustang
whites were the first to receive food stamps before blacks received any
true, why doesn't anyone talk about the fact that the biggest recipient of welfare are women this is true of every race. women are being taken care of by men even when your not married
There's nothing wrong with government assistance, government assistance is there for people who need it.
You wrote it right!! People who NEED it and that is NOT her case. She has the choice to move out of SF and to get a second job.
Carolee Kelly I totally agree!
I got it when I got put on maternity leave for a month. I had planned to go straight back to my normal work schedule but between the drs and my boss man that didn't happen. For that month it helped a lot. If it's a short term thing I don't see a problem with it. People who use it month after month or yr after yr though seems a bit much.
Totally agree with you Maria.
Government assistance is supposed to be cheated why you think the rich know they dont have to pay taxes
I don't think this woman should have food stamps. she's too extravagant.
I think it's commendable that she still leads a healthful lifestyle even on a low income. Many on low income resort to mostly junk food and such.
Liuhuayue Because that's a they can afford. She eats organic food and buys 10 dollar goat cheese. It's a good thing for her that she has roommates
Sandra Brott Non organic fresh fruits and vegetables are cheaper and will provide more nutrition.
Well she does, despite of what you think
Right, shop at aldis if you eat organic its way cheaper.
I'm in the "stuck" zone: I make too much to qualify for assistance, yet not enough to survive on my own.
Join the club. I hate it...
***** I guess that would be called a Basic Income Guarantee or a "BIG" of sorts although restricted to food alone. Advocates of a BIG (I would consider myself an advocate) seem to vary whether a generous BIG should replace or be offered in addition to current welfare programs such as food stamps.
millenniumdragn go to school and get educated. Get a degree so you can make more money. All of us have gone through this stage, but it's up to you to get ahead. Do not depend on the government for your success. If you do, then you'll always be on the bottom of the food chain and enslaved by your government.
millenniumdragn I feel your pain, I'm in the same spot. *hugs*
First thing she needs to do is move away from San Francisco, you shouldnt be living in one of the most expensive cities in the US on a 19k a year salary. Next step is trying to look for another service job. I understand you like to help people, but there are other jobs which pay far better.
Yeah and you need experience and a master s degree
and exactly HOW is she going to get ahead enough on her own to "move" away and "get a better job" as you put it with no car and no left over money? When it's gonna take a HUGE chunk of cash to do that 🙄
She is in americorps. They don’t let you pick where you live they place you somewhere randomly
She is sticking with a job that requires the taxpayers to supplement her income because she wants to "help" people. Here's an idea, you could help the people of California by getting a better job and not having to take their food stamp taxes?
This is the mindset of so many millennial today. They are blind to how they are hurting people, and they zoom in 100x on the area of their life where they perceive to be "helping" others.
Lol. California sounds like a cesspool of non-contributors and people in love with their "intentions" while totally ignorant of their actions.
You stay at home with your parents (or get friends together to share rent on a property) and save money. You get a job that pays the best you can find and you learn to do that job well. You make yourself valuable to the organization you work for. You avoid like the plague any co workers that spend their free time talking trash about people that are working harder than they are. You make contacts in your industry (this is not hard, because you are a hard working and you are learning a lot) and eventually you will find opportunities to move up. You pay down debt and do not go into debt for things that will not create an income. You stop buying $5 coffees at Starbucks (ever!).
The truth is, it's NOT easy. It's even harder today than it was last decade, or the decade before...
But you have to work the plan.
The problem with life is that it can take years and years to build a life that is really working. On top of that, sometimes you can't tell if your life is working for years and years. This means that you can live for years and years before you finally admit that your life isn't working, and at that point it can still take years and years to catch up to where you want to be (if that is even possible).
The best advice for a girl like the one in the video would be this...
Work on yourself. Make yourself pleasant. Reject all hatred for people that are not the same political beliefs as you. Learn to cook. Learn to bake. Keep your house/room clean and tidy. Work hard. Learn to get over disappointment. Learn how to disagree without being argumentative. Do all those things and hopefully you will meet a man who has a high enough income to help make up for your financial shortcomings. That is the best piece of advice. But "feminism" has ensured that advice like that can't be given without calling the grantor and bigot or chauvinist.
We need $19 dollars an hour jobs to really get by decently in the usa. We need wages,snap,fafsa and healthcare reforms now
Wait so if there are 7 people in one house can’t they all pitch in for the groceries and other stuff? Idk seems weird to me
I'm assuming she's responsible for food, someone else pays utilities or something, etc. They might split it up that way.
@@once.upon.a.time. Or they might be responsible for their individual food shopping, but will pitch in and restock commonly used food and household items (like baking supplies or paper goods) if they use the last of them as a common courtesy. I mean, I live at home with my parents right now (long story, but basically the jobs in my degree field that I can find now are few and far between, nor do they pay much more than my current job in retail in a very expensive area so I'm at home until I can get a permanent and stable job in my field with benefits) and I have the same kind of arrangement with them : I buy my own food plus anything that the household may have run out of like toilet paper or laundry detergent as a courtesy because I use it just as much as they do (of course, my parents and I alternate based on who is going to the store when we happen to be out of something) in addition to covering the gas bill every month and paying "rent" to contribute to the utilities and shared food that I'm consuming (only fair and at $100 a week, that's a heck of a lot less than a comparable apartment in my area).
