Missouri policy remains to punish struggling families at every opportunity, just as the state abuses its own workers with low pay and depreciating benefits.
September 2021 Missouri Benefit Report
Category: Food Security
Professional Help Needed:
Disappointing August Missouri Benefit Numbers In August 2010 the average Missouri family receiving Temporary Assistance received $237.19. Adjust that for inflation , to this August and you get $297.22. Only the average TA family didn’t get $300 this August, no, Read More …
Lost Sales
Last week I searched the grocery store, without success, for a brand of pretzels I knew had just gone on sale. I asked the nice young man about the pretzels. “Those are on sale this week,” he replied. “We don’t Read More …
Better But Still Horrible
Well, a few more Missouri citizens received food stamps last month and even without Medicaid Expansion better than a million received state-provided health care.
Food Stamps Approach The 21st Century
My daughter loves to cook and she forces everyone in her home (including the dog) to eat healthy. For example, the step kids like chicken nuggets, so, she makes them from scratch – even sneaking shredded cauliflower and carrots into Read More …
What’s Wrong With Missouri?
Amid a series of emails with friends fighting hunger about the nation I got asked a question: “What’s wrong with Missouri?’ My friend dutifully follows news about Covid – and how Missouri seems immune to common sense. She read about Read More …