On: Suspicious Discontinuities

[dTal]

Right, that's not the point. The point is that taking a pay cut, with apparently no other change in circumstance, somehow rendered her ineligible for a social service she was already receiving. I want to know what rule made that possible, as it appears to be critical to this discussion of perverse discontinuities.

[loudmax → dTal]

Yeah, we're missing some details here. Could be tips or hours worked as sibling comments suggested. Life is messy.

[pavel_lishin → dTal]

Does the food stamp program look at hourly wage as your income determinant, instead of weekly income?