Could a lot more people be on public assistance?

Asked by JLeslie (65446) December 3rd, 2014 from iPhone

I’m in America and I was thinking that when I first graduated college I probably could have applied for public assistance. I was making in the high $20k’s at first, and then I took a pay cut (which was ludicrous) that cut my pay almost in half and I was definitely below the poverty line I’m sure. It didn’t occur to me to get public assistance. I lived with roommates and fairly quickly realized I could not live on that pay.

Many young people just out of school make close to the poverty line I would think. I wonder how many qualify for public assistance, but don’t think about it, because they just live with a roommate or with their parents.