If a single mother is on welfare how can she afford to be on yahoo answers?

I have noticed there are some single mothers on welfare getting only a couple hundred a month for income.





How can a mother of two support her children on $300-$500 a month?





Also these mothers on yahoo answers don’t work, so they sit at home and have like 6,000 posts on yahoo answers.





If they are on welfare how can they afford the internet and be on it all day?





I am not trying to be a jerk, but I also notice a lot of the single mothers on welfare (on yahoo) are teens.





And I know a lot of single mothers aren’t on welfare, my wife’s mother was a single mother of two at 22 and worked two jobs and never was on government assistance and no child support.








What’s going on here?

If a single mother is on welfare how can she afford to be on yahoo answers?
wow is that all single parents get where you live. How do they survive. Here they get about $1500 I think. Sounds like a lot but by the time you pay rent/mortgage food pay the bills for phone electricity gas water car insurance petrol, contents insurance clothes for the kids shoes for the kids there is not much left over at all so I'm amazed they do it on $500.


How do i afford a computer? I was given an old one by my friend and her husband as he deals in computers and he had this one laying about. The Internet if you are on dial up is cheap $6 a month. As I rarely go out I think i should be allowed to spend $6 a month on myself without people like you bitc*ing about it. Get off your high horse and realise some people have no choice in been on government help. I am telling my kids all the time that it is important to have a job and not be on a pension. I have no choice as I am disabled and in pain all the time but they have a choice and they are not going to be 2nd generation welfare.
Reply:Shouldn't you be out changing your oil or something? It is a good thing that somebody had the foresight to prepare %26amp; put a program into effect that would give the needy something to live on -- instead of standing outside the grocery store panhandling for $$$$$. Stop worrying about things and people that aren't in your life. If the system is not being run the way you want, then perhaps you should get off your *** and go change it!
Reply:yea and I bet your mother in law was not there for her children, but instead working all the time. Being on welfare is not all you hear about, sometimes people are trying but can't afford the daycare for the children to go back to work.
Reply:unfortunatly, that's the way the world works. You can thank you government for that
Reply:That's a very true point...I think a lot of people on here lie just a little much...maybe to make people feel sorry for them. I don't know?!?
Reply:You must be on welfare to be home at this time of day asking this ?


1- some people like me can affort to be home answer people who have good ?s as well as people like you


2- I get involve in this site because when I asked a question people were symphatic and they did answer


3- I know that our welfare system is been abuse by some people


but because it is not by all the gov in unable to do anything about it


This what going on
Reply:I don't really know the answer for this one there is no answer really.Some people abuse the welfare system some don't.I know someone who is completly pathetic because of a man they are not married she had to work at a restaurant the whole pregnancy around smoke all day it was hard work.She got paid cash and was drawing unemployment weekly plus on food stamps but her man on the other hand had a decent job worked four days a week and on friday when he was off he would sit and play video games while she worked her *** off at a crappy restaurant.So not all women are single and on welfare just dumb as hell.He also would not help pay the bills she paid everything.So my point i guess is some women who are on welfare have men they just aren't married there are alot of situations where women abuse welfare or are on it for various reasons.
Reply:I would not be for sure, but the library has free computers to use.
Reply:hey thats not bad money my partner works full time we get no help or any kind of welfare except some from family tax credits we have to pay all how taxes so when weve paid all that we have nothing left lol they will be getting all there housing fees paid for so ide say there better of on that then working people most days depending what state your in
Reply:Maybe they're at mom's house and she's watching the baby while they're online, who knows. I'm not a single mom, so I couldn't tell you.
Reply:who really knows the answer to that and if it's completely true???why do you care?..i would assume that some single teenage mothers who are on the net all day live with there parents so go figure....but to the ones on there own they make money elsewhere...off the books and still receive welfare but who could really survive on 3-500 a month..welfare is different now...they set you up on job interviews and once you make enough they cut you off or if your on section 8 they just pay partial rent for 5 yrs and then they cut you off completely...
Reply:WHY ARE YOU ON HERE. ARE YOU A SINGLE DAD ON WELFARE?
Reply:I did not read all the answers, but allot of them. Did not find a single intelligent answer. You all are so fortunate that you can sit around judging others. Wake up, and count your lucky stars that you can sit up there so high and mighty! There is no such thing as welfare anymore and you can bet your sweet ***, any assistance from the government is fraught with unbelievable hoops/red tape.


