All is missing is proof DNA and how many times are you sexually active and with. Please list in the next columns please. List date, time, and partners names....just saying.
ONLY in the arsenal of the petty tyrant style of inquiry. You don't understand--if he took it out--on that technicality he could immediately be charged with Contempt of Congress--he was put in a legal quandary position "cunning snare" by her and it does not reflect well on HER on that issue not him.
i was on snap, and my benefits were getting ready to end. i was told to expect a phone call at a set time on a specific day to see if my benefits were going to continue or not. i waited and waited that day and didn’t get a call. they called the next day at a different time, and i wasn’t able to answer due to a doctor’s appointment. since i missed the phone call that came on the wrong day at the wrong time, my benefits were discontinued, and i had to reapply.
Same thing happened to me last fall. I can't reach my worker. It's been months. I took two buses to reach the office. They turned me away: "systems down." The phone system and web site are jacked up. Those benefits were helping me. I'm already working two jobs and still under the "poverty" line. I appreciate hearing from others who struggle with this. The system is complicated and frustrating so people will just give up and go away.
I'm cynical enough to think that they deliberately chose to do the call at the wrong date and time, knowing that it was possible or likely that you would miss it.
The look on his face at one point I was really expecting him to say this none of your business, but you can see just when he realized he recognized some of the questions lol!
It is her business and she's right these applications are made to belittle you and make you embarrassed for asking for help, yet the CEO of banks and other large corporations (republicans) the rich get bail outs and tax cuts, the applications for them are not as invasive, but hard working peoples incomes now do not keep up with the cost of living, like rent increases $100 month and yes without hesitation but not pay wages, food prices sky rocketed up twice as much thanks to tariffs, so trying to keep food on the table to feed your family gets you punished just for asking for help for the problem they created. So you can chill with the self-righteous BS!
@@msladyboyd1 I was hearing the same thing about Yang's Dividend. Some people in media saying the poor and middle class were gonna abuse it but all these rich corporations are getting bail puts left and right.
Meee Owch Oh but it is... It’s her business to inquire about why SNAP is coming up with questions for potential recipients they themselves can barely answer. Don’t want Congress to call you out on something that is a potential ethics issue, don’t work for the government. Don’t want to answer personal questions about your finances to a government official, move to the moon.
Jos, imagine that, the SNAP program cost more than the US combined debt currently at $22 Trillion, I’m glad you’re here to tell us these things. Try to read the CBO figures (Congressional Budget Office) and get back with me...
@tomdamon7208 ~ Agreed. Shamefully, they're doing their best to make sure as few people as possible receive assistance. These are the same people who want the poor to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps."
Yeah on a confidential form given to a government employee, not blurted out for everyone to hear. That was political theater. If you have a 401K you probably don't need SNAP benefits, lol.
@@dltenboer Most people applying for SNAP benefits already have a job. Recipients who don't are generally people who aren't expected to work (children, the elderly, the disabled).
Some % of people will LIE on job apps. A HUGE % of people LIE or skew their real life situations to get ill gotten spoils on ALL gov dole program applications!!!!
Alexander Of Mesopotamia look man I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about people. Healthcare not being a human right isn’t some kind of objective truth. If our government and our country simply decided that yes, Healthcare is a human right, then healthcare would be a human right. And frankly, we don’t have to look far to find examples of countries where free, or much more accessible, healthcare exists and works.
I used to have to get verification for hours worked from my boss for child care assistance and Medicaid. It was so humiliating to ask them to sign off on those papers.
Hey bud isn't funny when someone else with authority is holding the paper question gun at ya' is it ? Now go to your dinner parties and talk about that !
mzn y it has been over 20 years and time has nothing to do with it! All able-bodied sure work and shouldn’t have a problem with answering! To many people in this country feel entitled....
@@macgyverthediver5250 on the contrary. I pay excellent attention. I am just not biased. It is important to be intellectually honest in our posts, MacgyverTheDiver.
She really showed the absurdity of the questions they ask in order for people to receive food stamps. Every single question she asked is actually on the application.... Ridiculous!!!
And do you applicants respond verbally before a congressional committee? Or are they able to answer at their leisure, at the dining room table, where their records are easily accessible?
@thomasbonnett4800 It's worse you respond to @$$hat that doesn't know basic math and won't understand monthly payments vs biweekly. Many of the snap reps don't understand devaluation in assets, disability, or temporary poverty. The worst part is you don't have a dedicated case worker and inflation doesn't mean more benefits to help cover the increased debt. We need a cap on inflation or more government community cooperative food stores cause commercial stores don't work.
The things this country take people through that legitimately needs these programs. Plus, I know that my state of WA only allows for about $1.33 per meal per day for SNAP benefits. I wonder who can live off $3.99 per day and survive. Most of our elderly are on special diets because of health issues. I mean, how cold can we be as a nation? But we definitely find a way to finance that 20+ year war(s) and giving tax breaks of 1.5 trillion to the 1% and corporations. It seems like that money just falls out of the working and middle class pockets somehow.
Gypsy Curls: And don’t forget that farmers hit by Trump’s trade wars are more and more dependent on government payments...they got over 22 billion in subsidies in 2019...the most they’ve gotten in 14 years. Most of that money went to the biggest agribusinesses, while money was cut for families on food stamps. You can bet the recipients of these billions will vote for Trump again.
@@christopherherrera921 Eastern Washington is mostly Republican not Western Washington which is mostly Democratic. Trust me we try and vote Democratic.
Unemployed for first time in my life, applied in Maine, went through all that for $16 month, also had to answer weekly/monthly questions as well to continue benefit, I stopped, just what they wanted me to do
I am more impressed by Katie Porter ever single time I see her speak in the House. She does not back down, and that's a spectacularly rare quality in our political representation.
Those questions are so you don't steal from the government what are you people from Mars. yeah everybody's honest everybody works on the merit system here in America You people are nuts
@@josephzummo9685 But the man who worked '4 years' on that program seems down right INSULTED that she would ask him for such information. 6 pages of financial information to get food assistance, most job applications cannot ask half of those questions, it is considered inappropriate. I think the application for my home mortgage wasn't any more invasive than that.
@@antiquegirl6505 you may be right. But that's how important things are in this world. Just that important. so we go through things because it's important that the right people get the money that they need or food stamps that they need or help that they need and not scammed out by some jerk who showed up in a Cadillac Escalade just to builk the system so be it if it's important enough to you then go the extra mile and educate yourself we have an entire nation of uninformed people. You know what America's favorite saying is? "I didn't know"
@@josephzummo9685 Thank you for your reply....my point was that the 'political suit' guy seemed annoyed that Katie Porter was asking so many personal questions. He didn't realize that this much information is needed to get assistance. I remember being behind a very overdressed lady in the grocery, back in the 70's. Her leather coat would have cost more than a couple months of my rent. She got her steaks, oysters, chops etc with food stamps. The wine and cigarettes were bought with cash. After I paid for my bread, milk, and few things I could afford, I walked to my car in the lot, as she drove past me in her shiny big Cadillac. So yeah, I have witnessed the fraud side of it. But a six page application still seems excessive.
William Alexander, i remember trying to get some welfare assistance to pay my rent and the clerk told me I had to find find a cheaper apartment. That was in New York city where at the time a 2 bedroom (so called) was going for 850 a month.
An actual question on applications about preparing meals - "Do you cook alone or with others?" or shared facilities, bathroom, kitchen. They are one question away from, "If you use soap, what soap do you use?"
Very invasive, but if you were to prioritize people would you help the person that can shower in their own place or the one that has to shower at a gym? One person is significantly more disadvantaged than the other.
God Bless Katie Porter. WE NEED HER. She is one of the few THINKING PEOPLE in politics. Someone who is out there FOR US, not for the corporate kick-back.
But also at the same time, you’re applying to get free government cash. It should matter how many kids you have and how much money you make. Helps figure out how much you should receive, when I was a child my Dad was paid under the table making a decent check. But he was able to gain the system by applying as homeless with 3 children. He would receive $927 a month while not taxing into the system. People do lie, it happens.
@@kennedysuggs4691 Those intent on lying can come up with answers easily. Most are not lying. To be required to complete an invasive application, on top of other requirements such as an interview, is humiliating. That a few scammers cheat should not be used to harm the majority who do not.
There's a youtuber that suggested that for every home or building that gets demolished a vegetable garden gets planted in its place. That way those neighborhoods always have access to healthy food.
Is anyone going hungry? Most people in this country are over weight. And if you are hungry it most likely because you waste money on drugs/alcohol or you had children you couldn’t afford and you think other people should have to pay you to raise them. How about you act responsibly and get a job. Problem solved.
White bread and donuts are cheap. These Republicans are criminals. I needed food stamps 35 years ago. I was pregnant and my husband's union was on strike. We are the richest country in the world and we cannot feed or house people who are less fortunate than us. Shame on us!
@@riodumont6273 I agree. We need to stop taxing the poor to give billions to the NFL and stop paying for new stadiums for team owners and stop letting those billionaire team owners get away with not paying taxes.
i LOVE when Rep Porter tells him, 'you dont have to answer, that's your prerogative'....what she didnt add was that it's your choice to answer or not, but if you dont answer, they wont be able to process your application.
But also at the same time, you’re applying to get free government cash. It should matter how many kids you have and how much money you make. Helps figure out how much you should receive, when I was a child my Dad was paid under the table making a decent check. But he was able to gain the system by applying as homeless with 3 children. He would receive $927 a month while not taxing into the system. People do lie, it happens.
Jim Carigga So FATTY is mad that people who want to freeload off taxpayer's are asked questions. Of they don't like the questions don't ask for free money to live off from taxpayer's.
@@kennedysuggs4691 Of course that matters. But why does it matter what day of the week you get paid? Or when your sewage is cleaned? What connection does that have to the amount of money you should receive? Last time I checked, you can't use SNAP benefits to pay for your sewage cleaning.
@@gregcronin7734 except it's not 10 mins, it's hours in line for those without internet service, only to be given attitude and sent away for missing information. The process is demoralizing and dehumanizing when literally all they need is money for food.
@@isaiahcaston4539 And all too often, even if you're accepted into the program, you have to wait until the start of the next month to even GET anything. How does that help when you have a family to feed NOW?
It has to do with grilling poor people to see if they "deserve" the money while corporations, like ExxonMobile get $2.2 billion a year for simply existing.
We can slash Pentagon budget by 2/3. Half a trillion dollars saved. They will cry like Banshees, but if we stick to our guns we can make big changes (edit) no pun intended (edit again) can I say Banshees? oops probably not
The kicker is at the end.....you have to give MORE information to get 4,800 dollars as a Taxpayer funded SNAP recipient......than you do to get 174,000 as a Taxpayer funded member of Congress!
@@velvetrose7729 That truly was priceless! I was just waiting for the completely idiotic questions about : Are you or any member of your household a fugitive from justice? I have SOO many times wanted to fill that in with the word... "maybe?"... Love this woman! Peace all! ☮✌🔥🤘😎💨💨💨
$1300 a month is well above national minimum wage for a full time worker, too. It's not nearly enough to live on, and yet too much for government aid a lot of the time
That's funny. That's almost the exact percentage of people with an IQ lower than 80. Willing to bet holding down a job is pretty hard for them. It has nothing to do with society.
