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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:06 PM Original message |
No food stamps for college students.. |
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PDJane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why not? College students don't need to eat?y |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 01:07 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. And they don't give a damn.. |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. If they are dependents then I imagine it is based on their parents earnings |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:36 PM Response to Reply #2 |
3. The problem is that many students have one foot in each "camp" |
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dkf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:40 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. The issue is if you are claimed as a dependent for tax purposes |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:45 PM Response to Reply #4 |
5. Exactly.. and if the parents cannot afford to send money |
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tinkerbell41 (722 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 10:24 PM Response to Reply #3 |
17. Yes and get this crazy shit |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:23 AM Response to Reply #17 |
18. Every bureacracy will write their rules so to your detriment. |
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michreject (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 07:47 AM Response to Reply #2 |
21. That's the way I read it |
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rucky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:47 PM Response to Original message |
6. Because the rulemaking class can afford to support their kids |
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End Of The Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
7. There's a larger issue here |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 12:57 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. It is like usual.. |
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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 01:01 PM Response to Reply #7 |
9. They magnify the small and cover up the huge.. |
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QC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
11. I have a friend who had to drop out of college to keep his food stamps. |
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MineralMan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
12. For a lot of families, including two of my wife's cousins' families, |
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CreekDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 04:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
20. But the adjustment left you with a college education |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 02:30 PM Response to Reply #12 |
23. I'll bet you graduated "Debt Free" too. |
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seabeyond (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
27. that is how we are looking at it in our house. my son has the grades and sat scores |
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bvar22 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 02:17 PM Response to Original message |
13. Good way to keep the peasants out of the Universities. |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 09:50 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. They blame you for... |
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Puregonzo1188 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 02:19 PM Response to Original message |
14. Yep, I have a friend whose currently on an extended leave of absence from college (and on food |
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iris27 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Feb-13-11 02:37 PM Response to Original message |
15. This has been true for a long time. |
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libmom74 (577 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 03:38 AM Response to Original message |
19. combine that |
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Obamanaut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-14-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
22. Are these students being claimed as dependents by their parents, who |
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AlabamaLibrul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:51 AM Response to Reply #22 |
26. They could be fed by their parents: or get a job! |
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butterfly77 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:43 AM Response to Original message |
24. ... |
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blindpig (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-15-11 08:49 AM Response to Original message |
25. Of course. |
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