Plus everyone saw the abundance of food on the countertop- shit, it looked like the pilgrims first Thanksgiving!
At first I was shocked that she bought 6 dollar goat cheese. I wouldn't. But, she had a really noble job helping others and gets paid next to nothing. Enjoy your goat cheese, girl.
Had a job she could afford to pay all her bills with. Chose to quit it and now works at a job she can't afford to pay all her bills with. Now is another person causing my husband and I to lose more of our hard-earned money working jobs we don't really want. Great. What pisses me off is that she's so damn flippant about it, she knows she is, and she decides she doesn't care.
preach👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I own three companies in Michigan , work about 85 hours per week and I can't afford health care for myself and have to be very careful on my grocery spending because I have to make sure I pay my quarterly taxes of thousands of dollars so that a part of it can go to Lazy welfare rat women that can't keep their legs closed and refused to get a full-time job.
I have had hundreds of women that have applied for positions with my companies and refuse to work more than x amount of hours because they said they would lose their welfare benefits.
She is using them in the best possible way that you can use them. Her job is a service to humanity. She isn't buying junk food with it. It is incredibly expensive to survive in San Francisco living below the poverty line. Only 10% of your taxes paid goes to SSI, child lunch program, WIC, unemployment, and SNAP. "Food stamps" are the least of your problems when looking at all of the other bullshit areas that is allocated for your hard earned money.
San Francisco Love
"She is using them in the best possible way that you can use them."
Except she intentionally did something that she knew was going to screw her financially into needing that aid.
"Her job is a service to humanity."
Good for her. If her priority is helping humanity, her other priority should be getting a second job so she isn't a burden to humanity.
"She isn't buying junk food with it. It is incredibly expensive to survive in San Francisco living below the poverty line."
She made the conscious decision to move there. She wasn't born there. If you can't afford to fully live somewhere, don't fucking move there.
"Only 10% of your taxes paid goes to SSI, child lunch program, WIC, unemployment, and SNAP. "Food stamps" are the least of your problems when looking at all of the other bullshit areas that is allocated for your hard earned money."
I should somehow be less upset about paying for people like her because only part of my money is going towards people like her? Not understanding your logic there...
+Haylla2008 Well said ! .
$600... every two weeks.... that is how much my mom made while I was growing up. My mom is a licensed cosmetologist but they have to give a pretty high percentage back to the owner. I can't believe this, if my mom had been on food stamps she would have been dismissed as a lazy latina.
I take my SNAP card to Aldi's. I get so much decent food for cheap, especially things for my toddler son. Their fruit is cheap. Not organic, but cheap, and relatively fresh. Also, I went to UConn and made bad choices with my degree choice. So I had to make the decision to further my education and I'm going to school online to get my Master's degree in Healthcare Administration. It's a lot of work, but it's a potentially lucrative field. I don't want to be on assistance forever.
And good for you. Never be ashamed of getting assistance while educating yourself. You should be proud of yourself. I got laid off at 41 with only a GED in 2010. I had to start from community college and work my way up and in five weeks I'll graduate with a bachelor's of science in nursing degree. You'll do well by getting a masters. I envy you.
Hard work not seeming to pay off anymore 😕
do uber that pays good and they are accepting anyone, it works for me at least
Because your soo lazy that you cannot even speak or write proper english
Lovmi moore why do you even reply to that guy look at his photo he might be trolling
Ok my mistake!! Im sorry!! But what does my Dick have to do with this, were talking about intelligence not about sex. Lmao
Richard Hernandez Hold on...you're trying to tell me I'm lazy and don't know proper English....lmao! Just read your post. You can't spell at all. Lol
So nobody's gonna pull the race card
How can a president increase the amount of people using SNAP..? That makes no sense....
Okay, I understand all that...but that's the LONG WAY 'ROUND saying one president has placed more people on food stamps than another president, don't you think?
she looks kinda black to me holding that snap card. lol
we arent talking about race cards. we are discusing snap cards. lol
per capita there are more black people on food stamps. so yeah ill pull the race card.
I don't understand why she doesn't get a second job. At only 43, I really hate to be the old person saying "when I was young blah blah blah." But, most of my adult life I've worked two jobs and at one time I worked four to keep our family's head above water. This is an interesting trend that in millennials. My 24 year old sons best friend, who is 25, works part time because he doesn't have the desire to work full time and applied for food stamps. I don't understand two things: 1) where motivation has gone, 2) how this is possible in this system, and, another, 3) why younger people feel it is ok to burden the already saturated system when they could work more and over their expenses. I have to admit that when her expenses were listed and she had $180 left after said expenses. After my husband and I pay our bills every month, and I mean basic expenses with no grand lifestyle, great cars, or yearly vacations, we don't even have $180 left. And no, I'm not complaining or whining, just perplexed. What a broken system!