Jonathan Aliff Are you scared? Is that why you’re trying to put other people down? Because if they’re poor for some tangible reason, then you couldn’t possibly end up that way too? Or are you just trying to come up with a good excuse to be selfish? I honestly hope it’s the former.
Its free money, heaven forbid you spend an hour on the application for free money.... seriously are we trying to make complete pansies out of poor people? Wait until you try to close an escrow, now thats alot of pages, stooges!
I am homebound and disabled and have to go through this every year to get certified for HUD and SNAP. Even though nothing ever changes, we have to start from scratch everytime. I can't believe how many hours my landlord and case manager have to put in to cross all the t's and dot the i's. I always have the information ready for them since I still have "my marbles". I don't know how they do it for the senile, uneducated or non-english speakers. I'm 80 and they still ask if I'm a student or pregnant!
Also Washington Snap is the easiest I have ever seen. I was in and out of that office within 20 mins and I lived in Seattle when I was on them. All they wanted to know was was I currently working, had any dependents, bills I paid and for how much. That was it.
I had a friend once really needing some help with food and filled out the application. It asked about bank info and how much was in the account. He answered honestly and because he just had his income tax deposited, he was declined. Although, that money in no way would feed them the rest of the year. He met all other eligibility requirements, so shameful. This was in Tennessee.
And anyone who disputes this is a liar, I used to live in Tennessee and they do nonsense like this all the time, people always complain about the federal government but the state governments are much more corrupt and incompetent
@@shayshay9764something like the child tax credit, which can make a big difference to working-class people, is pocket change for a millionaire but they still go to the trouble to have their accountants file for that child tax credit, because they're billionaires but they're going to make a big deal out of a couple thousand dollars, the amount of selfishness is astounding, and when I have mentioned that billionaires actually claim things like that on their taxes there have actually been bootlickers defending them
Kind of like when you're asked how much you made the year before and it doesn't take into account your employment situation now. This happened to me and my husband.
We need her integrity in the White House. If we had this kind of common sense leadership across America, this country would be AWESOME!!! I wish she ran for President!!!
@SierraPhantom Do you troll on every comment on this feed? Your opinions are just cheep and fake burns and you're a non-contributor to actually conversations.
If he was offended by those questions and their personal nature I sure hope he never has to apply for gov't "safety net " assistance, because he's really be offended by their complete lack of respect, intrusive nature, and intimidation in order to simply help your family survive, regardless of how many years you may have paid into such programs. I love this woman. She rocks.
Absolutely I’m on 90 a year and I don’t have an issue paying higher tax to support and help those that needed. Why some may ask, simply because I was at the bottom like many others working my way up to self support, and if it wasn’t for government help I would have been on the streets at this very moment.
Alonzo McCoy - GOP: He’s cutting food stamps for those that don’t need them! Anyone: Since you’re overweight then, YOU shouldn’t qualify? GOP: I’M NOT LAZY!! Anyone: You said that, not me...
My hard working Son and daughter-in-law have to constantly fight for help for food aid. All while the prices of food, gas and rent are off the charts. America should be better than this. Thank you, Katie Porter for pointing out the B.S.
@@Btyler48 Why do they need to provide ALL of that information? What purpose would that fulfill? I get some basic information is needed, such as current income and if you have children etc but you don't need all of that.
David Wade But also at the same time, you’re applying to get free government cash. It should matter how many kids you have and how much money you make. Helps figure out how much you should receive, when I was a child my Dad was paid under the table making a decent check. But he was able to gain the system by applying as homeless with 3 children. He would receive $927 a month while not taxing into the system. People do lie, it happens.
You don't understand--if he took it out--on that technicality he could immediately be charged with Contempt of Congress--he was put in a legal quandary position "cunning snare" by her and it does not reflect well on HER on that issue not him. She is a petty tyrant here asking questions not pertinent to her purview of the reason he was there. Playing to the mob--so if all you and the 601 upvotes liked it you know what you are.
@@jakesnake165 believe me or not Nancy Pelosi achived a lot for both democrats & republican. People just jealous/don't like her because she is women. There's reason why she is head of the democrats this long.
yuppp they hate being treated the way they treat others. it's messed up, if you have savings in an account, you're not allowed SNAP. So in other words, you aren't allowed to move up
This last time I applied for snap: Interviewer: you make x amount of money, but with your bills I show a deficit of x amount of money. How are you paying your bills? Me: exactly
YES, Katie! When I was on food stamps years ago, they asked everything except how many times I wiped my butt when I used the loo, and maybe even that (I'm not sure).
I applied when i was in college. I was working part time to try n finish school quicker, and they asked me where my children were conceived!! That's when i knew it wasn't for me. I ended up dropping out. Went back 2 years later and graduated. Now im a MA but that experience was very degrading
I feel like its embarrassing enough needing the help. Not like i was some lazy female doing nothing with my life.i worked and payed taxes. Jus hit a financial bump at the time. SNAP isn't a lifestyle, its temporary help for a person in need. I don't understand the point of some of the questions(outside of finances). I jus remember how i felt. Walked out with my head down... it made me feel like less of person
Thank you Katie Porter. Thank you for your service and caring. Thank you for your questioning to show how hideous the restrictions of SNAP have become. It is truly despicable to force those so in need to go through this charade of questions in order to apply and qualify for food assistance. Is starvation not enough of a reason?
And in the state I live in you have to have your employer fill out a form so they and your coworkers know your on Food Stamps. People don't know what people getting aid from the gov't have to go through. It's a shame.
@Dark Lady Your assumptions are erroneous. I am retired. I am not on food stamps or SNAP. And have never been in my entire life. But what I do have is EMPATHY for those who need food assistance for whatever physical or mental conditions they may have that causes food insecurity. Conditions that may also totally prevent working, thereby not having enough the minimum income needed by all humans to survive in the U.S. Please make yourself become informed of the needs of those less fortunate than yourself.
@Terri Freeman Yes we did Terri. We did some good things but took our eye off the ball. Thing is, we were brain washed from the womb and failed to recognize or got up in the greed and deception to make the correction . The younger generation don't have that problem. This is why I'm for Bernie.
@@anthonybrowne3942 Everyone is indoctrinated, one way or another, from birth. We all must fight indoctrination, embrace free thinking and skepticism, and instruct our children how to use logic. Another thing which would truly make America great would be the reduction of religious influence in our country. We must tell our children to ask questions. Always.
@@augustawalden5538 we should also make sure our children are not entitled to tax dollars and have the audacity to complain about how to get them. Teach them no one owes them anything.
What's disgusting is they figure your benefits by your gross monthly income, that's like working and living off of your untaxed check...I don't know anyone that lives off their monthly gross income or doesn't pay taxes before getting their paychecks.
@@dcg590 Nice judgment. We'll see how differently you feel when something bad happens to you and you find yourself applying for these much needed benefits. You know like when someones house gets destroyed by a natural disaster that insurance doesn't cover, get's laid off from their job, has a life changing family member/breadwinner pass away suddenly, and a host of other unpredictable awful things that happen to people all the time.
This is priceless. She didn't even get to any extensive questions at all. It would have been great if he was required to answer every question on the application.
And dig out, make photocopies of every piece of documentation required...then travel to, wait for and attend the face to face interview with a social services employee... especially if they're employed and have to take time off from work... not to mention use public transportation which at least doubles the time they have to take off.
@@alexandraabercrombie3726 yeah the other option is to get up and work for everything you get soooo what's your point?!?! Aww it's not easy enough to get free money from the tax payers?!?!
@@stevemasterson7776 ... Six pages would be a blessing in the state I currently live in... it's somewhere between sixteen and twenty here. I know because I used to volunteer at domestic abuse and long-term shelters for women with children. I've gone through the whole process with countless families and if you think it's simply a matter of filling out a few pages and mailing them in, you're wrong. The amount of documentation that is required... every six months...is literally ridiculous. People's birthday certificates, social security numbers, state IDs, etc., don't change. The paperwork is supposed to be scanned into the system. So why should these documents have to be submitted time and again? The vast majority of the questions can be answered as N/A because they don't have retirement accounts, real estate holdings, etc. If I hadn't worked with people in these situations I would probably be onboard with your argument... because I wouldn't have had the experience of seeing the system from the other side. People in need are made to jump through hoops repeatedly for a paltry sum if money every month. Unfortunately for many, that paltry sum is the difference between putting a little meat on the table a couple times a week and feeding their family ramen and macaroni and cheese all month. Just as an example, I know a man in NY state who is in his seventies, living on social security and raising his grandson because mom and dad are both drug addicts. He receives Medicaid for the grandson... and $71 per month in SNAP benefits to feed him. The courts don't force the parents to pay child support or threaten them with jail time for not doing do and the state makes him jump through hoops for what little benefits he receives for being a stand-up guy and raising his grandson instead of letting him go into the foster care system... which would cost the state a h*ll of a lot more. It isn't right. I'm a Republican and I agree that we need welfare reform. However, Democrat's idea of welfare reform is free stuff for everybody and Republican's idea is to make it so difficult to obtain that people either don't qualify or give up trying due to all the requirements and red tape. Some states literally rig the system and require just enough hours to qualify for benefits but have their poverty threshold set so low that if a person works the minimum required hours at minimum wage...they make too much money to ANY benefits... according to the state. These people can't afford health insurance. These people can't afford food after whatever bills they manage to juggle on a monthly basis are paid. The working poor face this and more every day of every month. I could also very easily list off some examples of people I have encountered who have done nothing but play the system. There are drug addicts in my state that receive aid and housing... nothing wrong with them, but a particular organization that makes all it's money from Medicare and Medicaid routinely put them on it and sign them up for anything from methadone treatments, psychiatric care, individual therapy, group therapies... and the list goes on. I know personally know of illegals... stretching back to the sixties... who came here pregnant and with four other children, no husband, who dropped an anchor baby and drew benefits right up to Reagan granting amnesty to all illegals and continued to draw benefits throughout the nineties (because when the youngest was getting ready to turn eighteen, she conveniently dropped another kid)... never worked a day...then drew social security...and continues to do so. Another group I encountered was a woman living with her boyfriend who had a sixteen year old daughter (who had just had a baby) and whose brother was also living with them in a single wide trailer. Each one claimed benefits, two of them were working under the table, the state was paying for the boyfriend to go to school to become a mechanic, they all received Medicaid, SNAP totaling over $1000/month combined, three of them were receiving cash aid and they would STILL individually go to food banks every month. Oh, and the sixteen year old received WIC for herself and the baby. Yeah, some people scam the system...and it p*sses me off. But does that mean that we should make it d*mn near impossible for those that have paid into the system and continue to pay into the system to receive the benefits they are legitimately entitled to as citizens. It always amazes me tha many seem to have no problem with the $100's of millions we give out in corporate welfare every year... but money to feed hungry citizens? The whole system is screwed up.
Alicia Robinson That’s so upsetting. Even worse to know some people lie about their income and marital status to get welfare, yet people who truly need it don’t get it.
