another food stamps rant!

[bluegreen17]

holy frickin' whatever! i just got a notice that my food stamps are going down again. call me crazy. but...77 bucks for a month? years ago,you could survive foodwise on food stamps you were eligible for. then they changed it to be 'supplemental'. now it's just ridiculous. maybe i'm crazy,i don't know. i used to spend about $100 a week on food and i didn't eat out. i bought in bulk and brought my lunch to work. granted,i tended to try to eat more organic,but that has eroded for the past few years due to not being able to afford it. now,i eat less organic but more prepared foods because i just have no fuckin' energy to do much else. some days i barely have the energy to go to the store! i know i am not the only one...but anyway...last year when i signed up for food stamps after being out of work for a year,i got $156 a month. ironically,i was rather appalled at that low amount then,and now i'm getting half of that! and of course the prize of everything is going up! i also feel bad for seniors on social security...they have not gotten cost of living increases in two years,because allegedly cost of living hadn't gone up. i also no longer have insurance,i have health issues,mainly mental but some bad dental and gum stuff too and at my age...you never know when you'll be hospitalized. i guess i will be grateful i had my gall bladder removed while i was working full time. with insurance,it 'only' cost me several thousand dollars. oh,and not to mention that i use food as a medicine since the psych meds don't really help. honestly,if i didn't get to eat,i wouldn't ever get out of bed...and the more i stay in bed,the more suicidal i am! now,i am not going to kill myself over this reduction in food stamps,but it just plain sucks. okay,i'm done for now. part of me feels guilty for being angry,as there are lots of people worse off than i am. but there are plenty of people much much better off than i am,and it's not like i didn't work for 30 years,even with my mental handicaps. sometimes it has been very painful. we all do what we can. most of us. some folks just steal money from everyone 'legally'.* ok,yeah,i will really stop now.

i went outside to look at the big ass moon. it was probably amazing at moonrise but now it's higher in the sky...i guess that's the closest it will be to use in it's elliptical? orbit for the next twenty years. fascinating.

*i'm not talking about people with low or no income who need help..i'm talking about the rich greedy bastards. just to be clear. there are some nice rich people too and some who even share,but most profit from the bad luck or hard work of others in disproportionate amounts.

Comments

[hummingwolf.livejournal.com]

Have they explained why your benefits are going down again?

[bluegreen17]

some government speak stuff...vague. i am going to try calling the caseworker in case they just screwed up. but more likely it's just he government cutting back and it's just gonna get worse,probably. they have cut mine down four times in a year.

[maevele.livejournal.com]

I'm terrified this batch of hits is going to hit us. Our food stamps are just enough to help us squeak by, and if they cut that and ask us to pay in on the medical assistance again, we're screwed.

My sympathies.

[bluegreen17]

i hope things stay at least steady for you. and it must be extra hard with kids. i guess all we can do is our best,day by day. and of course,sometimes we'd just like to scream!!! arghhh!