Out of options, single mom turns to food stamps

She sat alone in the stuffy waiting room, her thin hands folded in her lap. "I shouldn't be here," she said, mostly to herself. "I shouldn't have to be here."

Lizvette Perez surveyed the dingy interior of the state office building. She saw a young mother with two toddlers dangling off her arms, a broken-looking man dragging a sleeping bag, a man in a starched shirt carrying a leather briefcase. Full Story »

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Kenneth Sibbett
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by Kenneth Sibbett - Jan. 11, 2009

The author hits on a subject that's been neglected for too long. This isn't a third world country. While the middle is class disappearing, you don't have to look far. Just go to Social Service Office and you'll find them.

Having gone their myself at one time, it's not a pleasant experience. Why if this women and her family are hungry, do they have to wait 30 day's? Isn't there some kind of emergency stamps they could give while these poor people are starving?

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