Arizona Jen well I don't agree with mooching but young people are getting screwed
just look at social security I'm paying for old people and I'll never get social security
if you want social security save 5% of what you make that add up in 60 yr bro thank about that im 40 and i been doing that read some book on how to get your own social security go to your bank set up a plan most people do not no they can do this and it want hurt your income go now and do it before its to late have a great day peace and love
I got my own retirement plan but I'm forced to pay social security and I honestly don't think I'll see any of it. I'd rather take that 6 percent wasted on social security and roll it into a private investment getting my total savings in the 10-15 percent range
I think there's a huge sense of disillusionment that is felt by this generation. The economy and how it functions has changed. There's been a shift in reality, and I think mental health is having a huge impact on Americans.
I don't know what their situation is, but as a millennial, I feel like a lot of things have changed, but it's hard to pinpoint because it's all circumstantial.
Arizona Jen just remember you trashed the housing market for us, you also raised us so don't point fingers at us now. college has gotten. so much ore expensive now days and in a recent study it was found that in the 70s you'd have to work 5 hours at the minimum wage from back then to be able to lay tuition. at the current minimum wage one would have to work 17 hours a day to afford college tuition.
you could live with your family, you don't need a $750 dollar rented apartment. You don't need to move to SF when you're not ready... it's poor management.
COco Yo yo Parents are not as responsible as you think. Like my mom for example, maxed out my credit cards because I graduated from a good college and “would become a millionaire anyway”.
Mind you, this woman tripled her income yet lived worse than paycheck to paycheck.
COco Yo yo most these white American don't have parents
you are not your parents responsibility, but paying rent to them I'm sure as hell it wouldn't be 700
Arian Iranian yo BROWNIE what you doing here then? Lol
COco Yo yo living with your parents is welfare and black people kick out their kids as soon as they get pubic hair but a lot of white people would be on food stamps if not for living with parents
Funny how she mentioned she got a degree from Duke, but did not mention what the degree is nor how much debt she owes on it.
How much you want to bet it is some useless degree with low job prospects?
A degree in the arts_lol_
None degree is useless. Stop that fked up mentality.
Jory White a degree in arts has nothing wrong with it. That is another bs that people in this country gets fed up with
@@C3yl0 a degree is useless if its not worth the debt and/or opportunity cost.
@@C3yl0 Yes their are useless degrees. There are degrees that will not land you a job.
And there are degrees that cost 60k, but your job prospect only pays 32k. Tell me what is useful about those?
how about getting a second job like everyone else
real deal .
So true
real deal you are right. I am a physical therapist and I work two jobs. I have three kids also. our budget is $450 a month and we are vegetarian. that also includes household supplies. Hopefully this is a short term solution.
$370 a month on food? $400 can feed a family of four. I know. My family did that.
Damn I never knew you could go to Trader Joe's and farmers market on food stamps. I mean if she needs it I'm not judging bc 19k is NOT enough for anyone
unoitnique Farmers markets lets you pay $10 when you buy $20 with food stamp. And believe it or not, Trader Joe's is one of the cheapest stores in America. Google it
teresa fuentes
teresa fuentes wow! I never knew that well that's good for the people who want to eat healthy
@unoitnique, 19k is enough if you live in a decent area!
Some people might not like the fact that people on foodstamps eat at Trader Joe's or Whole Foods but I think it's a good thing that people are able to eat healthy while they recieve assistance.
Graduated from Duke and doesn't have enough common sense to get another job... sheesh!
while shopping at traders joes and buying organic is a dumb idea if you're using food stamps... I'm at least happy she's eating healthy.. so many people use food stamps to buy junk food, because it's cheaper... but that after time ends up making people overweight and sick and then they end up in the hospital which costs tax payers even more money because of junk food induced health problems.
"junk food induced health problems"? What medical field is your degree in?
I have a living in the ghetto with everyone one who uses food stamps to buy junk food and watching them deteriorate over the years degree.
skirmish
++Market Socialist I think what most people feel that, since organic foods are typically so much more expensive, why not buy the alternative and get more for your money. But you make a great point when you say that the poor shouldn't be punished simply for being poor. Great post!
Trader Joe's is actually fairly cheap; buying organic is not.
Obviously no racist comments on this one
Cause they're white
... until you made yours.
She can soooooo get a better job, she just doesn't want to leave the job she "likes"
Its a job helping non-profits and charities, she more of volunteering her time and receiving a living stipend.
ThatOneGuy while making tax payers pay for her "helping others" life style
ThatOneGuy it's all good and honorable and it's great for her to pursue her dreams and not settle on something sh e does not like, bu t she should really find a side job to support her
This isn't surprising at all. She's young, ignorant about finances, and doesn't make great choices. This is why education needs to be more diverse in America - she went to a great school but is totally uneducated on anything to do with life
When almost 1 out of 6 people are on Food Assistance, it's a problem within the workings of the country, NOT laziness.
