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Oh I
know. It just seems ridiculous to me that you need a dependable car to get to
and from work, which supposedly when you are on public assistance like that it
is only supposed to be a temporary thing. But if you cant get a dependable car
to take to and from work, then you cant work, you cant work you are stuck on it
indefinately. The system sux
Oh yeah, a car that was only 3
years old would definitely get you turned down. My Mom was turned down in
Arkansas several years back when she was a divorced single Mom because of
the same thing. Her fancy new car? A tiny Geo Metro.....lol And my aunt had to
co-sign for that because Mom didn't have any credit in her own name. It had
all been in her husbands...she lived out in the country and had to travel 25
miles or so to work, so the car was a must.
So the ones driving fancy cars,
either are driving someone else's car or doing something under the table
somehow.....if they were in their name they would be turned down. Because the
DHS "does" check, they don't just take your word for it.....know that for a
fact. lol
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, October 06, 2003 12:17
PM
Subject: RE: [Sndbox] Man Kept Tiger In
Public Housing
That pisses me off to no end right there. I know for a fact that if
you try to apply for food stamps, you are turned down if your car is worth
more than $1000. My aunt got turned down for them b/c she had to buy a new
car. Even then it wasnt a brand new car, but her old one was no longer able
to be repaired and she got a used car that had problems on its own, but it
was a newer car and still had a higher value on it and she was turned down.
She is working two jobs and going to college and has 2 kids to take care of.
She has a deadbeat exhusband that was able to get out of paying any kind of
alimony or child support due to mental illness causing him to be disable and
unable to work. She does get a social security check for her kids in the
amount of $75 a month, which doesnt even pay her electric bill. How fair is
it that someone who is trying but just needs a little extra help cant
get any help simply b/c she needed a reliable car to get her too and from
work. And for the record her car is a 96 cavalier that she bought in
99.
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