There are twenty-five known welfare queens in Maine. If that doesn't brighten your day, then it would be essential to know that there are two more on the way. Yes, that's true. Soon we'll get to twenty-seven welfare queens doing what they do best. Wasting American taxpayers' money. In Maine, Wal-Mart leads the employers with the most workers receiving MaineCare, food stamps and temporary assistance for needy families. These workers, especially the associates, are not lazy. Rather, they are forced to join the country's safety net programs with Wal Mart's low wages. When a company pays the average employee an annual salary of $15,576, how can anyone be expected to survive? Fifteen thousand dollars for a family of two is below the poverty level, which is $15,730. Thus, the family of two could enroll in both SNAP and Medicaid, since an important requirement to participate in these programs is whether income falls below a certain level. For SNAP it is 130% above the poverty line that will make a person eligible to benefit from it. While, for Medicaid, the eligibility is correct...
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