No. It really isn't. We have allowed a culture where people think they deserve kids as a right and don't see them as an expense and luxury, mostly.
Twinkie yes it is
Twinkie as a sociologist I can tell you that it is.
I worked at a organic grocery store my freshman year of college. I'd say at least 30% of shoppers paid with food stamps.
I don't think she understands that all the money she gets from food stamps needs to be paid in taxes by someone else.
Choosing to live a certain life-style and relying on governmental support when you COULD earn enough money if you wanted is exploitation of the social support system. She should be ashamed.
Teddy 97, she should be TOTALLY ASHAMED of herself! Instead, she's proud of herself cause she's using and abusing the System.
Zoom Ahead88 she’s at least working be happy and stop being greedy. You blame her and say she’s abusing the system but the system is the very reason she is using government help. People a lot of the time have to get two jobs just to make ends meat and sometimes three. People have friends and family and sorry but people should be able to have some time to spend with them.
NO ONE EVEN CAUGHT WHAT SHE SAID???????? HER ROOMMATES WILL GET MAD???? SO SHES FEEDING THEM ON HER STAMPS OR THEY POOL THEM ??
I thought the same thing- does gov know she has roommates and that she us feeding them? That's why I hate that shit. So many scammers! Just like all the " single moms" with their live in working boyfriends. Bullshit- I'm struggling now and would kill for a few hundred a month in groceries. Instead, I make a lot of sacrifices at the grocery store. I don't get everything I want/need and usually have to put stuff back.
As someone who has applied for SNAP in the past, no they do not require that you include the information of other people that you're living with unless you want them on your food stamp case (so they can use your SNAP card to get groceries for you if you're sick or at work and unable to go to the store, for example). At least that's how it works in Virginia.
Can't afford food. What about that Duke degree? Broke for life. LOL. Drop outs are better off. No student debt and making the same wage (minimum). Killin' me! XD
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community college? scholarships?
I'm sorry you feel that way about your law degree. I, for one, am jealous. No matter what you think now, no one can EVER take that sheepskin away from you.
Wow--your online name now seems so much more significant now. I feel sorry for you and how you feel. I know you've probably heard all of this before, but why not try interning at a legal clinic? (I'm reading GRAY MOUNTAIN by John Grisham (my 20th Grisham book, btw)) and that's what the protagonist does. Most of Grisham's characters are based on people he knows and most are lawyers that would never EVER work the typical "lawyer" job.
That's an amazing story...yet bizarre in a way. You have a law degree yet you decided to be a janitor instead. Sure, we need janitors, too, but c'mon. Well, all the best to you!
She bought $6 worth of goat cheese at Trader Joe's because she had it on stamps. I think there should be more regulation. I can see using food stamps to pay for absolute necessities and basics. Goat cheese is neither. If someone can afford beans and rice, they should eat that instead of being on food stamps so you can afford fancy food.
hena1937 who gives a damn
I definitely agree. I was expecting her to say something like "the occasional orange" or "nuts." That would be a luxury for someone who can't afford to feed themselves but who wants to eat healthy. I'm on a strict budget and I eat healthy, I buy are bananas and apples and because I'm worried about my health, a big $5 bag of frozen blueberries are my luxury purchase (for antioxidants 😳).
They Are HER FOOD STAMPS THAT SHE CLEARLY NEEDS 😭😭😭 damn let her splurge on 6 dollar cheese 😭😭
This is a horrible representation of a person on food stamps. She shouldn't be feeding her roommates, or buying goat cheese.
Sincerely,
A working mother on food stamps.
i agree.. she should be buying cheap ingredients for cheap meals.. (store brand spaghetti pasta and cheap tomato sauce)
SNAP and other government aid for people living in BIG Cities, is ridiculous.
... if you can't afford to live somewhere on your own wages, you shouldn't live there. Period.
Totally agree with you k3wlD3wd.
Then who the hell will do the low paying jobs in those cities? Who the hell will clean the offices or work at the fast food restaurants? Americans always open their mouth the widest right before the stupidest shit is about to come out.
@@mlester6552 ever heard of automation.
i told my friend to get food stamps and he is so aggrogant he wont ask for help. lives in his car and still wont ask for help.
and you can work and still not make enough money. so i would say pay your bills and rent with cash. use food stamps for food. nothing wrong with that if you need it so what.
Pranks4life ! Trader Joes isn't always expensive. I have personally saved money shopping a trader joes compared to Giant or other grocery stores. It depends on what you are getting there.
Pranks4life ! I agree with you on her choice of purchases tho. When you are considered low income whether its organic or not should not be your concern. As someone who often has to skip meals because of lack of food, how she spends her food stamps makes me mad. You can eat healthy and spend way less than she is spending.
Pranks4life ! there have been times when I ate very healthily for $25 a week, as a single person of course. Beans rice and frozen veggies, and sometimes fresh a very healthy option, and I didn't skip meals at that time either. Her goat cheese statement pissed me off a bit honestly.
