Relief was a temporary situation. Today, it's a generational lifestyle.
I wrote a letter to the editor offering sympathy for the grandparents, but not for the subsequent generations. Other readers were not amused. I was accused of being racist, hateful, heartless and so on.
Well, if the food stamp/public assistance system collapses under the strain, they will have no one to blame but themselves. The goose is running out of golden eggs.