Xiao Peng listened to the old man's words, and then suddenly realized. It turned out that this old man was the one who received poverty assistance.

It is said that the Stars and Stripes are a country that kills the rich and helps the poor, and there is some truth to this.

There is a food stamp program managed by the Ministry of Agriculture, which currently serves about 50 million people in the Stars and Stripes. All individuals and families with disabilities and annual incomes below the poverty line are eligible for food stamps, as are illegal immigrants, legal immigrants who have lived here for less than five years, and many convicts. Food stamps are issued in the form of stored value cards, and each person will receive about US$4 per day on the card, which can be used to purchase various types of food. After Apu came to power, he first wanted to reform the food stamp welfare policy, and a large part of the reason is that the current food stamp benefits have been usurped by illegal immigrants and legal immigrants through deceptive means.

Just like now, there are many elderly Chinese immigrants to the Stars and Stripes Country, living in welfare apartments, and buying food with free coupons. And the truth of the matter is that maybe their children are some kind of tycoon. It is not uncommon to take advantage of legal loopholes in the welfare of the United States.

And the same is true for more black families, and if we watch the Stars and Stripes movies, we will find that the poorer the black families, the more children they have, because the larger the population, the more food stamps they receive. On the contrary, life is getting better. Isn't it scary to think about it? There are 320 million people in the Stars and Stripes, and more than 50 million people have received this food stamp! And the number is increasing all the time. Therefore, many people say that the poor live an easy life here, and the middle class often complains. Almost all of the taxes paid by the middle class are used to help the poor.

The Ministry of Agriculture, which is in charge of food vouchers, proudly declares that we give food vouchers to 50 million people every year so that they can eat three meals for free, while the National Park Service under the Ministry of the Interior has asked the Ministry of Agriculture not to feed wild animals, on the grounds that 'if this happens, the animals will depend on the handouts of others and will never learn to be independent and hygienic'.

Well, people can rely on others for alms, but animals cannot. The Stars and Stripes are such a contradictory country.

It is because of this welfare policy that the poor here live a really chic life, just take the food, it is really fish, meat and prawns, and the food is better than that of middle-class families. And the reason is because of this food stamp welfare program.

In the past, food stamps were paper stamps that were used to buy food at the supermarket, but some addicts discounted food stamps for cash, and if they used food stamps, they exposed their identity as 'food relief'. Stars and Stripes, which value 'human rights', consider the face of the poor, so they use this cash card instead, and buy food and swipe it like everyone else. If children go to primary and secondary schools, breakfast and lunch are free for the poor, and there is a 'food bank' that provides free milk, bread, eggs, fruit, etc.

Housing for the poor is not a problem, although there are homeless people here, but that is because many people see homelessness as their attitude to life. If the poor want to rent a house, it is not easy. You only need to use 30% of your income to pay rent, and the rest is subsidized by the government. For example, if I earn $1,500 a month and need $3,000 for rent, then I only need to pay $500 a month, and the remaining $2,000 government subsidies.

And the most unacceptable thing for the poor to the middle class is about health care.

In the Stars and Stripes, the middle class could afford to be sick, but the poor could.

First of all, the Stars and Stripes medical insurance is quite expensive, costing thousands of dollars per year, and according to the usual insurance plan, you also need to pay 10%-20% of the medical expenses, and you will have to pay about 20,000 or 40,000 meters for a heart bypass surgery.

But the poor can afford to get sick, and the poor actually pay for it at the expense of the government.

The federal and state governments have a joint health insurance program that allows the poor to go to health care without having to pay for it, and the Department of Agriculture has a program called the IC program, which provides supplementary food to low-income pregnant women, lactating and postpartum women, and malnourished infants and young children up to the age of five. So in families with children, they can't eat any milk, eggs, peanut butter and the like. It is worth mentioning that the IC program does not look at identity, even if you are an illegal entry smuggler, you can enjoy it, which is an important reason why so many pregnant women smuggle here, and it is also the reason why so many poor families have children one after another.

