I am on food stamps. This will surprise almost
everyone who knows me. I have hidden it from friends, from family, from
classmates.
I use self-checkout at the grocery store so I
don’t have to face judgment from the cashiers. I read countless posts on
Facebook and receive political emails telling me that being on food
stamps makes me a degenerate, someone who is dependant and useless. I
hear about how I should be kicked off of food stamps so I won’t be so
lazy and will get a job.
At the time the economy crashed, I was studying
to be a chiropractor. My (now ex-) husband was laid off from his good
job. It took him over a year and a half to find a new job. During that
time we lost our house and had to declare bankruptcy. Our marriage fell
apart.
Living on $60 a week.
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