I hate to be the one to tell you this, but Congressman Jack Brooks made it clear to my old man “BEFORE” LBJ’s Great Society that the purpose of the GS was not to get anyone out of poverty but to lock as many blacks into poverty as possible with the idea they would be a source of cheap farm labor as they would be getting paid off the books.
Anything on the books, and you loose your freebies.
Dhs even counts chickens/goats ect as an asset now so if you try to grow some of your own food you are penalized for it.
So much for that “cheap farm labor” thing. Laborers are mostly hispanic, where I live.