She's getting Organic..! and Goat Cheese...! with our tax mone$$.. That's crap. That money is for people to feed there kids and people to eat. I use to go without eating so my kids could eat... I learned fast how to take care of myself and my family...
stfu barry
you are soooo perfect
Organic is too expensive... People on food stamps shouldn't be so picky.
Is she seriously buying $10 goat cheese?
Alex Kelly RIGHT!!!!!!
Makes me want to puke, Alex Kelly. This person in the video has got a lot of nerve.
Alex Kelly it was $6
I find this quite funny. If she was buying junk food then y'all would be bitching about her using it buy unhealthy food. Then y'all would be complaining saying that's all people on stamps buy is junk food.
Aquarian Love You’re missing the point. People aren’t criticizing her for eating healthy. They’re criticizing her for buying the organic versions when she could be buying the regular versions that are cheaper and just as healthy.
So she has 19K salary but shops at Trader Joe's???
Trader Joe's is actually surprisingly affordable if you shop smart.
It's true what Haley says, you can buy a loaf of bread, a gallon of milk and some fruit and vegetables for under $200.00 at trader Joe's.
Normal people on food stamps can't afford a loaf of bread unless it's less than $1. It's not a necessity. Milk is not a necessity it's a luxury. I am not sure what the hell you do with vanilla on food stamps. Mix it with Ramen?
trader joes is cheaper on many things-- especially produce and some frozen foods
let sarah enjoy her organic vegetables. there are people here in california selling their food stamps 50 cents to the dollar and using that money to buy swisher sweets and king cobras. come one now... she's a functioning member of society, not someone on unemployment slanging sacks and rocks to the neighborhood
solution: get a better job or move to a different town where cost of living isn't ridiculously expensive.
But who will do the job she's doing? She's helping people and that job is important. You guys act like we should just quit doing all low paying jobs. I have an acquaintance that works in a nursing home. She loves it and is really good at her job but the pay is crappy. So let's remove those jobs. I assume you will be happy taking care of your bed ridden grandma one day?
She has a degree from Duke University, she is 23 years old, she makes 19K/year and lives in one of the most expensive Cities in the US, SHE NEEDS TO GET A SECOND JOB.
the women is well physically. I am from India ,no one here could even think about getting money.We even if poor have to do work to live.
Nothing wrong with using food stamps. BUT she is a young, strong adult who isn't disabled or has kids to support. Get two jobs. Work night and day if you need to. What is holding you back?
Unknown Youknow than her grades suffer
Dylan Walsh not really. I did it when I needed more money than what I was making 40 hours a week. So I worked 50-70 hours a week while being in college full time, my kid was 2 years old back then. I got maybe 4 hours of sleep between midnight and 5am. It's so worth it! I did it for 3 years and I'm so glad I got that over with 😅 no paycheck to paycheck no more
why does she have to work TWO jobs? lazy people don't even work one , she is a good person, not wasting on smoking and tattoos,
rory bellamy I'm sure she's not. BUT when the money you're making isn't enough then you have to work more, duh. The point is that even though she does have a job, she can obviously qualify for all the help available out there and she's not using it. She can get the same paycheck from welfare to go do a basic training in anything. I don't see her trying to sign up for that.
Unknown Youknow functioning on 4 hours of sleep is reckless. People fall asleep at the wheel and cause wrecks. People fall asleep at work and end up fired, or fall asleep in class and fail. She's responsible. She works, is working on higher education, has roommates to help with rent, has no kids, and isn't a druggie or alcoholic. I myself struggled to put myself through college. I lived in a studio apartment chosen specifically on a major bus line, counted pennies in the grocery store and bought $1 shampoos. No cable, internet, cell phone, or car. Never went out. Never turned on my heater during winter or used my oven to keep my power bill very low. Everything was microwaved, cereal, or sandwiches. I did all this on one job. I am in much better shape now. Have a great job with benefits, a paid off new car, and a very good apartment. And I adopted my first pet.
This girl is absolutely infuriating.
Because there are people who need food stamps literally to survive. Milk, bread, noodles. The cheapest food available to stretch their assistance dollars as thin as possible just to avoid an empty belly. And this girl is literally whining that her roommates will be angry if she doesn’t buy organic produce. She said it herself, she is living a flippant lifestyle. She isn’t a victim of the cycle of poverty that so many other food stamp beneficiaries have no choice but to endure, she is choosing the lifestyle SHE wants she made a conscious decision to be on food stamps. Most people don’t have the luxury of a choice.
$ 6.00 Goat Cheese. Complete Nonsense !
IDK, That doesn't even sound good.
I hate how people are against food stamps. I don't have kids but still pay school taxes. The feds gave money to big oil. But getting some food money is wasting tax dollars? You can't even be on it for more than a few months if you're unemployed
+John Lebowski , it's only those who are arrogant and spoiled in their mentality.
Taxpayer money pays for bridges and highways too - You won't see nor hear of 1 person complaining that someone uses the bridge or highway , but god forbid they should have access to a small SMALL amount of food .
