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deiki  ·  4153 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Don’t Hate on Welfare Recipients — The Real Parasites are Elsewhere

When my grandmother lived with us, she applied for welfare and social security. I always loathed it, but I can't deny that it was nice to have extra food on the table. She ended up moving back to Ukraine on the money that she gained from babysitting.