Katie Porter keeps it REAL! Every six months a person has to re-apply. They practically audit you and drill you over how you're paying your bills. Then if they over-pay you, they take it out of future payments. It would be better if they took the funds from the person who made the mistake. All for food... SMH.
Why, because she complained about requiring to fill out standard paperwork to get food stamps. Last I checked, too many people who don't need to be are on food stamps right now, and quite frankly, that number should be considerably cut.
@dino macioci Hey there's an idea, with so many homeless people in California, what good is food stamps anyways when it doesn't even work for the people that need it the most.
The older I get now I see why people want to live off grid or in vans and not be a part of any society as much as humanly possible. It is absolutely unfathomable how GREEDY human being are. We were not designed for this
I help a lot of people in my family and neighborhood apply for SNAP and while our application isn't particularly long - takes about twenty minutes - our DSS website is notorious for glitches, which means it's difficult to complete the application without it being erased. It's also not something you can access with a smart phone, meaning if you don't have access to a computer (even if you go to the library, most people work during library hours), you have to drive or take the bus down to the DSS office (and not everyone has access to transportation).
This country makes you degrade yourself, divulge every bit of information about yourself to a complete stranger in the form of a benefits worker, prove you’re broke and have used everything you have even if it means emptying out retirement accounts and selling a car that they’ll deem is worth “too much” before they give you a paltry amount of money you can only spend on cold unprepared groceries, an amount that won’t even be enough to feed your whole family.
Still, she’s asking too many personal questions and, it simply isn’t none of her business and, he doesn’t have to tell her anything he doesn’t want to!
@@sonyafox3271 That was the point. Those are questions from the applications that the department that he oversaw made. Did you even watch the full video?
@@sonyafox3271 That's the point. She's not asking the questions because sge actually wants him to answer them. She's showing him what is required to get food stamps and all the personal info they ask for. And whether anyone wants to answer those questions or not, to get food stamps you have to. They ask for less info to get a credit card or open a bank account.
Dank'ntrans : back in 2008 during the global financial crisis my spouse and I were suddenly without jobs - for over a year. We were repeatedly denied SNAP benefits despite literally drowning in debt. The banks that CAUSED the meltdown automatically were approved for bailout funds at ZERO INTEREST with no paperwork required.
They do purposely try to deny benefits. I receive SSI & SNAP. I have to reapply each year for SNAP despite the fact that I was BORN with my disability, so yes, it is considered "permanent." Every single year, regardless of when I turn in my application, I go at least a month without benefits because they drop the ball on something EVERY TIME. It's incredibly frustrating.
@@scarlettethefieryphoenix925 socially distant solidarity fistbump. (i don't get SNAP because i'm on SSDI and my cats don't count as kids so i'm probably not broke enough to make it worth trying, but if SSI forms are anywhere near as bad as SSDI forms that has to be a nightmare.)
If billionaire company owners would pay a living wage, food stamps wouldn't be a necessity for working families. Before corporate billionaires give themselves billions in bonuses, they should make certain their employees have no need for food stamps. That's called being a responsible, fair, and ethical employer. Food assistance programs were created for the disabled and the elderly and the poor where jobs were hard to get. It is disgraceful that corporate America treats its workers like slaves and uses the United States tax dollars to provide food for their employees because they refuse to do what is right by their workers first, not share holders. Walmart, you are the worst offender. Dirt wages is dirty business.
The Republicans are fiscally responsible for bankrupting the country and destroying the environment. Republicans only care about themselves and their wealthy/corporate backers. Or their Russian Oligarch backers.
I’ve got a novel idea, why don’t we just pay people enough so they don’t need social programs? CEOs can afford ten million a year instead of 50milllion I promise they’ll be okay with one yacht
Not affordable to public, this would mean splitting stocks and would, if you're proposing, taxing the rich, with a tax bracket of Bernie Sanders' proposals. In that case, you'd basically be tearing down our economic industries and would be removing an estimated million people's jobs.
Katie knows her stuff and I do so enjoy it when she points out the obvious to the idiots in congress. Thank you Katie for being our voice in Washington.
Ghost what? Of course they are! How can you write off hundreds of millions of people as not “everyday citizens”? You most definitely currently work with, assuming employment, someone who benefits from some form of government aid.
She could of answered the guys question and gotten to the point waaaay faster. Instead she opts for a power move. Really? "Only I ask questions here" cmon, she was going to tell him anyways and get to the point, why draw it out? ALSO... I get 6 pages is a lot, but you Are asking for free money, from a program that has a finite budget. They have to figure out of all their applicants WHO IS THE MOST NEEDY they aren't doing it just to be sadistic. That being said, I am all in favour of cutting red tape, but she could of just said that up front and then work to pass a bill that cuts red tape. Oh yeah, kinda like Trump did? For every regulation you make you have to cut two? Sounds like they have the same ideas..
It's a sham! I get just under $2;000 a month to live on Social Security retirement. I live is Subsidized HUD Housing apartments for low income seniors. No savings CD or IRA assets. DHS decided I'm allowed ony $23.00 a month SNAP. TF am I supposed to buy groceries? That doesn't cover a weeks worth of food😡
I hear ya. I get $23 a month as well. I get about $1200 in disability a month. It’s downright stupid that single individuals are supposed to live on $23 a month for food.
I’ve helped dozens of clients apply for SNAP. You’d think you were applying for the FBI! Its rigorous; but I understand the need to verify necessity. What’s disturbing is the minuscule amount of $ given to those approved once a month. I have no idea how anyone can survive on SNAP alone.
What’s worse I find, is that the system is designed to keep you broke 🤦♀️ You can’t go to college for more than a year to qualify for their program, yet a year of college isn’t going to give you the degree you need in life to succeed especially with kids. Really what people need is healthy supporting family to make it through.
Daniel Zola I guess to make a point that those questions are very intrusive to ones financial situation to the point that it was made to filter out many to receive the benefits. Like they literally reject the whole thing or hold you accountable for lying on a government form if you write down something wrong. They’ll even reject I don’t knows or N/A, when other applications don’t nearly ask the level of specific that form does.
@@caitlynlivingston7272 Whether you need them or not should not impede your ability to understand that people take advantage of the system and it is hard working people who pay for the system.
@@jeanmarie7 the point went right over your head. The fact that it's so invasive and ridiculous just to get access to food was the point. The fact that people are treated like they're applying for top secret clearance for basic necessities is the issue.
I had to apply to SNAP two weeks ago, I was unemployed for December and they literally asked for everything you own. Soon they’ll want to even know your goddam underwear and blood type. Better off going to a food bank where you don’t feel owned.
Even that is horrible! Wait in line outside for 2+hours no matter the weather - rain, snow, 10° or 90° then most of the food so unhealthy. Bakery cakes that no one bought or picked up, 3day old bread, canned beans. No fresh fruit or vegetables ever. Sugar cereals, chips and cheetos and lots of boxed dry mac and cheese. Anyone with diabetes and most seniors should not eat 95% of what they give out.
SNAP amount needs to be raised to remotely be in line with today's food costs! Even as a "supplement" it's not much of a supplement given the costs of living...
also, a fair percentage of SNAP recipients (elderly and disabled particularly, kids to an extent) need healthier options and healthy food=more expensive almost always. (before somebody comes out with the "bucket of KFC for $20" vs. grocery amount for $20 or similar, that requires a) you have a working kitchen b) the spoon count and ability to SAFELY cook for yourself which is frequently including in my case not accurate c) generally requires spices and kitchen EQUIPMENT as well d) lots of folks on SNAP live in food deserts and/or food swamps.)
@Boxing Bro did you actually read my full comment explaining why that's not always true? you go that route, you're paying in time/energy/ABILITY to cook, which is not the case for many SNAP recipients.
I know the feeling..and how much were u taxed out of your hard earned money before. You pay into the system and when u need it , u don’t get the help......
@@SashyGryphyth and God forbid if you should actually manage to grow some potatoes and sell them to be able to buy more food, that income would further reduce your food stamps if you were to report it. Amd if you don't report it, it's fraud. The system is crazy
I worked this program for over 40 years. I had to ask and verify things that I would, even now, refuse to answer. People trying to get by or make sure they can feed kids after rent is paid. They already know they are not making it and the interview process, no matter how delicately handled, makes it even harder. An heaven forbid they are trying to save money for a workable vehicle or, in many of the elderly cases, burial.
Or rent. If you have more than a certain amount in your bank account, you don't qualify, so you have to save your rent money under the mattress and lie about it.
I had to fill out a renewal application and they asked me where I banked and my bank account info on this PAPER form. I was like no. I answered what kind of account and where but it is completely unnecessary to know the account number. I've even signed the waiver so they can call the bank and verify the balance but I am absolutely not going to give them my banking info on the same form I give my and my son's dates of birth and succotash security info, home address, phone, email and all of that. Every single time I fill one out for renewal there is something new on there that makes it harder to gather everything in the 7 day window. I don't get to count my rent because my landlord refuses to fill out the simple form. I would get more each month if they would.
I had food stamps years ago and couldn't stand the humiliation and condescending attitude of many workers, not all, but many. I appreciate the help I got but am glad to be off of them. The paperwork people have to gather and bring in is insane too. 😮
MissDeniseR In the “real world” government wouldn’t take money from one person and give it to another. Nobody deserves another persons property or money.
TheFrio937 Try to put aside what you have been told your whole life. Businesses don’t pay taxes, they collect them. No business large or small ever paid a dime in taxes that they didn’t collect from their customers first. A company lives by a budget. They include estimated taxes in order to deliver approximately 6% to their investors. I’m amused when I hear a liberal call for higher corporate taxes thinking that it will hurt the rich. If you raised oil company taxes what happens at the gas pump? Raise taxes on a dairy company and what happens to the price of milk? Shouldn’t you be calling for higher personal income tax rates if you hate the rich? By yelling for higher corporate taxes your only hurting the poor and the working poor with a higher cost of living. Don’t be mean to the poor.
Exactly, assets like cars or 401Ks don't help feed your family. Can't stop paying on a car you could afford previously until you were furloughed or laid off.
When a lawyer/law professor who's written text books on finance and law asks you questions in a congressional hearing. You're gonna get your a** handed to you.
Kevin M - I filled-out the form for my stimulus check, April 2020 to be deposited into my bank account. Still have NOT receivrd it. I applied online for food stamps. I still have not received my food stamps. Wicked, Evil government !
@@AlmaWells Seems as though you have an issue that many do not. Good luck with pursuing your assistance, I still don't see how Rep. Porter's grandstanding changes any of that.
KATIE PORTER IS ONE YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH. She is prepared. She knows the answers to the questions she asks. And is fearless. We need about one hundred more of Katie Porters in congress. Love her. And remember fellow citizens, most of us are only one or two emergencies away from living under a bridge.
I have been on snaps and it was a lifesaver. I feel like I was shamed off the system. I honestly should still be on it. But the application process is as daunting as she shows. What’s worse is they make you feel like you are worthless if you need help.
2016, my apartment burned to the ground, and I was living in my car because I had no rental insurance, and the Red Cross offered zero help. Filled out multiple documents through social services asking ridiculous and repetitive questions.After they outright denied me any, and all benefits, they literally handed me a list of churches that had a soup kitchen, most of which no longer participated in the program, and shuffled me out the door as if I was interrupting plans.