Most people have no problem with food stamps / ebt card. I do OK financially - and i am glad when my tax dollars help the society. Sure there are lazy people who do not want to work, but only idiots would assume that all who are on food stamps are that. The girl in this video works - she just does not make enough money.
The reason she and others do not make enough money is because of gouging greedy landlords , big money rip offs in real estate which makes EVERY THING go up. She's just a young girl trying to make it - We need to lay blame on the lies and rip offs that real estate abusers do , not the victims who are being kicked out of 1 bedroom apts. cause they cannot afford the 1000. oo rent that goes up every year while salaries do not.
Yes, everyone was totally under the impression that Americorps was a lucrative gig.
We're shocked that people who are in government-provided jobs also need government-provided services.
I am on snap due to a sudden life threatening illness, and I'll be honest, I do buy *some* organic.
The cheapest grocery store around me sells a dozen cage free organic eggs, often for less than standard eggs..because the cage free are local
I buy organic chicken and wild caught fresh fish. I also live in an area where fish is plentiful and usually pretty cheap. Like, at one point it was cheaper to purchase lobsters than it was to purchase ground beef, which worked out well for me since I can't eat any red meat. A pack of organic chicken can easily last me two weeks of meals.
75% of my meals are vegetarian because, again, illness. I also shop at the farmers market a lot because they match your snap. You purchase $20 in tokens and get $40 total. With that I can afford to do my weekly shop AND help put money into the pockets of local farmers.
She had a great attitude. Would love to hire her! She went back to school to get her PhD.
Positively Udo So now she has more college debt? I hope she has a job that can support her so she’s not taking tax money to live on. She seems like a very nice person but she also seems like an entitled person who feels that taxpayers should pay for part of her lifestyle choices
Living on food stamps she will collect not only a PhD but another 4 more degrees . No shame
The elderly need food stamps more then she does
Thank you financially someone makes sense .
And the seniors get them plus they get their ssi so I am not going to feel sorry for them!!
@@tatetate4986 then when you get old, we don't have to feel sorry for YOU when the SNAP people give you only $15/month!
@@nancyomalley9959 When I am old I am still going to be working, I will not be getting on ssi and food stamps. People who are old can work they just want the free hand outs! They should be working that is why they do not have homes because they never had to work. They are all on ssi and section 8 housing. Never had to work and never will and than they want everyone to feel sorry for them. Well, guess what not here! Bumming seniors are already getting enough of free shit! Free food, free SSI, free housing, free everything! Boy the seniors have it good!
If your sacrifice is organic vs. regular food...wow! I've been watching videos with single mothers who are trying to survive on food stamps and a fast food job, and their sacrifice was frozen foods vs. fresh fruit/veggies (because they spoil too quickly). She has learned early on in age how to get over on the system. Duke University taught her a great economic lesson! Kudos!
don't you think, salaries are not what it should be?
@@angelachanelhuang1651 I have been an educator for 21 years of course salaries for “SOME” are not where they need to be. But with this economy going the way it is, you are lucky to even have employment. I count my blessings and work with what I make to get what my family needs.
Humm the bigger question is does she really need it...no. She can easily settle for a not "so lavish bent (WTH) did she say? lifestyle. My parents are foreigners that came to America in hopes for a better life. They have NEVER I repeat NEVER used Government assistance although they have STRUGGLED with money! The Lord has provided and blessed us enough to feed us and have our needs met. Mind that they have no degrees, just hard working FAB parents. Plus they don't speak the best English...
Tbh, your parents shouldn't even have the option of receiving American benefits. I understand that everyone needs help, but non-US citizens shouldn't be entitled to government assistance.
In reality, everyone receives government assistance in one way or another. Did you go to public school, use public libraries, were there any local or federal agencies that helped your parents start a business? Did your parents get information from a government agency on where to take classes to prepare for the citizenship test?
Furthermore, government assistance isn't a bad thing. Without the GI Bill my father never would have been able to get a college degree. Furthermore, the GI Bill has been one of the most successful social welfare programs in US history.
she wouldnt be the first duke porn star
+OsirisX238 yes my parents paid property tax so i could go to public school and library. yes i pay gas tax at pump and car registration fees and sales tax on cars i buy so i can drive on public roads. yes i pay sales tax at stores to pay for other public services used. yes i am paying federal income tax to pay back my federal pel grant from college. yes you are right everyone uses public services. and most people pay for those public services....just through more like a membership plan (taxes) than a gate fee ay the library door. though some roads are toll roads to cover cost of building just by people that use that road rather people that dont use it have to pay for it. same thing with some public libraries..... some of those are privatised, ran from card holder and/or sponsorship fees and not tax dollars. in fact bryant park in new york city is actually privately owned and operated. vendor fees, corporate sponsors, fundraisers and private trusts pay for it. and its a hell lot nicer and safer than when the city owned it. but the concept of some public services is good. but welfare and unemployement and food stamps is just putting an un needed burden on the public and is taking money from schools an fire and police to pay people to get lazy and refuse to work. i go through 200 people a year cause $15 an hour to mow lawns is too hard of work especially when they get $400 a week in welfare to sit at home in ac all day. end unemployment system and see how many new jobs are created then.
