The Department of social services of Illinois requires that 70-year-old retiree from Chicago paid 741 dollar, because, according to them, she got more food stampsthan they were entitled to.
Food stamps the woman received from 1983 to 1985. If she does not pay, the debt will be passed to the Ministry of Finance, which will have the right to withhold that amount from her current benefits, for example, social security. As it turned out, the Statute of limitations for such cases (which, incidentally, are not uncommon) and it’s really not.
«The state is empowered by Federal law to collect any overpayment from the supplementary feeding Programme (SNAP), formerly known as food stamps,» reported the Chicago Suntimes Megan powers, a representative of the Department of social services of Illinois. «The same goes for the program «Temporary assistance for needy families» (TANF)». According to Peers, no Statute of limitations, the Department could not forgive old debts.
Herself a resident of Chicago, Annie (the woman did not want to publish her name), said that really got in the eighties food stamps. Then she temporarily worked and raised a teenage daughter. But she didn’t remember getting more than had the right. «What I gave, I took,» added the woman.
In the end, the pensioner was sent a check for $ 300 as a down payment not because believe that the state rights, and because they do not want lengthy litigation.
«I’m too old for this. I want to rest,» said Annie.
