Good thread. This was also my experience growing up in the 1990s. Benefits helped a family up and to thrive but until yesterday, I hadn’t admitted to anyone (not even my husband) that my family had relied on these at certain points.https://twitter.com/naomi_rovnick/status/1319416228264411137 …
I don't know what my family would have done without a nudge from public assistance as a kid. My mom worked so hard another ounce of it would have killed her.
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Absolutely, I get so furious when I hear attacks on people relying on benefits. What is little discussed is how they help people get out of the poverty cycle.
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It's the massive rush to short-term profit over long-term sustainability that has been squashing us since the 80s. Instant gratification policy is hell for anyone in the margins.
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I'm appalled by people who I know relied on aid, either during their childhoods or while starting their own families, but now are sporting their red hats and screaming how upset their tax dollars are spent on lazy people.
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