“We, as youngsters, would wait
in the car at night while she
raided an onion or corn field.”
That’s called stealing from a farmer and is nothing to be proud of. Sounds like she had an entitlement mentality, whether it was taking food stamps, stealing, or violating hunting laws.
Nowhere in my post is mentioned the
fact my mother was proud of what she did.
She raised 5 kids the best she could under the circumstances.
She hated being “under the governments thumb” and managed
to get her degree as a CPA and
escape the control.
This was back in the late 60’s. Attitudes were much different then. We lived in a very small town.
The farmers knew what was going on
as well as the local game warden.
He would drop off fresh road kill
and ask where the fish were biting.
She “abused” her food stamp usage
so we could obtain non-food items.
Kind of embarrassing to go to a
job interview with matted hair and
stinking. She never bought drugs
or alcohol.
When someone buys 50 lbs of
lobster using SNAP, it’s pretty
obvious it’s for monetary gain.