I was injured on the job in a state with "private" workers comp. I was awarded comp, they refused to pay. There was no help either, nothing. I couldn't walk and all I got from public aid office was " get married or get pregnant then we can help you." WTF!
@@ceciliapetrowsky2572 I don't for a different reason. Mom told me this. When dad was in England for WW II, both the red cross and salvation army would set up coffee and donut/snack tables at the transportation hubs for soldiers. Dad said the snacks were free from the salvation army, the red cross charged for them. That's when she stopped donating to the red cross and switched to the salvation army.
if you are asking for free money, food ,housing, it should not be easy, it should be intrusive as it is on the working class providing it. i have been on food stamps 30 years ago and i had to pull out a book of paper coupon dollars in front of everyone in the store to pay for my groceries. how humiliating it was. fortunately i did not make a career of recieving hand outs, and changed my situation over 2 years time. i will never look back. anyone who feels these questions are intrusive should, i feel the intrusion in my income weekly!!
Me filling out a food stamp application: How many times do I have to tell you I'm broke?
All is missing is proof DNA and how many times are you sexually active and with. Please list in the next columns please. List date, time, and partners names....just saying.
Precisely. I always wanna scream at those people, "If I had any of those things, do you really think I'd be *here*?!"
Sara Williamson so true
and how is a poor person gonna game the system? take advantage, yeah, but game it? hack it? get real.
"How ever many times it takes us to decide you're not."
The most powerful tool in a teacher's arsenal, the "I'll wait." 😂
This is not a representative example. Applicants have the info at home
ONLY in the arsenal of the petty tyrant style of inquiry. You don't understand--if he took it out--on that technicality he could immediately be charged with Contempt of Congress--he was put in a legal quandary position "cunning snare" by her and it does not reflect well on HER on that issue not him.
@@verdis23rdoperaunballoinma39 very insightful
I told my teacher "you will wait til the sun burns out then" I have been in detention ever since
Yeah and they give you that I'll wait look...makes you sweat.
“What does this have to do with....”
Fool you oversaw this program for 4 years and you didn’t know why she was asking you these questions
😂😂😂
Peter overseeing a program mostly means your a figurehead within the system that opens the door and turns on the lights.
SierraPhantom I may have. So what? You think you’re better than people on food stamps?
HE wasn't asking for money therefore her asking the questions was inappropriate.
She was trying to make a point!
i was on snap, and my benefits were getting ready to end. i was told to expect a phone call at a set time on a specific day to see if my benefits were going to continue or not. i waited and waited that day and didn’t get a call. they called the next day at a different time, and i wasn’t able to answer due to a doctor’s appointment. since i missed the phone call that came on the wrong day at the wrong time, my benefits were discontinued, and i had to reapply.
Yeah they like messing you up like that.
sounds about right
Same thing happened to me last fall. I can't reach my worker. It's been months. I took two buses to reach the office. They turned me away: "systems down." The phone system and web site are jacked up. Those benefits were helping me. I'm already working two jobs and still under the "poverty" line. I appreciate hearing from others who struggle with this. The system is complicated and frustrating so people will just give up and go away.
I'm cynical enough to think that they deliberately chose to do the call at the wrong date and time, knowing that it was possible or likely that you would miss it.
Completely on purpose.
Strange how the US can make a business out of the poverty.
Yeah LBJ said he would have " those N*****s voting Democrat for 100 years....'
You think he could do that without poverty?
Strange how many "poverty-stricken" can make a business off the taxpayers.
No stranger than the multi generational recipients have made a lifestyle out of receiving government largesse.
They can't make a business out of poverty if you stop depending on them to fix poverty. Depending on government is dangerous.
@@kevina3136 Not only dangerous, but stupid.
The look on his face at one point I was really expecting him to say this none of your business, but you can see just when he realized he recognized some of the questions lol!
Yeah, it's not the Congress woman's business... But if you are claiming the need for food stamps - it is the state's business.
@@meeeowch6200 as the saying goes...
"A poor man has NOTHING to lose with a Revolution "
It is her business and she's right these applications are made to belittle you and make you embarrassed for asking for help, yet the CEO of banks and other large corporations (republicans) the rich get bail outs and tax cuts, the applications for them are not as invasive, but hard working peoples incomes now do not keep up with the cost of living, like rent increases $100 month and yes without hesitation but not pay wages, food prices sky rocketed up twice as much thanks to tariffs, so trying to keep food on the table to feed your family gets you punished just for asking for help for the problem they created. So you can chill with the self-righteous BS!
@@msladyboyd1 I was hearing the same thing about Yang's Dividend. Some people in media saying the poor and middle class were gonna abuse it but all these rich corporations are getting bail puts left and right.
Meee Owch Oh but it is... It’s her business to inquire about why SNAP is coming up with questions for potential recipients they themselves can barely answer. Don’t want Congress to call you out on something that is a potential ethics issue, don’t work for the government. Don’t want to answer personal questions about your finances to a government official, move to the moon.
come to think of it, the 2008 Wall Street bailout was only 2 pages long...
And since then has cost the U.S. 27 trillion dollars look it up not a made up figure. 6 pages for $20-$100 a month of SNAP.
Jos, imagine that, the SNAP program cost more than the US combined debt currently at $22 Trillion, I’m glad you’re here to tell us these things. Try to read the CBO figures (Congressional Budget Office) and get back with me...
@@jamesmartin1895 He said that the 2008 Bailout cost $27 Trillion, not SNAP.
They really do want to kill off the poor! This is so DISGUSTING!
LOLLLL
6 pages of paperwork for SNAP is INSANE . Same for MEDICADE .
@tomdamon7208 ~ Agreed.
Shamefully, they're doing their best to make sure as few people as possible receive assistance. These are the same people who want the poor to "pull themselves up by their bootstraps."
No it is not. The taxpayer money should not be handed out lightly.
"I'm not going to answer that".
You absolutely would answer that if you were disabled and it was the only way to feed your children.
EXACTLY!
Steve Chance false equivalency. there’s a huge difference between answering it on a confidential form and asking it publicly for the masses
If you were disabled, most of those numbers would be zero anyway.
True. But also, you wouldn't have to answer in front of so many people & have that information televise.
Yeah on a confidential form given to a government employee, not blurted out for everyone to hear. That was political theater. If you have a 401K you probably don't need SNAP benefits, lol.
When application for food stamps become more complex than a job application
Then wouldn't it be easier to just fill out a job application?
Braddon Schulze as it should be.
@@dltenboer Most people applying for SNAP benefits already have a job. Recipients who don't are generally people who aren't expected to work (children, the elderly, the disabled).
It is not worth the effort or BS that you have to go through. Just get an additional job to supplement your income or start a garden.
Ms. L. Churchill
Some % of people will LIE on job apps. A HUGE % of people LIE or skew their real life situations to get ill gotten spoils on ALL gov dole program applications!!!!
Love how it's easier to get a gun in this country than government assistance and basic healthcare.
Jacqueline Ludwig a gun is a constitutional right, but free money and forcing a doctor to treat you are not.
Liam P. lololol “Forcing a doctor to treat you.” Healthcare is a human right. Everyone deserves it.
Jacqueline Ludwig, perfect point! Why this country treats Healthcare as a luxury and not a necessity is something I’ll never understand
@@alexanderofmesopotamia2952 I'm 42yrd old and I have yet to need the use of a gun but have needed a Dr more in my life.
Alexander Of Mesopotamia look man I don’t know how to explain to you that you should care about people. Healthcare not being a human right isn’t some kind of objective truth. If our government and our country simply decided that yes, Healthcare is a human right, then healthcare would be a human right. And frankly, we don’t have to look far to find examples of countries where free, or much more accessible, healthcare exists and works.
I used to have to get verification for hours worked from my boss for child care assistance and Medicaid. It was so humiliating to ask them to sign off on those papers.
Yes! This!
It should be incentive to employers to show they aren’t paying enough
Hey bud isn't funny when someone else with authority is holding the paper question gun at ya' is it ? Now go to your dinner parties and talk about that !
@Sasi Helen yes because he is over paid and is able to
Positive Energy 👏🏻👏🏻
Exactly!!!
ONLY a problem if you are LIAR as most on dole ARE
He doesn't need to know his financial situation, I'll bet he hires someone else to worry about that.
That's what it seemed like.
It looked like he didn't even know what his electric bill is
@Keenan ThomasYou Are So On Point with that one...
He knows, so he it’s fault he has a good job! Years ago recipients had to pay to receive food-stamps!
Dee32 dontcare how many years ago was that?!? Do tell.
mzn y it has been over 20 years and time has nothing to do with it! All able-bodied sure work and shouldn’t have a problem with answering! To many people in this country feel entitled....
Him: "What does this have to do with...?"
Rep. Katie Porter: "You've just activated my trap card"
RandomComments THAT PART
And it wasn’t a very good trap.
@@HaimTabibi You must not have been paying very good attention then
@@macgyverthediver5250 on the contrary. I pay excellent attention. I am just not biased. It is important to be intellectually honest in our posts, MacgyverTheDiver.
@@HaimTabibi Which is exactly why I have been this entire time and it disingenuous to suggest otherwise.
She really showed the absurdity of the questions they ask in order for people to receive food stamps. Every single question she asked is actually on the application.... Ridiculous!!!
And do you applicants respond verbally before a congressional committee? Or are they able to answer at their leisure, at the dining room table, where their records are easily accessible?
@@thomasbonnett4800 way to focus on the wrong part of the story genius. Duh
@thomasbonnett4800 It's worse you respond to @$$hat that doesn't know basic math and won't understand monthly payments vs biweekly. Many of the snap reps don't understand devaluation in assets, disability, or temporary poverty. The worst part is you don't have a dedicated case worker and inflation doesn't mean more benefits to help cover the increased debt. We need a cap on inflation or more government community cooperative food stores cause commercial stores don't work.
She needs to go !!!
Wouldn't I rather have money to buy my food at places that don't accept food stamps get real Katie poverty porter
Love how uncomfortable he got answering those questions. 😆
HE wasn't applying for food stamps. Her questions were inappropriate and invasive. I bet she wouldn't have answered them either.
stripedtigress “hi I’m dumb and have poor reasoning skills”...that’s you, do better.
@@stripedtigress
That's the entire point. She was reading questions that are asked of food stamp applicants.
He was furious
@@epiccollision How about instead of name-calling, you try to start a constructive conversation instead?
OMG… Someone in Congress working for the average American… What a crazy concept😕 I love her
Look at Romneys history with the FLDS. Then ask how the FLDS got away with 12 million in food stamp fraud.
Food stamps really aren't an issue in her very wealthy district. What is an issue is the insane cost of housing there and the continual crowding.
Katie Porter, I wish we had more reps like you! Thank you for being you!
The average american is not poor.
If you need food stamps, you have to answer some questions.
@@PulledPurk what lol
The things this country take people through that legitimately needs these programs. Plus, I know that my state of WA only allows for about $1.33 per meal per day for SNAP benefits. I wonder who can live off $3.99 per day and survive. Most of our elderly are on special diets because of health issues. I mean, how cold can we be as a nation? But we definitely find a way to finance that 20+ year war(s) and giving tax breaks of 1.5 trillion to the 1% and corporations. It seems like that money just falls out of the working and middle class pockets somehow.
