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Originally Posted by bluecuracao
Food stamps are a supplement...I believe you must work, if you can, to qualify for them.
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I was out for 5 months due to a strike. I wasn't on strike, I was laid off for the duration, and Westinghouse held up our unemployment for two months. I was also broke, having just paid a divorce lawyer and the expense of moving, security deposit and new doilies.
I was probably considered unemployable because a prospective employer would be leery of me quiting and going back, after the strike. In any case I wasn't required to look for work to qualify for welfare and food stamps.
When I notified them I was getting unemployment, they stopped the welfare but not the food stamps. When I went back to work, they stopped the food stamps and requested I pay back the welfare I'd collected, which I did.
The system worked for me... helped me out when I got in a jam and I paid the system back as soon as I could. What a country!