[nw_arizona_granny]

My grandmother always fed any man who came to the door. Times were tough for her, but grandpa always had a job and she felt it was her duty to help those less fortunate.<<<

The Hoboes left chalk marks showing which houses would feed them.

My mother was the same way, she always said “add more water to the soup, it will stretch”.

[TenthAmendmentChampion]

Can you imagine how difficult it was for those poor men to have lower themselves to beg for food? Americans of that era were different than those of today... the state governments had welfare programs running but many folks were too proud to take handouts. Men who could not find work often asked if they could volunteer to do something, anything, rather than be idle, even if the pay was nothing.

The people we have today seem like they'd just as soon take money from someone else who earned it, and then complain that they are victims. Of all the liberal junk that's going on, that's the thing that bothers my son the most - welfare dependency. He's not real happy about political correctness either, but welfare drives him crazy.

OK off my soapbox now, LOL.