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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They probably get it for “free” (#yourepayingforit).[/quote]

Okay, how? I don’t want to pay another $7k. [/quote]

The same way they qualify for their food stamps. They don’t work.[/quote]
Many people on food stamps actually work minimum wage jobs.  Maybe if states raised their minimum wages more people could get off food stamps. That was a novel idea floated by a wealthy R in CA.

https://www.cbpp.org/research/policy-basics-the-supplemental-nutrition-assistance-program-snap[/quote]

Raising min wage will only make braces (among other things) more expensive for the rest of us.

[b]Op this is just another example of how the middle class loses. We make too much to qualify for assistance yet too little to easily afford things like braces[/b].

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I think this is where OP is coming from. My family is middle class and in this area that does not add up to much. It is tough to work hard, try to save, sacrifice many things and all those things that add up to "following the rules" yet you constantly see people richer getting more and people poorer being given assistance or opportunities that are not available to those who are fine overall but definitely struggle.[/quote]

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