/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Most folks on food stamps in the US have a job. But low skilled jobs are payed poverty wages in the US. Federal minimum wage of $7.25/hr by itself won't cover the cost of nutrition, housing, utilities, transportation, education, other basic amenities for a family of 4, even with 2 full-time earners. Hell, even a full time $10/hr salary won't be able to afford housing in pretty much any major Metropolitan area in the US, even if the entire salary went exclusively into housing for the family. And that's assuming the family's finances are otherwise in perfect order.