Gypsy Curls it's socialism for the rich and large corporations and capitalism for the poor, working class and middle class.
And still your state keeps vote for Republicans. Against your own interest.
Gypsy Curls: And don’t forget that farmers hit by Trump’s trade wars are more and more dependent on government payments...they got over 22 billion in subsidies in 2019...the most they’ve gotten in 14 years. Most of that money went to the biggest agribusinesses, while money was cut for families on food stamps. You can bet the recipients of these billions will vote for Trump again.
That 1% keeps our politicians fat and lazy
@@christopherherrera921 Eastern Washington is mostly Republican not Western Washington which is mostly Democratic. Trust me we try and vote Democratic.
Unemployed for first time in my life, applied in Maine, went through all that for $16 month, also had to answer weekly/monthly questions as well to continue benefit, I stopped, just what they wanted me to do
I am more impressed by Katie Porter ever single time I see her speak in the House. She does not back down, and that's a spectacularly rare quality in our political representation.
Randi Young just look at California 😂
@@kt550 What does that have to do with anything? Just look at the work Katie Porter is doing in congress.
She really is incredible
I watch her segments just to give me hope.
A student of our honorable Elizabeth Warren.
Dude: "what does these questions have to do with.....?"
Ms.Porter: "Exactly, why do you need this many info to apply for a SNAP???🤷♀️"
To prevent fraud.
Enabling sloth isn't compassion. Encouraging self-sufficiency is.
Those questions are so you don't steal from the government what are you people from Mars. yeah everybody's honest everybody works on the merit system here in America You people are nuts
@@josephzummo9685 But the man who worked '4 years' on that program seems down right INSULTED that she would ask him for such information. 6 pages of financial information to get food assistance, most job applications cannot ask half of those questions, it is considered inappropriate. I think the application for my home mortgage wasn't any more invasive than that.
@@antiquegirl6505 you may be right. But that's how important things are in this world. Just that important. so we go through things because it's important that the right people get the money that they need or food stamps that they need or help that they need and not scammed out by some jerk who showed up in a Cadillac Escalade just to builk the system so be it if it's important enough to you then go the extra mile and educate yourself we have an entire nation of uninformed people. You know what America's favorite saying is? "I didn't know"
@@josephzummo9685 Thank you for your reply....my point was that the 'political suit' guy seemed annoyed that Katie Porter was asking so many personal questions. He didn't realize that this much information is needed to get assistance. I remember being behind a very overdressed lady in the grocery, back in the 70's. Her leather coat would have cost more than a couple months of my rent. She got her steaks, oysters, chops etc with food stamps. The wine and cigarettes were bought with cash. After I paid for my bread, milk, and few things I could afford, I walked to my car in the lot, as she drove past me in her shiny big Cadillac. So yeah, I have witnessed the fraud side of it. But a six page application still seems excessive.
I remember applying once and they asked me where I showered..... The snap process is insane.
William Alexander, i remember trying to get some welfare assistance to pay my rent and the clerk told me I had to find find a cheaper apartment. That was in New York city where at the time a 2 bedroom (so called) was going for 850 a month.
I would have answered "In a shower." That's INSANE!
An actual question on applications about preparing meals - "Do you cook alone or with others?" or shared facilities, bathroom, kitchen. They are one question away from, "If you use soap, what soap do you use?"
Very invasive, but if you were to prioritize people would you help the person that can shower in their own place or the one that has to shower at a gym? One person is significantly more disadvantaged than the other.
@@WPFreeinternet THAT is not the point. What kind of thinking/logic is that? ......hungry is hungry.
God Bless Katie Porter. WE NEED HER. She is one of the few THINKING PEOPLE in politics. Someone who is out there FOR US, not for the corporate kick-back.
I love watching her chew people up. She just goes savage.....tik tok
I'll wait.
Some people require saviging. Good for her.
But also at the same time, you’re applying to get free government cash. It should matter how many kids you have and how much money you make. Helps figure out how much you should receive, when I was a child my Dad was paid under the table making a decent check. But he was able to gain the system by applying as homeless with 3 children. He would receive $927 a month while not taxing into the system. People do lie, it happens.
@@kennedysuggs4691 Those intent on lying can come up with answers easily. Most are not lying. To be required to complete an invasive application, on top of other requirements such as an interview, is humiliating. That a few scammers cheat should not be used to harm the majority who do not.
@Sheila R How so? It’s free money
Absolutely brilliant! How about no American should go hungry?
There's a youtuber that suggested that for every home or building that gets demolished a vegetable garden gets planted in its place. That way those neighborhoods always have access to healthy food.
How about you get a job and work like the rest of us
Is anyone going hungry? Most people in this country are over weight. And if you are hungry it most likely because you waste money on drugs/alcohol or you had children you couldn’t afford and you think other people should have to pay you to raise them. How about you act responsibly and get a job. Problem solved.
White bread and donuts are cheap. These Republicans are criminals.
I needed food stamps 35 years ago. I was pregnant and my husband's union was on strike.
We are the richest country in the world and we cannot feed or house people who are less fortunate than us.
Shame on us!
Lorrie why do I have to pay for YOUR child?
Hope she looks at forms VA requires, mind boggling in complexity, probably large percentage of people just give up.
Juan Two Three
I think you're talking about your comment 😂
tell that to the people that want VA health care for all
And that's precisely the point. It's a poor tax. SMH
That's the point that's why they call them entitlement, but giving billions and trillions to corporations and rich people is not.
@@riodumont6273 I agree. We need to stop taxing the poor to give billions to the NFL and stop paying for new stadiums for team owners and stop letting those billionaire team owners get away with not paying taxes.
i LOVE when Rep Porter tells him, 'you dont have to answer, that's your prerogative'....what she didnt add was that it's your choice to answer or not, but if you dont answer, they wont be able to process your application.
Katie Porter kept it real right there.
i’ll say it again, Katie Porter is a Hero.
But also at the same time, you’re applying to get free government cash. It should matter how many kids you have and how much money you make. Helps figure out how much you should receive, when I was a child my Dad was paid under the table making a decent check. But he was able to gain the system by applying as homeless with 3 children. He would receive $927 a month while not taxing into the system. People do lie, it happens.
Jim Carigga So FATTY is mad that people who want to freeload off taxpayer's are asked questions. Of they don't like the questions don't ask for free money to live off from taxpayer's.
@@kennedysuggs4691 Of course that matters. But why does it matter what day of the week you get paid? Or when your sewage is cleaned? What connection does that have to the amount of money you should receive? Last time I checked, you can't use SNAP benefits to pay for your sewage cleaning.
Kennedy Suggs you copy and pasted the same comment multiple times. Get a life bro 😂
"What does this have to do with...?" Said every applicant to ever apply for SNAP benefits in the US EVER.
@@gregcronin7734 except it's not 10 mins, it's hours in line for those without internet service, only to be given attitude and sent away for missing information. The process is demoralizing and dehumanizing when literally all they need is money for food.
@@gregcronin7734 Do you think that application takes 10 minutes to complete?
And then someone has to get back to you for an interview where they ask you these things all over again trying to catch you in a lie. It's a mess.
@@isaiahcaston4539 And all too often, even if you're accepted into the program, you have to wait until the start of the next month to even GET anything. How does that help when you have a family to feed NOW?
It has to do with grilling poor people to see if they "deserve" the money while corporations, like ExxonMobile get $2.2 billion a year for simply existing.
I love this woman. We need more like her in Washington.
Imagine if they all were like her. We'd be able to sleep at night.
There are more congresswomen just as knowledgeable, confident, and persistent as Katie.
The quad and AOC are fearless as well.
to give more free stuff? get a job
@@baronkingdom570 grow a soul.
We can slash Pentagon budget by 2/3. Half a trillion dollars saved. They will cry like Banshees, but if we stick to our guns we can make big changes (edit) no pun intended (edit again) can I say Banshees? oops probably not
They denied my mother, a month later contacted her to say they made a mistake and to reapply.. they approved her for $20 A MONTH!!!
I had a friend who got $14/month.
If you don't have kids, it ain't worth it.
Lol. “I’ll wait...”.
Tick tock! I couldn't believe it!😂
The kicker is at the end.....you have to give MORE information to get 4,800 dollars as a Taxpayer funded SNAP recipient......than you do to get 174,000 as a Taxpayer funded member of Congress!
kaiyoko Baby tick tock I’ll wait
She's no joke lol
@@velvetrose7729 That truly was priceless! I was just waiting for the completely idiotic questions about :
Are you or any member of your household a fugitive from justice? I have SOO many times wanted to fill that in with the word... "maybe?"... Love this woman! Peace all! ☮✌🔥🤘😎💨💨💨
Them: You make more than $2k a month in Gross Pay
Me: I make $1300/m and pay $1000 in rent and I don't GET my Gross Pay I get my NET PAY
you are paying too much in rent.
@@Lopyswine depends upon where you live. Take a look at rent in NYC...
$1300 a month is well above national minimum wage for a full time worker, too. It's not nearly enough to live on, and yet too much for government aid a lot of the time
Lol to much for rent the cheapest here in cali is 1500 for 400-500sq feet if your lucky
@@Lopyswine It's called Boston. Where are you?
It is absolutely disgusting that over 10% of Americans need food aid. Completely unacceptable for a first world country.
capitalism for ya... got to have poor to have rich.
That's funny. That's almost the exact percentage of people with an IQ lower than 80. Willing to bet holding down a job is pretty hard for them.
It has nothing to do with society.
Jonathan Aliff
Are you scared? Is that why you’re trying to put other people down? Because if they’re poor for some tangible reason, then you couldn’t possibly end up that way too?
Or are you just trying to come up with a good excuse to be selfish? I honestly hope it’s the former.
Im confused, are you getting mad at the government for providing aid like every other country does?
junkybabes First World Country in what?
Please protect this woman at all costs. She is the only one fighting for us. Love her!!
Oh Snap, she got him there.
Thank you Rich Republican
I see what you did there.
I understood that reference.
Lol no she didn't. Those were all logical and valid questions to be on a food stamps application
Its free money, heaven forbid you spend an hour on the application for free money.... seriously are we trying to make complete pansies out of poor people? Wait until you try to close an escrow, now thats alot of pages, stooges!
"Tick tock, I'll wait." -Rep Katie Porter
Ya gotta luv this chick!"
StarrShine Preston no no nooooooooo
This was stupid, she has a good point but this was stupid.
He has the info at home,where people fill it out and return it in a postage paid envelope
Arrogance
She's absolutely awesome 👍👏
I am homebound and disabled and have to go through this every year to get certified for HUD and SNAP. Even though nothing ever changes, we have to start from scratch everytime. I can't believe how many hours my landlord and case manager have to put in to cross all the t's and dot the i's. I always have the information ready for them since I still have "my marbles". I don't know how they do it for the senile, uneducated or non-english speakers. I'm 80 and they still ask if I'm a student or pregnant!
They want to discourage people from applying. Every and anyway they can.