Good for all of you that you never had to humiliate yourself using food stamps, or practically giving the government info about how you breathe.





You people don't have a clue, and guess what, some people really need help, even people who had great jobs, but they have been outsourced/plants shut down etc.





Get over yourselves and find a effing heart! Just because you have not needed help, does not mean that anyone who does is a bad person!





So anyone in a jam can't get away for a few minutes and relax? This pull yourself up by your bootstraps thing has gone to far, or are we really just a bunch of animals?
Reply:Heh. Yeah, I've seen some of that.





I guess the good part of me wants to say that single mothers in general work very hard and if they need some relaxation time, than back off and let them have. And there are programs in different cities/towns that help low income people get a computer at home and low-cost Internet so don't assume that they are paying money for high-speed instead of their children's food.





The cynical part of me tho says, right on. And yes, it does have something to do with you because our tax money goes to these programs. And, unfortunately, I've encountered too many women who take advantage of the money offered to them just because their parents didn't do a good job of teaching them about birth control or because their environment makes it so easy for them to consider having babies at 14. And that's pretty freakin' annoying. Also annoying to think that I end up with $15K+ in student loans because I DIDN"T have a child while someone living in the same apt. building as me got to go to the same school for FREE AND get a master's degree FREE AND pay only $40 for a modern 2 bedroom apartment all because she had a kid when she was 16.





So yeah, I can see your point. :) Maybe get off of Y!A (or whatever site, tv show, etc) that they stay on to waste away the time of the day and get out and get a job and some pride.





However, there are too many welfare mothers out there who are legitimately trying to improve their situation for me to hold it against the whole group.
Reply:there are agencys that help with shut off notices,you can put computers in layaway and internet service don't cost that much a month.
Reply:I was a single mother with my 3 boys and collected assistance for a while when I absolutely needed it.My babies were too young to be raised without their mother around.I absolutely believe anyway in the father working for his family while the mother takes care of the home and raises the children.Daycare/babysitters are out of the question with me because the babies need to feel stable and keep important bonds with their parents...I'm old-fashioned.But,I did'nt sit on my *** all day and yell at my babies to 'knock it off'.I imagine that's the only attention some of them get too.


Mothers actually advertise on Answers that they are on welfare?....Ridiculous.Get off your *** and clean your house......And kiss your babies.Quit spending your money on b.s. that is unneccesary.





I GET FREE INTERNET SO IT DOES'NT COST ME A PENNY.
Reply:if you are not trying to be a jerk you might want them to have a little fun too?


at least they spend less on this then on going out going getting drunk...(and its much better for the baby too)
Reply:I love it that all these "single stay at home moms" have it so hard because they have the "hardest job in the world"...this means you Bobbi...You want to know why it's our business "how they pay for it"...it's our business BECAUSE WE PAY FOR IT...that's the whole damn point.





Here we are having our babies and working our asses off in offices and car lots and shopping malls and where ever else we all work...so that 20% of our salaries can go TO YOUR BABIES instead of OUR OWN!!!!





That's WHY it's our business.





If I had my way...there would be ZERO welfare and then maybe we could all have our damn social security retirement money back so we wouldn't have to work till we're 87 just to pay for denture glue and adult diapers!!!





And you bunch of slackers could go get jobs and pay for your own kids!!! Or better yet...pay for some birth control and stop the cycle before it starts.
Reply:They can afford it because they feed their children Ramen noodles, macaroni and cheese and generic koolaid. Or they live with parents and don't actually have to support their children themselves.
Reply:actually..it IS our business...where do ya think welfare money comes from??? Taxes that MOST of us pay....
Reply:Being that yahoo is a free site, its not like it costs to get on here. Alot of people collect welfare becaues they qualify. If you qualify for it they why not collect it, right?





