LogFAQs > #979825929

I grew up, mostly just me and my single mom. I'm not sure we ever lived over the poverty level (or it was just at it)

Idk if it was Section 8 officially, but we lived in rent controlled apartments at one point.

During or after that, my mom started receiving food stamps and has been on them since (though it went down to basically nothing once I was no longer a minor).

I attended public school the entire time and received free/reduced meals the entire time.

Also, needed government assistance with bills. There were programs offered to help reduce power bills and the like. <_<

So yeah, I spent basically my entire childhood from age 7 onward on some kind of government assistance.

Even afterwards, I went to community college on FAFSA grants.

Having known I was receiving and had received so much assistance has informed my political views of the role of government. Additionally, it was one of the reasons I joined the military, so I could give back in my own way.

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