CarolP.....just had to comment sweet lady. God bless you. Sorry u have to be dragged thru this to get a lil assistance. Huggin u from Texas.
Thank you for sharing. Bless your heart. Im sorry for everything you have to go through. Much love to you!♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Well... to be fair, you could still be a student despite the age... but the pregnancy question is a no brainer though
Also Washington Snap is the easiest I have ever seen. I was in and out of that office within 20 mins and I lived in Seattle when I was on them. All they wanted to know was was I currently working, had any dependents, bills I paid and for how much. That was it.
I had a friend once really needing some help with food and filled out the application. It asked about bank info and how much was in the account. He answered honestly and because he just had his income tax deposited, he was declined. Although, that money in no way would feed them the rest of the year. He met all other eligibility requirements, so shameful. This was in Tennessee.
the US hates humanity..money rules and ever notice the richer you are the more you get cheap or free?
And anyone who disputes this is a liar, I used to live in Tennessee and they do nonsense like this all the time, people always complain about the federal government but the state governments are much more corrupt and incompetent
@@shayshay9764something like the child tax credit, which can make a big difference to working-class people, is pocket change for a millionaire but they still go to the trouble to have their accountants file for that child tax credit, because they're billionaires but they're going to make a big deal out of a couple thousand dollars, the amount of selfishness is astounding, and when I have mentioned that billionaires actually claim things like that on their taxes there have actually been bootlickers defending them
Kind of like when you're asked how much you made the year before and it doesn't take into account your employment situation now. This happened to me and my husband.
I didn’t finish your comment and knew right away it was TN.
God I love Katie Porter.
THIS is what Congress should be like.
she is a BEAST when she starts asking questions!!!!
We need her integrity in the White House. If we had this kind of common sense leadership across America, this country would be AWESOME!!! I wish she ran for President!!!
@SierraPhantom Do you troll on every comment on this feed? Your opinions are just cheep and fake burns and you're a non-contributor to actually conversations.
I'm not even American but she's one of my top 5 politicical crushes 😂 she's so empassioned I love it!!
@@born2doitright me too. I would vote for her
If he was offended by those questions and their personal nature I sure hope he never has to apply for gov't "safety net " assistance, because he's really be offended by their complete lack of respect, intrusive nature, and intimidation in order to simply help your family survive, regardless of how many years you may have paid into such programs. I love this woman. She rocks.
I share your admiration sir. There are a lot of great women in the congress who are fighting for the people.
That's exactly how it feels. Just imagine how intrusive and embarrassing it is just for $355 to assist in feeding your family.
Absolutely I’m on 90 a year and I don’t have an issue paying higher tax to support and help those that needed. Why some may ask, simply because I was at the bottom like many others working my way up to self support, and if it wasn’t for government help I would have been on the streets at this very moment.
Porter, she's great
Amy Sternheim you may need to read again 👍
Imagined if you're a Trump supporter and you're on foodstamps....
Alonzo McCoy - GOP: He’s cutting food stamps for those that don’t need them!
Anyone: Since you’re overweight then, YOU shouldn’t qualify?
GOP: I’M NOT LAZY!!
Anyone: You said that, not me...
@Mark Lawson Same here. Love and Light from Mississippi, y'all. ✌🏼💚
As long as they can be racist, then it's all good
@BKD Vickers ...you sound like a very intelligent human being 😂🤦🏽♂️ (sarcasm)
You Americans are cold af
My hard working Son and daughter-in-law have to constantly fight for help for food aid. All while the prices of food, gas and rent are off the charts. America should be better than this. Thank you, Katie Porter for pointing out the B.S.
Love her, she is always ready and on point, and do not back down.
People applying for benefits should provide ALL of that information. Her questioning was idiotic.
@@Btyler48 Why do they need to provide ALL of that information? What purpose would that fulfill? I get some basic information is needed, such as current income and if you have children etc but you don't need all of that.
She is boss
Most people that have food stamps don’t have any of that stuff
David Wade But also at the same time, you’re
applying to get free government cash. It should matter how many kids you have and how much money you make. Helps figure out how much you should receive, when I was a child my Dad was paid under the table making a decent check. But he was able to gain the system by applying as homeless with 3 children. He would receive $927 a month while not taxing into the system. People do lie, it happens.
Listening to her speaking up says a lot, this is how you stand for all the people, not just for the one's in her jurisdiction.
Exactly
Yeah pelosi
You don't understand--if he took it out--on that technicality he could immediately be charged with Contempt of Congress--he was put in a legal quandary position "cunning snare" by her and it does not reflect well on HER on that issue not him. She is a petty tyrant here asking questions not pertinent to her purview of the reason he was there. Playing to the mob--so if all you and the 601 upvotes liked it you know what you are.
Nice to see a law maker that doesn't have a Racist Agenda.
@@jakesnake165 believe me or not Nancy Pelosi achived a lot for both democrats & republican. People just jealous/don't like her because she is women. There's reason why she is head of the democrats this long.
He be came offended only being ask a handful of questions , so how does he think people who needs this tax's paid for program feels, hypocrisy
Dignity & Pride are seen as being on the same sliding scale by most otherwise nice ppl. It's a shameful aspect of American life.
EXACTLY!
yuppp they hate being treated the way they treat others. it's messed up, if you have savings in an account, you're not allowed SNAP. So in other words, you aren't allowed to move up
They dont have to do it publicly
katelyn ast nor your two cents. Wake up!!!
Love this woman's knowledge on the issues that she addressed
Invasion of privacy and humiliation of the poor is the government's speciality.
Its criminal offense
Say it louder for the ones in the back.
Unfortunately yes
Gimme my free stuff! Don't axe me no questions! I deserve it!
💯💯
This last time I applied for snap:
Interviewer: you make x amount of money, but with your bills I show a deficit of x amount of money. How are you paying your bills?
Me: exactly
When the interviewer asked me that same question. I said I don’t know with money??? That you guys say I have to much of??? So I’m just as confused.
@@catherineyanke8025 you both seem confused. Hence this is why you are at the bottom of life applying for SNAP.
@@professionalcommenter5 Go back to school shorty. Nobody's impressed with you here.
@@briannab4037 lol still can’t figure out how to fill out the applications huh? Go back to sleep
@@professionalcommenter5 Sleep? How early is your bedtime?
Katie Porter for president 💯
Tik Tok 🤣🤣🤣
I’d vote for her in a heartbeat! She’s intelligent and she’s powerful. She’d make an excellent president
YES, Katie! When I was on food stamps years ago, they asked everything except how many times I wiped my butt when I used the loo, and maybe even that (I'm not sure).
If Congress is filled with people like her, the people would feel the liberties they are owed.
The American people must demand these liberties, for they have been taken from them by the ultra rich.
Beautifully said
@Salt Cube That moment you don't know what communism is.
Sebastian Timothy Pardon? How pathetically selfish are you to believe that people shouldn’t have FOOD?
The measure of a country is how it treats its weakest citizen. The USA is failing miserably.
This dude is acting he doesnt know what she talking he dam well knows
He worked in the department
He doesn't want to answer
And GE worked that program for 4 years!!
@@biruss (he)
Who says that he is acting?
I applied when i was in college. I was working part time to try n finish school quicker, and they asked me where my children were conceived!! That's when i knew it wasn't for me. I ended up dropping out. Went back 2 years later and graduated. Now im a MA but that experience was very degrading
Was this on the app or during the interview?
@@desireedickson2057 interview
I feel like its embarrassing enough needing the help. Not like i was some lazy female doing nothing with my life.i worked and payed taxes. Jus hit a financial bump at the time. SNAP isn't a lifestyle, its temporary help for a person in need. I don't understand the point of some of the questions(outside of finances). I jus remember how i felt. Walked out with my head down... it made me feel like less of person
how much student loans do you have?
Wow I’m so sorry that you had to go through that
It’s ridiculous. And sometimes the amount of money they give you is less than they receive for one hour of work.
Thank you Katie Porter. Thank you for your service and caring. Thank you for your questioning to show how hideous the restrictions of SNAP have become. It is truly despicable to force those so in need to go through this charade of questions in order to apply and qualify for food assistance. Is starvation not enough of a reason?
And in the state I live in you have to have your employer fill out a form so they and your coworkers know your on Food Stamps. People don't know what people getting aid from the gov't have to go through. It's a shame.
Murica!
Well are you asking to make it easier so that more people can abuse the system????
@Dark Lady Your assumptions are erroneous. I am retired. I am not on food stamps or SNAP. And have never been in my entire life. But what I do have is EMPATHY for those who need food assistance for whatever physical or mental conditions they may have that causes food insecurity. Conditions that may also totally prevent working, thereby not having enough the minimum income needed by all humans to survive in the U.S. Please make yourself become informed of the needs of those less fortunate than yourself.
Dark Lady is that you Sylvanas? 😱
I have so much respect for Katie Porter. She is amazing at calling out the absurdities of some government policies and people.
@Terri Freeman Yes we did Terri. We did some good things but took our eye off the ball. Thing is, we were brain washed from the womb and failed to recognize or got up in the greed and deception to make the correction . The younger generation don't have that problem. This is why I'm for Bernie.
Baby boomers were told their entire lives that this is the best country in the world, blessed by god. NOT !
@Terri Freeman We did.
@@anthonybrowne3942 Everyone is indoctrinated, one way or another, from birth. We all must fight indoctrination, embrace free thinking and skepticism, and instruct our children how to use logic. Another thing which would truly make America great would be the reduction of religious influence in our country. We must tell our children to ask questions. Always.
@@augustawalden5538 we should also make sure our children are not entitled to tax dollars and have the audacity to complain about how to get them. Teach them no one owes them anything.
Rep. Porter is a rock star and I love her.
I was about to say the same.
YASSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!
How about a Porter/AOC OR AOC/Porter ticket in ‘24?
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That’s a Dream Team for me.
What's disgusting is they figure your benefits by your gross monthly income, that's like working and living off of your untaxed check...I don't know anyone that lives off their monthly gross income or doesn't pay taxes before getting their paychecks.
As a coworker once said,
"I wish I got my gross pay!"
I've always had the deepest admiration for Katie Porter... she is sooooo Logical and Righteous it's scary!! God Bless her!
It’s not righteous to complain about an application while looking for handouts.
@@dcg590 Nice judgment. We'll see how differently you feel when something bad happens to you and you find yourself applying for these much needed benefits. You know like when someones house gets destroyed by a natural disaster that insurance doesn't cover, get's laid off from their job, has a life changing family member/breadwinner pass away suddenly, and a host of other unpredictable awful things that happen to people all the time.
This is priceless. She didn't even get to any extensive questions at all. It would have been great if he was required to answer every question on the application.
And dig out, make photocopies of every piece of documentation required...then travel to, wait for and attend the face to face interview with a social services employee... especially if they're employed and have to take time off from work... not to mention use public transportation which at least doubles the time they have to take off.
Why would he be required to answer every question on the application? He's not applying for ANYTHING! How stupid can you people be?
@@alexandraabercrombie3726 God forbid you have to fill out 6 whole hloages to get a free money from the govt
@@alexandraabercrombie3726 yeah the other option is to get up and work for everything you get soooo what's your point?!?!
