Yeow! It's getting to be a minefield in here. Nice visual, Peace. A picture is worth a thousand.... Well, I came to ask a few questions. One is: Is there a rulebook for welfare recipients?

Second one is: Are welfare recipients still allowed to have a funeral fund or whatever it's called?

The next is: Is there still a cap on how much a welfare or SSI recipient allowed to have in a savings account?

The reason I ask the last two questions is because, in perfect harmony with the topic of this thread, The New York Times Magazine last Sunday had an article entitled (I thought condescendingly:) Can Poor People Be Taught to Save?

For two nights, I've tried to access the text through various programs on my computer after having scanned in the article. I even uploaded it to a website I frequent and tried several different ways to copy it so I could paste it into this thread. I even converted it into a PDF file thinking I could copy it that way. Well, I finally got so frustrated, I gave up, esp. after the realization that I could've typed the darn thing into a Wordpad file and been done with it. I haven't got time this weekend, but I will try again next week, but I think the answer to my questions will decide the legitimacy of the article's main points. So, I await your helpful answers.

BTW, if someone can tell me what I did wrong with the procedure, I will not feel bad.

I leave you with the words of Mohandas Gandhi: Poverty is the worst form of violence.

Happy Easter!