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39. If she's on snap how do you think she can afford a good lawyer?

Tue Oct 28, 2025, 04:49 PM

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Her income has to be included on her snap application…

Listen I think way more people should get free food, like the bottom 60% that don’t have a thousand dollars for an emergency

Snap is really good for the economy overall, everyone benefits from the farmer to the kid that bags your groceries including our economy because it’s such a great GDP
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It would be a huge waste to imprison this woman, but it wasn’t a bright scheme, a hush hush word of mouth would of worked better

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Black woman in Michigan faces 10 years in prison for selling baked goods made with food stamps [View all] littlemissmartypants Tuesday OP

I can understand that would be against the rules Diamond_Dog Tuesday #1

OK, explain it to me. ananda Tuesday #15

For pulling herself up by the bootstraps... Trueblue Texan Tuesday #2

The person who wrote that headline cloudbase Tuesday #3

Yes absolutely. Srkdqltr Tuesday #8

Why? Because of bad grammar? Wednesdays Tuesday #25

Untrue, elleng Tuesday #26

Baked goods made with food stamps probably aren't very tasty, cloudbase Tuesday #28

That's idiotically disproportionate jfz9580m Tuesday #4

You're right! In our case the penalty is far in excess of the cost of doing it right dickthegrouch Tuesday #31

Well, the narcotics war jfz9580m Yesterday #42

I think this attached to the wrong thread dickthegrouch Yesterday #43

Prosecutors should have to PROVE where the butter and flour came from NewLarry Tuesday #5

How can they know? Farmer-Rick Tuesday #18

And we have a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapists in the WH. Ferrets are Cool Tuesday #6

A a convicted felon, pedophile, and rapist who is OUT ON BAIL after being indicted for election interfereance in GA! Attilatheblond Tuesday #17

Ruin somebody's life, Turbineguy Tuesday #7

So, a black woman gets a little government money, adds labor & makes something... CaptainTruth Tuesday #9

No explanation as to how she was caught Layzeebeaver Tuesday #10

She was advertising on facebook questionseverything Tuesday #30

And who caught her? Layzeebeaver Tuesday #32

Advertising what exactly? Farmer-Rick Tuesday #36

Snap, Medicaid and cash assistance have very strict rules questionseverything Tuesday #37

Was she advertising breaking the law???? Farmer-Rick Tuesday #38

If she's on snap how do you think she can afford a good lawyer? questionseverything Tuesday #39

There is legal aid Farmer-Rick Tuesday #41

Jury nullification. @Michigan peeps nilram Tuesday #11

Although it's not hard to see why she can't do that... JohnnyRingo Tuesday #12

Trump's free plane is not so free for us tax payers. Emile Tuesday #13

Can't say she was too lazy to work. She added value to the food through her labor doc03 Tuesday #14

SNAP as it currently exists isn't really meant to help people but to keep them dependent and unempowered. cstanleytech Tuesday #16

There are other programs that provide those other benefits Farmer-Rick Tuesday #20

As someone who is on SNAP, I can explain synni Tuesday #29

I see how it can be difficult Farmer-Rick Tuesday #33

They should be expanded and made common place, that would keep the top 1%ers from demonizing them questionseverything Tuesday #40

Does this"profit" include her labor idahoblue Tuesday #19

To the letter of this law I believe the goods would House of Roberts Tuesday #21

Exactly Farmer-Rick Tuesday #34

Can the country get any lower? I fear it can, but JFC this is getting beyond absurd. Bev54 Tuesday #22

How many maga take funds and use them for something else? GreenWave Tuesday #23

No worries, dumpie loves to pardon innocent people for free. KS Toronado Tuesday #24

For once, it's not racial profiling...just a little-known law synni Tuesday #27

Unless she posted on line claiming she used food bought with SNAP benefits Farmer-Rick Tuesday #35