tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post6317539384065557782..comments2023-09-16T07:40:01.698-07:00Comments on In The Trenches - Budgeting for Financial Survival and Recovery: Dragnet - "Just the facts ma'am please". Carol Schultzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02277120447454788570noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-47730777027908800042012-09-09T21:03:46.822-07:002012-09-09T21:03:46.822-07:00I know people who hit food banks every week and th...I know people who hit food banks every week and then take the food back to Walmart, get money, and then buy cigarettes. <br /><br />A man mows several lawns while on disability. He cannot work so gets a disability check, but works under the table. <br /><br />I am on disability and just wish I could figure out a way to work and cut down on assistance! Not working and receiving a disability check is not good for self-esteem for someone who wants to work. I suppose it does not matter to cheaters and freeloaders.Practical Parsimonyhttp://www.practical-parsimony.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-64562878732688548322012-09-05T18:47:12.272-07:002012-09-05T18:47:12.272-07:00Thanks for your comments. It is amazing the extre...Thanks for your comments. It is amazing the extremes people will go to to learn the loopholes and play them. I have seen it to and it is disgusting. I remember one family that would hit about 5 food banks a week and then sell or trade what they got.Carol Schultzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02277120447454788570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1927652976660901418.post-51961493415016579612012-09-05T18:06:18.773-07:002012-09-05T18:06:18.773-07:00This whole topic is so frustrating, but particular...This whole topic is so frustrating, but particularly:<br /><br />"1. Lying about household members. It was common practice for single mothers to obtain all possible benefits and having done so then moving in the baby father or boyfriend. The male of the household often had income that was not reported or received the support and benefits from the women that they were not entitled to."<br /><br />My stepsons' birth mother did this for years. The state would go after her for child support for two children my husband had custody of, she would get "separated" from the baby daddy boyfriend of her third child, apply for cash assistance/welfare/food stamps, the state dept of revenue would say "she's on assistance, she can't pay child support", the request for hearing would be dismissed, by the time the state turned around and went after baby daddy boyfriend to pay the state back for the assistance she received for child number three, they would be "back together" and she would go off assistance and he would have to pay a minimal amount back to the state over the next couple of years, and then the state would pursue her for child support for her first two kids and the cycle would start all over again. Of course they lived together the entire time. Unbelievable! The whole system is so slow, the right hand doesn't know what the left hand is doing, and if you try to alert them to the fraud, the response is there is nothing they can do.<br /><br />"Any use of these funds should therefore be limited and not a lifestyle."<br /><br />I wholeheartedly agree!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com