Aww it's not easy enough to get free money from the tax payers?!?!
@@stevemasterson7776 ... Six pages would be a blessing in the state I currently live in... it's somewhere between sixteen and twenty here. I know because I used to volunteer at domestic abuse and long-term shelters for women with children. I've gone through the whole process with countless families and if you think it's simply a matter of filling out a few pages and mailing them in, you're wrong. The amount of documentation that is required... every six months...is literally ridiculous. People's birthday certificates, social security numbers, state IDs, etc., don't change. The paperwork is supposed to be scanned into the system. So why should these documents have to be submitted time and again? The vast majority of the questions can be answered as N/A because they don't have retirement accounts, real estate holdings, etc. If I hadn't worked with people in these situations I would probably be onboard with your argument... because I wouldn't have had the experience of seeing the system from the other side. People in need are made to jump through hoops repeatedly for a paltry sum if money every month. Unfortunately for many, that paltry sum is the difference between putting a little meat on the table a couple times a week and feeding their family ramen and macaroni and cheese all month. Just as an example, I know a man in NY state who is in his seventies, living on social security and raising his grandson because mom and dad are both drug addicts. He receives Medicaid for the grandson... and $71 per month in SNAP benefits to feed him. The courts don't force the parents to pay child support or threaten them with jail time for not doing do and the state makes him jump through hoops for what little benefits he receives for being a stand-up guy and raising his grandson instead of letting him go into the foster care system... which would cost the state a h*ll of a lot more. It isn't right. I'm a Republican and I agree that we need welfare reform. However, Democrat's idea of welfare reform is free stuff for everybody and Republican's idea is to make it so difficult to obtain that people either don't qualify or give up trying due to all the requirements and red tape. Some states literally rig the system and require just enough hours to qualify for benefits but have their poverty threshold set so low that if a person works the minimum required hours at minimum wage...they make too much money to ANY benefits... according to the state. These people can't afford health insurance. These people can't afford food after whatever bills they manage to juggle on a monthly basis are paid. The working poor face this and more every day of every month. I could also very easily list off some examples of people I have encountered who have done nothing but play the system. There are drug addicts in my state that receive aid and housing... nothing wrong with them, but a particular organization that makes all it's money from Medicare and Medicaid routinely put them on it and sign them up for anything from methadone treatments, psychiatric care, individual therapy, group therapies... and the list goes on. I know personally know of illegals... stretching back to the sixties... who came here pregnant and with four other children, no husband, who dropped an anchor baby and drew benefits right up to Reagan granting amnesty to all illegals and continued to draw benefits throughout the nineties (because when the youngest was getting ready to turn eighteen, she conveniently dropped another kid)... never worked a day...then drew social security...and continues to do so. Another group I encountered was a woman living with her boyfriend who had a sixteen year old daughter (who had just had a baby) and whose brother was also living with them in a single wide trailer. Each one claimed benefits, two of them were working under the table, the state was paying for the boyfriend to go to school to become a mechanic, they all received Medicaid, SNAP totaling over $1000/month combined, three of them were receiving cash aid and they would STILL individually go to food banks every month. Oh, and the sixteen year old received WIC for herself and the baby. Yeah, some people scam the system...and it p*sses me off. But does that mean that we should make it d*mn near impossible for those that have paid into the system and continue to pay into the system to receive the benefits they are legitimately entitled to as citizens. It always amazes me tha many seem to have no problem with the $100's of millions we give out in corporate welfare every year... but money to feed hungry citizens? The whole system is screwed up.
My friend's grandma is 72 and only got $59 a month... And they took them. 😞
Alicia Robinson That’s horrible. Plenty of money for the military but not enough for the needy. I actually hate this country
My 70 year old mother only gets $15
Nyx Seriously? I honestly would ask her if she is willing to move out of the country . There are lovely retirement areas outside the US !
Alicia Robinson
That’s so upsetting. Even worse to know some people lie about their income and marital status to get welfare, yet people who truly need it don’t get it.
Sara Ford Not trying to be offensive but if she can afford it why is she on food stamps
Katie Porter keeps it REAL! Every six months a person has to re-apply. They practically audit you and drill you over how you're paying your bills. Then if they over-pay you, they take it out of future payments. It would be better if they took the funds from the person who made the mistake. All for food... SMH.
I don’t care what party she’s in, if she ever decides to go for president or anything. I’m in!
Thinking the same recently. On a KP binge!
Why, because she complained about requiring to fill out standard paperwork to get food stamps. Last I checked, too many people who don't need to be are on food stamps right now, and quite frankly, that number should be considerably cut.
Because she's the only one who has the balls to put reality in the faces of the super rich
supercj12 So what’s your point? People can pay for most of their food, but not everything a growing family needs, so they should be cut off?
@dino macioci Hey there's an idea, with so many homeless people in California, what good is food stamps anyways when it doesn't even work for the people that need it the most.
The older I get now I see why people want to live off grid or in vans and not be a part of any society as much as humanly possible. It is absolutely unfathomable how GREEDY human being are. We were not designed for this
I agree.
@Salt Cube r/wooosh
@Jerome Lund Doesn't mean people should live in poverty
Salt Cube Yeah tell that to rich people lobbying in Congress. Tell that to corporate asking for bailouts.
@Salt Cube 30 yr old WHITE males live off the Government, NOT the Grid!!! Did you get that SOCIALIST STIMULUS CHECK YET???
Bravo!! Now THAT is how you shine a light on some BS Application. Process and the people who can up with it!! Keep this up Please!!
Shame on you!
I help a lot of people in my family and neighborhood apply for SNAP and while our application isn't particularly long - takes about twenty minutes - our DSS website is notorious for glitches, which means it's difficult to complete the application without it being erased. It's also not something you can access with a smart phone, meaning if you don't have access to a computer (even if you go to the library, most people work during library hours), you have to drive or take the bus down to the DSS office (and not everyone has access to transportation).
And if approved, the amount of the benefit is extremely small.
I get 16$ a month...
The amount of benefit is based on your income, household size, and how much you pay for housing.
This country makes you degrade yourself, divulge every bit of information about yourself to a complete stranger in the form of a benefits worker, prove you’re broke and have used everything you have even if it means emptying out retirement accounts and selling a car that they’ll deem is worth “too much” before they give you a paltry amount of money you can only spend on cold unprepared groceries, an amount that won’t even be enough to feed your whole family.
J. Bae Yes. It’s despicable.
@@_DMACpll
I love a good woman with a back bone to stand up for every one not just herself.
Still, she’s asking too many personal questions and, it simply isn’t none of her business and, he doesn’t have to tell her anything he doesn’t want to!
Where did you see one?
@@sonyafox3271 That was the point. Those are questions from the applications that the department that he oversaw made. Did you even watch the full video?
@@sonyafox3271 Then maybe people applying for food stamps and Medicaid shouldn’t have to answer those either right?
@@sonyafox3271 That's the point. She's not asking the questions because sge actually wants him to answer them. She's showing him what is required to get food stamps and all the personal info they ask for. And whether anyone wants to answer those questions or not, to get food stamps you have to.
They ask for less info to get a credit card or open a bank account.
It’s almost like they are making the food stamp form needlessly difficult so they can cause delay in providing these services
...almost?...
So kinda like voting in some states if you're a minority?
Dank'ntrans : back in 2008 during the global financial crisis my spouse and I were suddenly without jobs - for over a year. We were repeatedly denied SNAP benefits despite literally drowning in debt. The banks that CAUSED the meltdown automatically were approved for bailout funds at ZERO INTEREST with no paperwork required.
They do purposely try to deny benefits. I receive SSI & SNAP. I have to reapply each year for SNAP despite the fact that I was BORN with my disability, so yes, it is considered "permanent." Every single year, regardless of when I turn in my application, I go at least a month without benefits because they drop the ball on something EVERY TIME. It's incredibly frustrating.
@@scarlettethefieryphoenix925 socially distant solidarity fistbump.
(i don't get SNAP because i'm on SSDI and my cats don't count as kids so i'm probably not broke enough to make it worth trying, but if SSI forms are anywhere near as bad as SSDI forms that has to be a nightmare.)
If billionaire company owners would pay a living wage, food stamps wouldn't be a necessity for working families. Before corporate billionaires give themselves billions in bonuses, they should make certain their employees have no need for food stamps. That's called being a responsible, fair, and ethical employer. Food assistance programs were created for the disabled and the elderly and the poor where jobs were hard to get. It is disgraceful that corporate America treats its workers like slaves and uses the United States tax dollars to provide food for their employees because they refuse to do what is right by their workers first, not share holders. Walmart, you are the worst offender. Dirt wages is dirty business.
She is going far. She’s fighting for the average person.
Shes in Maine. Not NY or FL or Texas. Those states have millions on SNAP, WIC.
DL Lambert and? What’s your point? She is a representative in our federal government so she can take them to task as well.
@@benjaminpark5460 Katie Porter is a Reo from Orange county in Ca
She is fighting for the ones without a voice.
What a wonderful lady, and inspiration to us all.
Republicans: "We're the party of fiscal responsibility!"
Katie Porter: "Hold my wine spritzer."
The Republicans are fiscally responsible for bankrupting the country and destroying the environment. Republicans only care about themselves and their wealthy/corporate backers. Or their Russian Oligarch backers.
Neither main party is worthy of anything but contempt--yet still people vote for them...disgusting.
I’ve got a novel idea, why don’t we just pay people enough so they don’t need social programs? CEOs can afford ten million a year instead of 50milllion I promise they’ll be okay with one yacht
Da Kine no way. My board of directors would never give up that third porche
Not affordable to public, this would mean splitting stocks and would, if you're proposing, taxing the rich, with a tax bracket of Bernie Sanders' proposals. In that case, you'd basically be tearing down our economic industries and would be removing an estimated million people's jobs.
@@regolutearbre4127 So taxing the Walton's 300 billion nest egg would eliminate jobs? Please explain.
@@regolutearbre4127 How would it "eliminate jobs" to give the top 1% less of their personal billions? They aren't doing anything with that money.
@@regolutearbre4127 We should Tax the Corporations not the Rich.
Katie knows her stuff and I do so enjoy it when she points out the obvious to the idiots in congress. Thank you Katie for being our voice in Washington.
We need more people like this, who stand up for everyday citizens. Don't ever change.
Ghost what? Of course they are! How can you write off hundreds of millions of people as not “everyday citizens”? You most definitely currently work with, assuming employment, someone who benefits from some form of government aid.
She could of answered the guys question and gotten to the point waaaay faster. Instead she opts for a power move. Really? "Only I ask questions here" cmon, she was going to tell him anyways and get to the point, why draw it out?
ALSO... I get 6 pages is a lot, but you Are asking for free money, from a program that has a finite budget. They have to figure out of all their applicants WHO IS THE MOST NEEDY they aren't doing it just to be sadistic.
That being said, I am all in favour of cutting red tape, but she could of just said that up front and then work to pass a bill that cuts red tape.
Oh yeah, kinda like Trump did? For every regulation you make you have to cut two? Sounds like they have the same ideas..
