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No. 10
from tencat
Old Aug 22, 2009, 09:43 AM

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The current system rewards the deadbeats like this twit and beats down those who are truly trying to get ahead and better themselves. Turn in her sorry posterior.....
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No. 11
from BabyLady
Old Aug 22, 2009, 10:36 AM

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I reported a neighbor I had for selling food stamps.

They did a DSS visit on her, had her take a drug test, and she was on all kinds of crap.

I am glad to say her children are in a better place now...she eventually lost custody of them altogether.
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No. 12
from sasha2lady
Old Aug 22, 2009, 10:40 AM

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At least Im not alone on my thinking on this one...my husbands cousin actually works for DSS in the benefit dept for food stamps....I thought about maybe putting a "bug in her ear" about this and just see if she can look into it. Oh...and speaking of daycare....that is also FREE to her. I only have 1 son..2 yrs old and I cannot afford any type of daycare part or fulltime. I dont have an extra 400/mo for it. I wish I did so he could socialize with kids his own age. My son doesnt qualify for medicaid or even health choice b/c I make too much money. I had no choice but to put me, my dh and my son on family insurance thru my job....I pay over 251 every 2 wks for insurance that is less than good. If one of us has to go to the ER ...the copay is 300.00. Who has an extra 300 to give to an ER? by the time you pay that kind of a copay....plus 20% of the ER bill...you're probably looking at a good 700. 00 ER bill when the total cost might be around 900 or so. Its crazy. When I finally spoke up and said what I said to her the other night...it was a long time coming...I heard her bragging thru the past 2 pregnancies and then some about all the stuff she gets. I just could not contain myself this time. It got to me. Ive even tried to talk to her about going back to school. I asked her why she didnt go to school seeing as how that would also be FREE to get herself better educated and able to actually provide for her family ......I think she doesnt really want to b/c if she could get a better paying job say..as a nurse or what not....she'd lose her free benefits. I worked as a cna weekends making 9/ hr to get myself thru the LPN program...I lived off of literally my spare change to get to school and eat etc...plus I got NO aid for my education. i paid for it in cash....I was too young for pell they said....I made 12000/yr or less but wasnt 24 yrs old at the time and had no kids. The fin aid dept said if i got pregna.nt I would qualify and that they couldnt help me. A wk before I was to take my boards I found out I was pregnant....I did get WIC thank god...but luckily the income wasnt a deciding factor in that one. I only had it the first year of his life for his formula...but I ended up having to buy more formula out of my pocket b/c the amt they covered wasnt enough. I wish this area was reformed and had some better guidelines to it in cases like hers. I honestly think that she is addicted to pregnancy. I think she feeds off the attention...I personally couldnt imagine selling food stamps that I needed to feed my child. My next ? is this.....can this stuff be reported anonymously? Is it better to do it in writing...or by phone? And how exactly is the best way to "word" the situation when it is reported?
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No. 13
from lpn16yrs
Old Aug 22, 2009, 01:49 PM

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FOR THE SAKE OF ALL THE WORKING PEOPLE, PLEASE,PLEASE, TURN HER IN!!!
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No. 14
Old Aug 22, 2009, 02:19 PM

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If you know someone working in the DHS office wouldn't you want to ask them how to handle reporting her? Just call and ask who would you speak to, to report someone who is selling thier food stamps. You might not be able to remain anonoymous as they would need proof that she is selling the stamps and your testiomony would be proof. But PLEASE report her!
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No. 15
from life_aknew
Old Aug 22, 2009, 04:42 PM

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Originally Posted by luckystarr View Post
One thing that made me mad, for more reasons than one, is that the case worker very quietly leaned forward and said "If you were black or hispanic, you would be approved for just about everything." Lets see, discrimination towards me, steriotyping towards said ethnicities, racism, and being unprofessional.
Wow. I was told once by a case worker that if I was a 'crackhead' that I would be able to get everything no problem.
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No. 16
from BabyLady
Old Aug 22, 2009, 05:07 PM

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Also keep in mind, that the #1 reason that people sell foods stamps, is not to supplement a need such as over-the-counter medicine that they may need, paper towels, or other non-food necessities that food stamps don't cover.

They sell them to buy drugs.

You also don't know if those children are getting fed...at all.

That is reason enough to turn her in.
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No. 17
from zahryia
Old Aug 22, 2009, 05:38 PM

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Yes, report her so her kids will go into foster care so we can pay for that too.
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No. 18
from mlo4567
Old Aug 22, 2009, 05:40 PM

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It is illegal to sell food stamps, unfortunately people have been doing it for years. It just makes me crazy to hear things like this. I had to practically beg for help when I had no income & then they also wanted to count my grants & scholarships for school as income & that cut my food stamp benefit down to almost nothing! They are plenty of poeple out there who actually need & deserve help & can't get it. Then there are people out there who abuse the heck out of the system & keep popping out kids just because they can!
She needs to be turned in. The only real problem with that is, her kids will end up suffering because she's an idiot.
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No. 19
from Divest
Old Aug 22, 2009, 09:44 PM

What The ?#$%.. Re: is this a form of medicaid abuse?
Originally Posted by life_aknew View Post
Wow. I was told once by a case worker that if I was a 'crackhead' that I would be able to get everything no problem.
A crackhead with kids! Even straight crackheads can't get away with this sort of robbery.
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