+OsirisX238 i have heard of straight guys doing gay porn cause they get paid 20 times as much. i guess when i was jobless and in that situation i never had a chance to think about it as an option and i didnt go apply for welfare either. i grabbed the push mower out of my moms garage and went around knocking on doors. now i turn down 3000 new mow customers every year cause people make too much living on welfare. my top guys get paid $1500 a week too.....after only 3 months of working here. but i need 50 more guys i can pay $1500 a week but i guess theres too many higher paying jobs around town.....or welfare pays them enough to get by and not work. or maybe cause cutting grass for a living is more degrading than gay porn so they go do gay porn instead.
"Their going to be mad if its not organic" girl ur on fs they can feed themselves i hope shes not living with them
Exactly each and everyone is responsible for they're own butts lol
she is living w/ them
I'm so sick of people being on food stamps because they can, not because they need it. This girl would be fine without food stamps. She may have to hit Dad up for another $50 once in a while, but she wouldn't miss any meals. Food aid is for people who have no other options. She is choosing to work at a job that pays crappy because she finds it more fulfilling than other work. I shouldn't have to pay for her indulgent life choices, and I surely don't want to pay for her goat cheese. A white girl with a degree from Duke, probably from an upper middle-class family, has no business using food aid programs.
My point is that this particular young woman has choices. She chooses a path that doesn't earn her anywhere near her income potential (remember that degree from Duke), and then collects a benefit from the government because of the the low income job she chooses to work at. That's not why benefit programs exist. It's evidence of self-indulgence and entitlement - two of the personalty characteristics that are infecting the USA.
purewonka honey, I never asked to be on any assistance at all yes it helps for a while but the young lady and any low income is interesting but it's not up to me or anyone else. Her caseworker can look into it further. Still disgusting either way.
Roughly a quarter of Americans eligible for federal nutrition assistance don't sign up for it, according to the most recent data. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, which administers the program, says that in fiscal 2010 nearly 51 million Americans were poor enough to qualify but only 38 million received benefits.
If you are eligible for assistance, get it, or else it's just going to waste.
It's fine to choose to live happy and poor, but don't do it on my dime. Food stamps are for the needy. They are for people who have to take any crappy minimum wage job just to survive. Food stamps are not for people who have a college degree from Duke who could easily get a decent job, but choose not to do so. If she wants to work for Americorps, but can't survive on her own, then she can ask her parents if she can move back home. If her own parents refuse to provide her with financial support, then why should the taxpayers? I support helping the needy, but not those who have options and simply choose to live in poverty.
And you call your independent 😂
Im laugh too lol
You are a piece of work. I am a 100% disabled veteran I served my country and I did not even try to get food stamps I make things work. You are a duke university graduate and you can't make things work? Again, you are a piece of work. There are people out there that actually need help, but it's people like you that make it difficult for those people to get help.
San Francisco is a tragedy. Armistead Maupin wrote books about how terrible that city is. He was correct.
This was very informative on how to use the food stamps. Thanks for the video.
Watching this makes me feel grateful to live in Canada, although we are in the same situation after we graduate from university. I applied for 32 jobs with a 4-year double major in science and still can't find one! You have to do more schooling and get a higher education after undergrad. We all knew this, but we were just hoping for a smaller job somewhere along the way to earn some money before we took the plunge again.
Good she eats real food not processed junk food or cigarettes ,
rory bellamy wow here is the racist comments
Alfredo Alcantar
This comment isn’t racist at all. If you’re implying that all the other videos similar to this that have black women buying and living off of junk food, that’s still not racist.
$370 on food, how, why? She is a young single woman. $100 a month should be sufficient.
$750 for her 1/6 of the rent, is this a mini mansion?
I'm single with no dependents living in another expensive area and I spend way more than $100 a month on groceries (and yes, this includes personal care products like shampoo, soap, and feminine hygiene stuff because well, we're not savages here). Try $150-200 a month or more and that's with couponing!
If it's hard for her imagine how hard it is for millions of people with the same income but with kids. I hate when I hear lazy people this lazy people that. some people really need it
I used to make $20,000 a year after all my bills I'd only have $176 a month I only qualified for $24 in stamps. And that was working 40 + hours a week
61 years old. I work 2 jobs 70 hours a week. I do this not because I have to. I do this to save money. Any young person who is on public assistance should be ashamed that a 61 year old man can outperform you. A person who is one year away from qualified retirement.