Exactly what I was thinking. This lady a gd legend
@Walter L I think you should add more countries to your list. Israel is not the only country that gets US welfare.
She was the same woman who got covid 19 testing to be free too, even for people without insurance.
I love this woman. Real, accurate and empathetic to the problems facing people when they are at mercy if those who have never been without
So many pages I’m dropping them 😂 dead but honestly though.
It's a sham! I get just under $2;000 a month to live on Social Security retirement. I live is Subsidized HUD Housing apartments for low income seniors. No savings CD or IRA assets. DHS decided I'm allowed ony $23.00 a month SNAP. TF am I supposed to buy groceries? That doesn't cover a weeks worth of food😡
I hear ya. I get $23 a month as well. I get about $1200 in disability a month. It’s downright stupid that single individuals are supposed to live on $23 a month for food.
I’ve helped dozens of clients apply for SNAP. You’d think you were applying for the FBI!
Its rigorous; but I understand the need to verify necessity. What’s disturbing is the minuscule amount of $ given to those approved once a month. I have no idea how anyone can survive on SNAP alone.
Shar Bear926 and if you live in someone else’s home , the PERSONAL financial questions you would NEVER ask them... have to be answered
You can't live on snap alone. The S stands for Supplementary.
What’s worse I find, is that the system is designed to keep you broke 🤦♀️
You can’t go to college for more than a year to qualify for their program, yet a year of college isn’t going to give you the degree you need in life to succeed especially with kids.
Really what people need is healthy supporting family to make it through.
No one is supposed to "survive" on food stamps. It is a government program designed to assist you and your family.
Matthew Brooks well they need to do better then
She was right, he wasn’t prepared and presented an attitude which clearly shows immaturity in that sense he shouldn’t be running any division.
At home he would be. It's doable online as wekl
I mean his face says it all
I thought he looked respectful while answering the questions. He could have gone the Betsy Devos way, but he didnt..
wait, but im so confused; why did she ask those questions to him, what did she prove?
Daniel Zola I guess to make a point that those questions are very intrusive to ones financial situation to the point that it was made to filter out many to receive the benefits. Like they literally reject the whole thing or hold you accountable for lying on a government form if you write down something wrong. They’ll even reject I don’t knows or N/A, when other applications don’t nearly ask the level of specific that form does.
As someone on food stamps, it’s good seeing a representative who actually understands what we’re going through.
I'm not sure, but I think I read somewhere that she had to use food stamps at one point. She gets it.
@@caitlynlivingston7272 it shouldn't, but the wealthy are badly disconnected from the reality of average peoe.
@@caitlynlivingston7272 Whether you need them or not should not impede your ability to understand that people take advantage of the system and it is hard working people who pay for the system.
Seriously? She was so rude. Could she answer those questions. And honestly there are people employed by the government to help
@@jeanmarie7 the point went right over your head. The fact that it's so invasive and ridiculous just to get access to food was the point. The fact that people are treated like they're applying for top secret clearance for basic necessities is the issue.
I had to apply to SNAP two weeks ago, I was unemployed for December and they literally asked for everything you own. Soon they’ll want to even know your goddam underwear and blood type. Better off going to a food bank where you don’t feel owned.
Democrats want you to starve
Even that is horrible! Wait in line outside for 2+hours no matter the weather - rain, snow, 10° or 90° then most of the food so unhealthy. Bakery cakes that no one bought or picked up, 3day old bread, canned beans. No fresh fruit or vegetables ever. Sugar cereals, chips and cheetos and lots of boxed dry mac and cheese. Anyone with diabetes and most seniors should not eat 95% of what they give out.
SNAP amount needs to be raised to remotely be in line with today's food costs! Even as a "supplement" it's not much of a supplement given the costs of living...
also, a fair percentage of SNAP recipients (elderly and disabled particularly, kids to an extent) need healthier options and healthy food=more expensive almost always. (before somebody comes out with the "bucket of KFC for $20" vs. grocery amount for $20 or similar, that requires a) you have a working kitchen b) the spoon count and ability to SAFELY cook for yourself which is frequently including in my case not accurate c) generally requires spices and kitchen EQUIPMENT as well d) lots of folks on SNAP live in food deserts and/or food swamps.)
@Boxing Bro did you actually read my full comment explaining why that's not always true? you go that route, you're paying in time/energy/ABILITY to cook, which is not the case for many SNAP recipients.
@@elizabethevenson6110 snap recipients dont have enough time??? As a working man. Ahahahahaha please stop.
Needs to be abolished.
in 2014 while we were both furloughed for the summer my partner and i were granted $8 each per month for food assistance. eight dollars.
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I know the feeling..and how much were u taxed out of your hard earned money before. You pay into the system and when u need it , u don’t get the help......
That's barely enough to buy a sack of potatoes here to start growing some.
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@@SashyGryphyth and God forbid if you should actually manage to grow some potatoes and sell them to be able to buy more food, that income would further reduce your food stamps if you were to report it. Amd if you don't report it, it's fraud.
The system is crazy
I worked this program for over 40 years. I had to ask and verify things that I would, even now, refuse to answer. People trying to get by or make sure they can feed kids after rent is paid. They already know they are not making it and the interview process, no matter how delicately handled, makes it even harder. An heaven forbid they are trying to save money for a workable vehicle or, in many of the elderly cases, burial.
Or rent. If you have more than a certain amount in your bank account, you don't qualify, so you have to save your rent money under the mattress and lie about it.
The richest nation in the world suffers from the poorest heart
I had to fill out a renewal application and they asked me where I banked and my bank account info on this PAPER form. I was like no. I answered what kind of account and where but it is completely unnecessary to know the account number. I've even signed the waiver so they can call the bank and verify the balance but I am absolutely not going to give them my banking info on the same form I give my and my son's dates of birth and succotash security info, home address, phone, email and all of that. Every single time I fill one out for renewal there is something new on there that makes it harder to gather everything in the 7 day window.
I don't get to count my rent because my landlord refuses to fill out the simple form. I would get more each month if they would.
What question wouldn’t you answer? These were all relevant and easy questions.
@@chrisortiz8072 🙌🏾💯
I had food stamps years ago and couldn't stand the humiliation and condescending attitude of many workers, not all, but many. I appreciate the help I got but am glad to be off of them. The paperwork people have to gather and bring in is insane too. 😮
Katie future first female president.
Got my vote..let's go
I wish unfortunately it will never happen
@@LDrosophila WHY NOT?
NO! I want her exactly where she is. Maybe Senate, but no higher. Any higher and she won't be able to do what she's doing.
Yes!
I love this woman, she knows what it is like to live in the real world, She should run for president.
MissDeniseR In the “real world” government wouldn’t take money from one person and give it to another. Nobody deserves another persons property or money.
And lose bigly!
@@leighhl not against trump🤔
@@bobcopeland9692 Goverrnment is already having us pay taxes. I'd rather my taxes go to helping my fellow Americans then spent on Corporate wellfare.
TheFrio937
Try to put aside what you have been told your whole life. Businesses don’t pay taxes, they collect them. No business large or small ever paid a dime in taxes that they didn’t collect from their customers first.
A company lives by a budget. They include estimated taxes in order to deliver approximately 6% to their investors.
I’m amused when I hear a liberal call for higher corporate taxes thinking that it will hurt the rich.
If you raised oil company taxes what happens at the gas pump?
Raise taxes on a dairy company and what happens to the price of milk?
Shouldn’t you be calling for higher personal income tax rates if you hate the rich? By yelling for higher corporate taxes your only hurting the poor and the working poor with a higher cost of living.
Don’t be mean to the poor.
She never even got to the assets portion of the application. I'd love to know how many vehicles he has. Smh.
Exactly, assets like cars or 401Ks don't help feed your family. Can't stop paying on a car you could afford previously until you were furloughed or laid off.
I knew she was asking him questions from that SNAP APPLICATION 🤣🤣🤣
Keep calling them out Rep.Porter💙💙💙💙
He doesnt know what day his paycheck is delivered because he gets deposits everyday from scum bags that pay him off
He doesn't need the money desperately, so he doesn't care when it comes.
You know he do
No , its because he dosnt live paycheck to pay check
It's Friday, Friday
Gotta get down on Friday
Everybody's lookin' forward to the weekend, weekend!
Did you hear him when he said his financial situation looks good.
When a lawyer/law professor who's written text books on finance and law asks you questions in a congressional hearing. You're gonna get your a** handed to you.
LOVE KATIE PORTER!!!!!!!!!!! She is all the above and also totally in control, stays cool, measured and slays the dragon with manners.
Tell us, what has changed in regard to SNAP as a result?
Kevin M - I filled-out the form for my stimulus check, April 2020
to be deposited into my bank account. Still have NOT receivrd it.
I applied online for food stamps.
I still have not received my food stamps. Wicked, Evil government !
@@AlmaWells Seems as though you have an issue that many do not. Good luck with pursuing your assistance, I still don't see how Rep. Porter's grandstanding changes any of that.
KATIE PORTER IS ONE YOU DON'T WANT TO MESS WITH. She is prepared. She knows the answers to the questions she asks. And is fearless. We need about one hundred more of Katie Porters in congress. Love her.
And remember fellow citizens, most of us are only one or two emergencies away from living under a bridge.
I have been on snaps and it was a lifesaver. I feel like I was shamed off the system. I honestly should still be on it. But the application process is as daunting as she shows. What’s worse is they make you feel like you are worthless if you need help.
2016, my apartment burned to the ground, and I was living in my car because I had no rental insurance, and the Red Cross offered zero help.
Filled out multiple documents through social services asking ridiculous and repetitive questions.After they outright denied me any, and all benefits, they literally handed me a list of churches that had a soup kitchen, most of which no longer participated in the program, and shuffled me out the door as if I was interrupting plans.
I was injured on the job in a state with "private" workers comp. I was awarded comp, they refused to pay. There was no help either, nothing. I couldn't walk and all I got from public aid office was " get married or get pregnant then we can help you."
WTF!
And this is why I never give to the Red Cross.
@@ceciliapetrowsky2572 I don't for a different reason. Mom told me this. When dad was in England for WW II, both the red cross and salvation army would set up coffee and donut/snack tables at the transportation hubs for soldiers. Dad said the snacks were free from the salvation army, the red cross charged for them. That's when she stopped donating to the red cross and switched to the salvation army.
I personally don't give to the Red Cross or United Way or Goodwill. There are other fantastic charities that help so much more.
So what? Go live in another country. If you want handouts you have to do what’s required
Katie Porter giving so called CEO’s nightmares.
Unless of course she is being propped up to that by some special intereset to dupe the public and act as a trojan horse. You know, like Warren.
@@Raren77 Why do you say that?
@@Raren77 Her questions are simple, basic and common sense. Maybe that's the special interest thats driving her....Common Sense.
if you are asking for free money, food ,housing, it should not be easy, it should be intrusive as it is on the working class providing it. i have been on food stamps 30 years ago and i had to pull out a book of paper coupon dollars in front of everyone in the store to pay for my groceries. how humiliating it was.
fortunately i did not make a career of recieving hand outs, and changed my situation over 2 years time. i will never look back. anyone who feels these questions are intrusive should, i feel the intrusion in my income weekly!!