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I am a single mom with 2 young sons and lost my husband 2 1/2 yrs ago. I receive social security survivor benefits and apparently my benefit is too large to even receive food stamps. I struggle every month to purchase food, pay my bill, and cloth my children. I have outrageous credit card debt and now my cards are maxed out. Why isn't there more help out there for people like me? How can someone who's son's lunch account runs out of money, who has no money to buy groceries by the end of the month, and who's utilities are constantly being shut off not qualify for free/discounted lunches, or food stamps. Why don't people consider credit card debt in many outreach programs. My credit card debt is mostly my normal expenses charged onto the card after my checking account runs dry. Anyway have any ideas???? email joy13rod@yahoo.com

To the attention of:

Barack Obama, US President;
Rick Scott, Governor of Florida;
US Senators from Florida: Bill Nelson, Marco Rubio;
US Representatives from Florida: Adam H. Putnam, Alan Grayson, Alcee L. Hastings, Allen Boyd, Ander Crenshaw, Bill Posey, C. W. Bill Young, Cliff Stearns, Connie Mack, Corrine Brown, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Ginny Brown-Waite, Gus M. Bilirakis, Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Jeff Miller, John L. Mica, Kathy Castor, Kendrick B. Meek, Lincoln Diaz-Balart, Mario Diaz-Balart, Ron Klein, Sandy Adams, Theodore E. Deutch, Thomas J. Rooney, Vern Buchanan;
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I am a widow and  single mother of two sons. I am fortunte enough to get social security survivor's benefits for myself and my sons however I have not been able to find any other type of aid. I run out of money 2 weeks after receiving my monthly payment which means I struggle for neccessities such as food, water, electric, etc... I do not qualify for food stamps or pretty much any kind of assistance because I apparently get too much money. I have a large amount of credit card debt am I suppose to not pay the money I owe in order to support my family. It just doesn't seem fair and I can't be the only one in this situation. I do not feel it's right to not pay my debts, true I should not have gotten into the financial troubles but I have found out that I have bipolar disorder which explains to a degree why I am in this situation. Why isn't there help for middle class people who want to be able to get a head but can't. My 2 sons eat a lot and I spend a lot on groceries. My property taxes are due and I have no idea how I will pay them. I see other states with outreach programs for widows but most of the help is for widows of veterns. Sorry my husband didn't serve in the military but he was a good provider and I just want to be able to feed, cloth, and property shelter my kids.

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