Food Stamp Entrepreneur

October 14, 2009 | Fairburn, Georgia | Vetting explained

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Stumbled upon an interesting story while organizing

HireNeighbors' first community job fair. The group picture

is of company representatives who attended my event:

Clayton County Commissioner's Office, Salvation Army, Valid

Financial Services and Walmart. I'm 4th from the left. I learned

many job seekers, for the first time ever, receive food stamps

to feed their families. They've thrown pride out the window to survive.

I have to respect that. Did you know a single person with less than

$1,100 a month in income can qualify for up to $200 a month in food

stamps? It's better than starvation. I know of one woman who used

some of her food stamps to buy muffins from Publix. She sold

them (for a profit) to employees in the city government office close

to her home. She used the money to pay her electric bill and buy

gas for her car. I thought that was smart. Adversity breeds creativity.

http://www.hireneighbors.com

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