She's has to live that way with all of her student loans from the Great Duke University. I am still paying on these damn things
My family is on foodstamps,but we don't have the luxury of buying non GMO,or buying from Trader Joes. We try our best though to buy healthy food for a family of 4 kids that's including me,but within our budget. A lot of politicians don't realize how hard it is being poor these programs although they're not much they are a BIG help. There'd be days we'd go hungry if we didn't food stamps to help us.Although I see some people abuse food stamps it's really rare,and it's a stupid excuse to cut foodstamps.
just want to point out, GMO's are actually good. Even bill nye, who was completely against GMOs, has come out in support of them. What you _don't_ want are foods that require vast amounts of chemicals to grow, and that's what GMO's are replacing. The only time you should get concerned over a GMO is when they try making it so that something not found in nature is spliced into the GMO.
Well we shouldn't have food stamps to begin with. Your parents shouldn't have had you if they can't afford to provide for yall. Sounds horrible but it's the truth
mitino aiken Tell that to the woman who was raped, and forced to keep the child because abortions aren't available in her conservative state.
mitino aiken Wtf?
huh?
Grocery stores need foodstamps to be spent, by people like her, to keep products flowing. So no one should ever say ANYone on foodstamps is a sponge. There are benefits to business as well.
She is feeding her roommates and eating organic? WoW
24 with mind of a 17 year old. Sad
More like the mind of a 10 year old.
Americorps will allow her to work for about 5-10 years and then forgive her loans. I'm surprised she didn't mention this. It often makes financial sense to do these jobs for a few years for peanuts and get forgiven of 200k loans.
the loans dont disappear... We the tax payers pay for these scum to exist
I wonder if they have Whole-Foods Stamps?
I have been on food stamps for a while and once i lost my job they canceled my food stamps. I dont see how someone who has no income and has a infant baby boy can lose the only income i have and the government say i make too much for food stamps.
I think she mentioned her age at least 3 times.
Wait... she has 6 roommates and she pays $800/mo her share in rent? Are they living in a mansion? That's insane.
+Shannon S. San Fran. the most expensive rent in the country. They took the title from NYC. lol
Oh wow. That's nuts!
Shannon S. It might be that some of her roommates are unemployed for the time being and she has to take up the slack.
+Shannon S. Sounds like it. I imagine that if it has as many bedrooms as roommates, it would have to be. Still, I think they could have gotten more affordable housing but wanted to be in a safer (i.e. affluent) neighborhood. To be fair, I don't know if tofu hipsters could survive living in the hood.
That would make sense. The rent where this girl lives is insane!
Goes to show we need to raises wages someone who works full time should be able to afford groceries
She makes $1600 a month. That is more than enough to live off of for a single person. She lives with room mates. I have a family of 4 and I was denied snap and the reason given was I made $100 a month too much. I made $30K a year at that time. This crap upsets me. She does not need it to survive. She is definitely not struggling. I went hungry many night so that my wife and children could have what they needed.
When I graduated from college, I considered joining AmeriCorps, working for United Way of Oakland. In the brochures for the program, they mention that you will need to apply and get food stamps during the program time. I pulled out immediately, because it seemed so wrong to me that I would possibly be taking assistance from a person or family that really needed it. I found a volunteer program that did similar work close to my hometown. This is a big issue I have with AmeriCorps/VISTA. The mission and work they do is wonderful, but putting them in a position where they have to go on assistance is bonkers to me.
In 2014, 16.8% of new college grads are "underemployed"
magickis33
and how many of those 16.8% chose a real profession and not gender studies/philosophy/etc.?
you tell me!
magickis33 what do you expect? - with Obama as President, who would want to go and find a job when you can live the good life on behalf of hard working tax payers supporting you?
Duke Degree in what??? Women studies, LOL.
+Avocado Gaming or communications lol
Polizei1945 people pay taxes to help Americans. Get over it or move to another country
Nothings wrong with doing women’s studies if you have a plan after graduation. I’m doing philosophy and am planning to go to medical school after I graduate
Kira Dunlap she planned on gaming the system and letting taxpayers fund her life style.
She has 6 roommates and pays $750 a month in rent. Why aren't the roommates paying rent? There is no way you will convince me that their apartment costs over $5,000 a month.
In that area it can. Areas like that, and NYC really have high rents like that.
I'm on food stamp for 3 months now. I had a kidney surgery and couldn't work for atleast 3 years but I called the Foodstamp agency because I start working again because I couldn't pay for my rent and my 8 years saving had dried gone. They were kind enough to extend my food stamp.
ok.. so she was making "normal bay area" salary previous year. But then she chose to willfully work in a non-productive sector of the economy ? Is this willful mental retardation a special course in Duke university ?
Ok maybe she needs it, but how about shopping at Aldi's if you want organic. She needs to learn where the best prices are and shopping at trader joes and quite possibly the farmers market isn't economical.
She has too much wasted potential. I guarantee she could get a great job (in whatever her college major was) but for whatever reason she is living a minimum wage lifestyle.
Kenny Siegler she probably can and will in the future. She works for Americorps which pays off student loans. She went to Duke I can't imagine what kind of loans she had pull out in order to go there.
At least she is striving for success and this is only temporary for her. I'm also glad to see that she buys healthy food and not all the junk like most people do that are on food stamps. A little help to get by is a blessing but not to take advantage of it.