This is a great article and many of the comments following are also great.
People on public welfare should never have a higher standard of living than those who are self supporting.
They should not have better or more food,medical care,educational opportunities,child care,housing,transportation or clothing benefits.
This is a travesty. A disgrace. It’s theft against the working people of this country.
My still independent parents-in-law are pushing ninety. We cannot afford to purchase all of or even most of their meals. They do not want a lot of help,yet they could use some. They tire easily now. We help them but we cannot be there nor can we afford to provide everything for them.
I was looking around for any meal programs like meals on wheels that they might use and I discovered that in their state,MA,there is a food distribution charity that provides ten pounds of produce and sometimes pastries for free to those in need.
However,this food distribution is given out only in urban housing projects and community centers. My in-laws live in a tiny house in the suburbs where they have lived all of their married lives while they worked in factories. This charity is not any where near available to them.
They cannot use meals on wheels because many of the dishes are chicken based and my father-in-law developed a severe allergy to chicken when he got food poisoning while serving in Europe in the military fighting the Nazis during WWII.
Also,many of the dishes are unfamiliar to them,so many are Mexican or Chinese. They are almost ninety years old. They don’t like those things. Those things aren’t what they have eaten all of their lives. They say they will never get food stamps. They have too much pride.
Once again,hard working Americans are used and pushed out when in need.