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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by dTal on Friday February 21, 2020 @08:48AM (#22383014)
Right, that's not the point. The point is that taking a pay cut, with apparently no other change in circumstance, somehow rendered her ineligible for a social service she was already receiving. I want to know what rule made that possible, as it appears to be critical to this discussion of perverse discontinuities.
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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by loudmax on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:07AM (#22383610)
Yeah, we're missing some details here. Could be tips or hours worked as sibling comments suggested. Life is messy.
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Re:Suspicious Discontinuities by pavel_lishin on Friday February 21, 2020 @10:45AM (#22383914)
Does the food stamp program look at hourly wage as your income determinant, instead of weekly income?
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