Great story about the huge drop in people using food stamps in Georgia. Under obama, welfare enrollment soared. But great news for Georgia residents, who have been able to get out of the hole obama's admin put them in.
"""Georgia is seeing a significant decrease in the number of people receiving food stamps as the improving economy lifts many recipients into new jobs and frees them from the fear of going hungry.
The number of Georgians getting food stamps has dropped by 300,000 from 1.9 million in April 2013 to 1.6 million. That decrease of 16 percent in the federally funded program saves taxpayers tens of millions of dollars monthly."""
"""Maria Chavez is among those Georgians who have dropped food stamps.
She had collected assistance for four years, a single mother supporting two little girls, finding work through a temp agency for part of that time. It was mostly warehouse work, minimum wage. Most of the time she had just enough to get by, and that was fine with her.
Then came a family get-together about a year ago.
“I was the only one there without a job, without the money to contribute,” said Chavez, 25, of Butts County.
That bothered her. She had a moment of clarity about her life.
“I didn’t have the motivation,” she recalled. She felt she’d become complacent about receiving food stamps. She thought to herself, “I got to do better. So I have enough for me and my kids. So I don’t have to depend on the government or anybody.”
That “rough moment,” as she called it, set her on a journey to to push herself harder and find a good job. By the end of last year, she was working as an auditor at a warehouse, making enough money to drop to where she dropped food stamps.
“I feel great,” Chavez said, “My bills are paid. I have more energy.”""
"""Eric Grant is a disabled Air Force vet. The fighting in Iraq — mortar shelling, breathing the smoke from burn pits — left him with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder and post traumatic stress disorder.
When he came home in 2009 he had trouble holding a job. Mental and physical problems, he said. A lot of anger. Most of the time he didn’t want to talk about it.
For years he received only partial VA disability benefits. During that time his wife, Shawanda, suffered a stroke in 2014 that left her bedridden and unable to talk.
Food stamps were in order. The couple and their daughter received about $300 a month for a couple of years.
“It wasn’t a good feeling but I needed it to feed my wife and child,” Grant said. “Your pride kicks in. No one wants to feel like you’re begging.”
The Clayton County resident, who is 46, didn’t give up on trying to improve his life. With financial aid from the Air Force, he received a psychology degree in 2015, but couldn’t find steady work afterward.
His VA benefits increased in August, and he dropped food stamps.
In April Grant’s wife passed away. That made him re-focus his life to “keep moving, keep active, pursue my passion.”
Recently, he was accepted to Clayton State University where he hopes to pursue a career in computer science.
His goal?
“To design computer programs to help people with mental disabilities.”""
Meanwhile, libs are screaming about Trump's plan to cut welfare and get people back to work.
#MAGA
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