What if so many children go to school? It doesn't matter, it's also free, Stars and Stripes implement 13 years of compulsory education, kindergarten for 1 year, elementary school to high school for 12 years, public schools are free. Going to college is not expensive, and public universities pay more than $10,000 a year.

However, poor children can also afford to go to university if they want to. This is because the government gives grants, and any student who wants to go to university can apply, and those whose family income is below the poverty line can definitely get the highest grant.

When those NCAA schools lobby talented basketball players from poor families to join the school, they will say that the tuition is free and scholarships are provided, but in fact, the school does not have to pay a penny at all, it is all paid by the government.

All in all, the poorer the poorer the here, the easier it is to live, but the middle class often has to feel distressed about large expenses. So many people say that the Stars and Stripes are a paradise for the poor and the rich at the same time, and this is because the rich are not short of money, and the poor have more benefits. Suffering is suffering for those middle classes, the money is not as much as the rich, and the welfare cannot catch up with the poor. It is not uncommon for many people to use their brains directly to take advantage of the welfare of the poor after immigrating.

It is precisely because of this that there are many middle-class people with good incomes, who simply let their wives have a bunch of children at home, only work by themselves, and the total family income is below the poverty line, so they can make money while enjoying the benefits of the poor. As long as the bank account does not exceed 2,250 US dollars, if there is a disabled person in the family, it should not exceed 3,650 meters. So they are also the main target of thieves because the cash is all kept at home.

If you look at the original Chinese people who immigrated out to show off the benefits of the Stars and Stripes on the Internet, they are all such people. It's also very simple to fight them: do you have 3,700 in your bank account? You can't take it out, and if you take it out, you won't have benefits。。。。。。。

Are the poor really that comfortable? Not exactly.

Let's talk about education, the children of the rich go to private schools, what do public schools represent? gangsters, drug abuse, YIN sales, and so on. Statistics show that the attendance rate of students in public primary schools in Stars and Stripes is about 80%, and the attendance rate in middle schools is more than 60%, and more than 10% of students are involved in drug abuse, alcoholism, selling YIN, violent incidents, etc., and there are even teachers selling drugs to students in schools.

And the high school graduation rate of public schools is 75 percent, the high school graduation rate of black children is 65 percent, and the most exaggerated school graduation rate is only 30 percent!

As for medical care, it is indeed free, but only in public hospitals, and if a patient is admitted to the hospital, then he or she will enjoy all the treatment he deserves, and everything is free.

As the stars and stripes proverb goes, 'You can't get money out of a stone.'" So the real poor in the country are fearless, they can eat and drink in the hospital, and they can not be discharged, because the hospital cannot drive the patient directly to the street, and even if they recover, the hospital must give them a place to live, even if it is temporary, and then they can be discharged. But there are two problems here: first, all the hospitals are full, and you have to wait in line for several months for a routine check-up, and the rest can be imagined, and the second reason is because the government, although the government of the Stars and Stripes has a corresponding emergency treatment guarantee system every year to pay the bills that patients cannot pay, but in fact, the government of the Stars and Stripes has never paid the bills in full, so many hospitals go bankrupt because they cannot cope. In the end, when the poor get sick, they find that they enjoy free medical benefits but have no place to see a doctor。。。。。。

In comparison, the food stamp program is good, but it has limitations: you can't buy alcohol and cigarettes. This is not because the poor do not need tobacco and alcohol, but because the taxes on tobacco and alcohol are too high, and if they are provided to the poor, the government's revenue will be much lower.

The reason why the government of the Stars and Stripes wants to start this food stamp program is to make money in the final analysis.

How do you make money on free food stamps?

According to statistics, food stamps are the most effective economic stimulus expenditure of all the government spending! The data shows that for every dollar spent on food stamps in the Stars and Stripes, it generates $1.73 in economic activity in the Stars and Stripes. In contrast, if the tax cut for the middle class is reduced by 1 meter of gold, it will only produce 1.2 US dollars of economic activity, and what is even more ridiculous is that if the government of the Stars and Stripes country reduces taxes on enterprises, every 1 US dollar of tax reduction will only produce 0.33 economic activity!

