assets of the retired/disabled. It is close to, if not entirely, impossible to garnish the wages of Social Security or Disability.
We have several churches in our little County that gives out food boxes once a month, a few that give away bread every week, and s County program that is like the "Angel Food Ministry" that gives out food, too. In my 13 years of living back in this County, I have yet to see a homeless person. I have seen many without homes, but they always found a friend or relative that would put them up for a night, a week, or whatever. I have opened my own home, and refrigerator & cabinets, to people who had nowhere to go, and were hungry... even when I didn't have much myself. The 3 area hospitals are State/County funded, and cannot deny you basic medical services, due to inability to pay, if you go to the E.R. The County Clinics work on a sliding scale basis, where the least amount you have to pay is $1.00 and the highest is capped at either $5 or $10 (I'm too lazy to look it up right now, just going on memory from a couple of years ago when I needed a tooth pulled, but couldn't afford to go to the dentist, so I called and asked), and we have a group of doctors who run a free walk-in clinic once a week, starting at 4 PM and goes until the last patient is seen. They do this on their own time, use their own money, and donations from the community.
I know of 2 thrift stores that will GIVE you clothes if you can't afford them, and will give you vouchers to buy groceries, will help you pay your electric bill, and one of them will give you a voucher for up to 3 nights at an area motel.
We *just* got cannabis oil legalized for medical use for a select few conditions, but they are adding to it as doctors recommend it. I hope to live long enough to see full legalization, but will settle for MMJ just to get our foot in the door. We had legal MMJ here from 1982-1991, but it was ran under the "Ole Miss" program, and we lost it when Ole Miss shut theirs down. The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is very supportive of legalization, and has offered to run dispensaries. DU's own Fly_by_Night wrote a prospectus several years ago and it is still sitting in the Capitol waiting to be voted on. We had the support of U.T.'s Agricultural Extension Program, the support of several lawmakers, and citizen's support. If passed, the bill would have given us high grade MMJ at $60/0z, with $30 going to the growers, $20 to the State coffers and $10 going to the dispensaries. I had the text of it on a server, but no longer have the server.. I would have to search through 100 CDs to find a copy of it to post.
Peace,
Ghost
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