That's a ridiculous thing to say. The progressive lie that Fed.gov checks save people from doom is pure BS.
All Fed.gov intervention does is change people's economic calculations and trade-offs, and displace other options. Mostly for the worse.
She had 7 caring children, her husband of 60 years, her own home. She was not going to starve.
You don’t think that thousand bucks helped your mother? I understand that things were cheaper then but still. Owning a home is ridiculously expensive. My home cost me 41,000 last year between mortgage, property taxes, homeowners insurance and a new roof. That’s just the majors. How can a women get a 24,000 roof without social security? I’m waiting 16 years to 70 to get social security so I get the max (that I can with my income).