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• This Chart Implies Something Very Troubling About the Price of Gas

  December 4, 2012 at 2:14pm

  In reply to drphil69.

  My sister-in-law is a manager at a Chevron, and no, she nor the owners set the price of gas. Chevron does. Every few days they get a report from Chevron that dictates what gas prices will be for them. If they do not set the price according to what Chevron says, they lose their licensing with Chevron and all the gas is taken back. It is the people at the top that choose what you see at the pump, not the owner of the Quick-E-Mart around the corner.

• Newark Mayor Cory Booker and One of His Twitter Followers Set to Live Off Food Stamps for a Week — You’re Going to Want the Details

  November 20, 2012 at 10:23am

  For anyone saying that it is hard to live on food stamps, I disagree. I know each state is different, and maybe it’s more difficult in New Jersey, but I was on them for a year while trying to finish college. With how much they gave us, it was more than easy to feed my family of four. We spent that money on frivolous things because if we didn’t spend it, it would just roll over to the next month.

• This ‘Food Stamp Nation’ Chart Is Deeply Depressing

  October 25, 2012 at 10:10am

  I admit that at one time in my life I was on food stamps, medicaid, and subsidized housing for a year. I was in college, married, two children, and was only making $8/hour at a job that only could give me 15 hours a week maximum (that was all they had a budget for). So I needed it, and I needed it badly. Around Christmas I got an email from a friend who was working at a large and successful company half way across the state, he said they needed skilled programmers and they were willing to interview me to see if I could fit the position. The job would not only allow me to support my family, but it would give me the money I needed to begin to get myself out of debt. I made every effort to stay in touch with that company, drove 4 hours for an interview, and I got the job. The minute I was able to get off all state help, I was off it. I was thankful to be off it.

  It is nice for those who need it, as was my case. But I was working to get off it and the moment an opportunity came for me to do just that, I did not stop until I was successful. Today, I own a nice house, no debt (aside from the mortgage), building my savings, and I look forward to teaching my children the value of hard work and perseverance. Food stamps (and other programs) are not bad. They become crutches, and it is then when they are bad.