EBT, WIC, Welfare, Oh My! Punafare?

[JerryCarr]

Given the high cost of living and the lack of good-paying jobs in Puna, the wonder is that MORE families are not getting some sort of assistance. Everyone who qualifies should get it, especially people who work and might assume they don't qualify as a result. Mella is right about the farm lobby's effectiveness in getting subsidies, most of which go to corporate farms and not family farms. There are abuses in any program, but one thing I know is that nobody is getting rich on disability or public assistance, and plenty of wealthy people and corporations are getting richer from the president's war in Iraq. There, I've said it. Cue the flamethrowers now, LOL.

Aloha,
Jerry