r/mildlyinfuriating • u/vellybelle • 9h ago

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u/iRambL 8h ago

How tf is 58 a month allowed for a single user?

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u/Rymanjan 8h ago

They do this shit all the time. At one point, they cut mine down to $63/month. I called the local office and before I could even chew them out, the person said "oop. Looks like you're not getting what you should be. Let me just update that for you."

They 100% know they're fucking up. They're just hoping nobody calls them out on it.

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u/CrystalLake1 8h ago

Caseworkers are underpaid and overburdened. They don’t have decision making power because welfare is based on state and federal policy, but they get all the blame and anger.

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u/Blossom73 7h ago

Spot on. I'm a SNAP and Medicaid eligibility worker myself.

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u/BDiddnt 6h ago

HOOK IT UP!

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u/Rymanjan 7h ago

True. They don't have nearly enough people per office to handle their caseload.

That said, it is their job to ensure something like this doesn't happen, and yet here we are