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Dofi, a family of two parents and ten children earning over $80,000 a year is considered “impoverished” under federal entitlement benefits guidelines. In New York a family of that size, depending on their exact income, can potentially receive over $30,000 a year in Food Stamps/SNAP benefits.
Now you’re next door neighbor goy, who you like better than your fellow Yidden who don’t share your left-wing religious views, who lives with his girlfriend and dog, would be considered upper middle class with an annual income even lower than the $80,000 that Chasidish family with ten kids is earning.
So when your favorite antisemites are ranting in your local antisemitic newspaper like the New York Times or the Rockland Herald Record/Journal News, about those terrible “Jews” of Kiryas Yoel having high SNAP benefits enrollment in their population, that is because unlike the goyim you like with their dog and girlfriend earning less than the Chosid but doesn’t qualify for Food Stamps based on their tiny family size (1.2 children, dog not counted); whereas the Chosid with the higher income than him is deemed impoverished by the government based on his family size.