Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: SilentZ who wrote (736829)	9/3/2013 1:55:33 AM
From: i-node	Respond to of 1579774

>> $500 a month for a whole family? Just to put things in perspective, the cost to the state for Medicaid where you live in 2010 was $9,000 PER ENROLLEE. Family of three? Try $27,000/year on average -- certainly substantially more than that now. If the person is aged or disabled you can figure 2-3x that. What we do know with certainty is that a single mom with one child earning $29K has the equivalent income in PA of 69K -- that's 40K in giveaways even after earning 29K.

To: SilentZ who wrote (736829)	9/3/2013 8:36:09 AM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1579774

Dave is referencing a "study" done by The Heritage Foundation(I think). Anyway, what they did was to sum up all of the possible programs. They ignored the fact that many are mutually exclusive and/or time limited. For example SNAP, unless there is a minor in the household, is limited to 3 months out of every 12. So it might be possible, under the right set of circumstances, to qualify for a few thousand a month for a month or two, but no way anyone can get the amount of benefits claimed per year.