Do you think, if 50 million people want to eat, how many industries such as the food industry, packaging industry, transportation industry, sales industry, and so on need to make a profit because of this food stamp program? The increased tax revenue is not a small amount! It seems that 50 million idlers are raised, but in fact, because of this food stamp, it has promoted the development of various related industries. Taxes have been raised, a lot of jobs have been created, and government revenues have been raised.

But in a sense, this welfare program is tantamount to killing chickens and eggs.

Think about it, the number of people receiving food stamps in the Stars and Stripes is increasing every year, and the economic crisis is causing more and more people to receive food stamps, and these poor people are the root cause of the social chaos in the Stars and Stripes. At the current rate of development, sooner or later, the Stars and Stripes will be begging for themselves because of the food stamp program.

In case one day, the government of the Stars and Stripes really can't afford the food stamp program and suddenly bans it. Tens of millions of people are making a revolution together, and it's a beautiful picture to think about。。。。。。

Aylmer stopped at the door of the supermarket to help people pay the bill for cash, should it be to buy alcohol or cigarettes?

Xiao Peng thought of this and asked Elmer, "What, do you want to buy wine?"

Almer laughed and said, "You're really a smart young man, why do you come here and don't buy wine? This damn food stamp, don't let people buy wine, every time I buy wine, I have to travel more than 100 kilometers to come here and wait for someone, is it easy for me?"

Xiao Peng asked, "How do you know I will have cash?"

"It's no secret that YG's songs say, 'All the Chinese are mobile wallets, and all robbers will gain from the Chinese people'?"

Xiao Peng straightened his face: "Damn YG!"

If it hadn't been for Elmer mentioning it, Xiao Peng would have forgotten that there was still YG. The first time he came to the Stars and Stripes Country, he had a conflict with YG, and the only time in his life he really used his magic power to kill him was against him.

Elmer nodded: "You're right, God also thinks he deserves to die, that's why he died of such an inexplicable illness." It is said that his whole body ulcerated at the time of death, and none of them could find out what the cause was. This caused quite a stir at the time. Therefore, you can't be a man without a bottom line, money is a good thing, but you also have to have a life to spend it. He did so much that God couldn't even see it. ”

Xiao Peng nodded: "You're right, who did God let go?"

Aylmer smiled: "Actually, I like you Chinese very much, I once had a Chinese man in my family who taught me a lot of Chinese dialect." ”

"Oh, what did he teach you?" Xiao Peng asked curiously.

Aylmer thought for a moment: "Let me think about it, oh, you Chinese people greet you with the words: 'Kill the ghost of the Japanese Kingdom'!"

Xiao Peng was silent for a long time and patted Elmer's shoulder: "Elmer, I'll invite you to drink!"

The smile on his face was sincere, as if Elmer was a friend he hadn't seen for years.

Xiao Peng bought a case of Jack Daniel's whiskey. A case of four bottles costs $129, this is a whiskey from Tennessee, the country of Tennessee, which is advertised in the Stars and Stripes country and is very cheap, and because of this, the sales are very high, but to be honest, the taste is nothing remarkable. However, the famous 'JAD-COKE' in the nightclub bar of the United States is made by mixing this wine with cola. Jack Daniel's in China is also selling very well, there was a period of time almost became synonymous with whisky, many Chinese people like to buy a bottle of Jack Daniel's to show their taste, but I don't know that this is the popular whisky of the Stars and Stripes, those who really like to drink whisky like to drink Scotch whisky, in recent years, Whisky has also become very popular, especially after Whisky won the international award, it is almost in short supply.

Xiao Peng didn't ask Almer to help him swipe his card, but directly invited Elmer to drink.

First of all, if you ask Aylmer to help him shop, this is illegal, don't be any more traps? In case he just asked Aylmer to help him buy something, he gave him cash, and directly popped out a few policemen and told him that he was breaking the law, so that he couldn't find a place to cry.

Of course, this is not the most crucial, the most critical is Elmer's sentence: "Kill the ghost of the Japanese country", hearing this sentence in a foreign country, it is called a cordial. Just rush this, please drink!

Well, being rich is so capricious.