I'm not being cruel or judgemental, however if resources are available to you and you meet the credentials, they take advantage of it, and get on your feet and take care of your stuff. Kids arent cheap!
Reply:ARE YOU LOOSING SLEEP OVER THIS? DOES IT AFFECT YOU IN ANY WAY? AND IS IT ANY OF YOUR BUSINESS? WORRY ABOUT YOUR OWN LIFE.
Reply:They can not stay on welfare forever and will have to get jobs. The welfare system has changed and is only supposed to help for a period of time (usually 2 years) while Mom gets training or hunts for employment. Where are the fathers of these kids and why aren't they providing support? It takes two people to raise and support kids and it takes two to make them.
Reply:This is called "your tax $$$ at work!"... ;-)


Also, I've seen posts like "so what if she is a prego teenage, she'll get a check from the goverment.." Very unfortunate, isn't it???
Reply:I'm a single mother of 2 . And all these answers make me sick . I don't receive welfare any more but I did at one time I didn't get the help just so I could sit on my fat *** all day . Being a stay at home single mom is the hardest job any one can do . So maybe these women treat themselves to a few minutes of trying to talk to others when they only have a two year old to talk to . Who's Business is it how they pay for it .
Reply:Well, break it down---a single mother of two gets:


400+ in food stamps


375+ a month check


free housing--HUD


free electirc--Low Income Energy Assistance


Low cost phone--usually $12 a month


WIC--Women Infants %26amp; Children which provides formula, milk, peanut butter, cheese etc.


They are eligible for food banks


They get free Christmas gift for their kids


The welfare pays for them to go to school


The welfare pays for all their medical costs








They've got it pretty good if you ask me!!
Reply:In order to get assistance, you can only make so much. The social workers literally tell you that if you make to much the only thing you can do is quit. People take that to heart! It is easier to sit on their rumps and do nothing rather than get up and make a difference!


It is a problem that needs addressed and as long as we work they are making money. I personally struggle to pay my bills at times but refuse to swallow my pride and give up and let all of America pay for my laziness and my mistakes. My children are not the mistakes that I made some of the choices I made were! I understand some people being on government assistance however if you are a mother of 5 all with different fathers and do not work do you not see the problem? Close your legs and go to work or start charging! Why is it that I work my tail off for them to sit home and be "bling bling" with nice things when I roll pennies for gas sometimes?


As long as Americans (CITIZENS) allow this it will continue and only worsen in condition!





**Sorry you allowed me to rant**
Reply:Damn, stop judging people!!!!! How do you know they are single mothers on welfare on here??!! How do you know their baby isn't taking a nap???!!! You don't know anything really, you are just generalizing, and hating people.





Educate yourself.
Reply:What I'm about to say does NOT apply to all, or even most. But I think I know what you are talking about, so to those women I am referring to.


They get more types of assistance than just a small income.


They get on those rent vouchers where the government pays your rent.


They get food stamps, Medicaid, child support for the fathers, and utility assistance for heating costs.


By the time they gotten all the "free" help that they can, that money every month only has to pay for clothing, cigarettes, alcohol, cable, phone, and Internet. And guess what, it's more than $3-500.





My neighbor (thank God she's gone) had 5, yes 5, kids. She got every assistance program she could. She paid for almost nothing out of her own pocket, and still got around $1,000 per kid each month in child support and welfare. She made more sitting on her fat @$$ than most people do at decent jobs.





For the rest of the decent human being in this country, we are supporting the lazy trash like her. It makes me very angry that hard working people who can't afford it are the biggest source of taxes that support the scum who want to live off the system.
Reply:They probably just use free internet like AOL or others that offer a free trial period. I think if they devoted half of their time to find a job... even if its at home, instead of spending their time on here maybe they wouldnt be on welfare.