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Xiao Peng only came to a sudden understanding after hearing what the old man said. The old man turned out to be a nahab in need of help.

There was a certain amount of truth in saying that the Star Division was a country that slaughtered the rich and the poor.

There is a food voucher program run by the Ministry of Agriculture, which currently serves about 50 million people in the Stars and Stripes. All individuals and families with disabilities and income below the poverty line are eligible for food stamps, as are illegal immigrants, legal migrants who have lived here for less than five years and many criminals. Food coupons were issued as stored value cards. Each person's daily card would receive around $4 more, which could be used to purchase a variety of foods. When Abel came to power, he first wanted to reform the food voucher policy, in large part because the current food voucher policy had been fraudulently usurped by illegal immigrants and legal immigrants.

Just like now, there were quite a few Chinese elders who emigrated to the country, living in welfare flats and buying food with free tickets. And the truth of the matter was that maybe their children were some rich man or other. It was a common occurrence that legal loopholes should be taken in the welfare of the United States.

And so do more black families, and the more poor black families they have, the more food coupons they receive, as we can see from the Stars and Stripes. On the contrary, his life was getting better and better. Was it terrifying to think about it? There's a total of 320 million people in the Star countries, over 50 million people are receiving this food certificate! And the numbers kept increasing. So many people say that the poor live easily and that the middle class often complain. Almost all of the taxes paid by the middle class had been used to help the poor.

The Ministry of Agriculture, which was in charge of the distribution of food stamps, proudly declared: "Every year, we give food stamps to 50 million people so they can eat three meals for free. At the same time, the National Park Service under the Ministry of the Interior has requested the Ministry of Agriculture not to feed wild animals, on the grounds that 'if this happens, the animals will be dependent on alms from others and will never learn to be independent and healthy'."

Well, people can rely on charity, but animals can't. Stars and Stripes is such a paradoxical country.

Because of this welfare policy, the lives of the poor people here were extremely comfortable. Take food as an example. There were fish, meat, and prawns here. Their food was even better than that of middle-class families. And the reason is because of the food voucher program.

The old food vouchers were paper vouchers for the supermarket to buy food, but some junkies discounted the food vouchers to get cash, and if they were used they would expose their identity as' alms'. The Star Bar that valued 'human rights' took into account the face of the poor, so they used this card instead to buy food and swipe it like everyone else. If children go to primary and secondary school, school breakfast and lunch are free for the poor. There is also the 'pantry', which provides free milk, bread, eggs, fruits, and so on.

And housing for the poor isn't a problem, even though there are homeless people here, but that's because many people see it as their own lifestyle. It was easy for the poor to rent a house. Just pay the rent with 30% of your income, and the rest will be subsidized by the government. For example, if I earned fifteen hundred dollars a month and needed three thousand dollars in rent, then I would only need to pay five hundred dollars a month, leaving behind two thousand five hundred government subsidies.

The poor are the most unacceptable to the middle class in terms of health insurance.

In the Stars and Stripes, the middle class despised illness, but the poor could.

First of all, the Star Bar Medical Insurance was quite expensive, costing a few thousand dollars per year. Furthermore, according to the usual insurance plan, he would have to pay 10% -20% of the medical fees, while he would have to pay around 20,000 or 40,000 meters of gold for a heart bypass operation and 200,000 dollars in medical fees.

But the poor, on the other hand, see disease as a disease, and the poor actually pay for it by the government.

The federal and state governments have a joint Medicare program, where the poor do not need to pay for medical care, and the Ministry of Agriculture has a program called the WIC program, which provides supplementary food to low-income pregnant women during lactation and postpartum periods and to infants under the age of five who are malnourished. Therefore, in families with children, the amount of milk, eggs, peanut butter and the like couldn't be eaten. It is worth mentioning that WIC plans to ignore identities, even if you are an illegal importer, which is one of the main reasons so many pregnant women have sneaked in here, and why so many poor families have one child after another.

What about so many kids going to school? It doesn't matter, it's also free. The State of Stars and Stripes has thirteen years of compulsory education. One year in kindergarten, twelve years from primary school to high school. Public schools are all free. However, going to a university required a tuition fee, which was not an ordinary exorbitant fee. The annual tuition fee for a public university was about $10,000.

But poor kids can afford to go to college. This was because the government had given them grants. Any student who wanted to go to university could apply, and those whose family income was below the poverty line would definitely receive the highest amount of grants.

When NCAA students were lobbying poor basketball players to join their school, they would say that the school was free of charge and offered scholarships. In reality, the school didn't even need to pay a single cent. It was all because of the government.

All in all, the poorer the people, the easier it is to work here. That's why many people say that Stars and Stripes is a paradise for the poor and the rich at the same time, because the rich don't lack money and the poor benefit. The middle class suffered because they didn't have as much money as the rich, and their welfare couldn't keep up with the poor. It's not uncommon for many people to go out of their way to seek the welfare of the poor after emigration.

Because of this, there were many well-paid middle class people who simply let their wives have a bunch of children at home. They worked on their own and had incomes below the poverty line, earning money while enjoying the welfare of the poor. As long as the bank account does not exceed $2,250, if the family has a disabled person, then not more than 3,650 meters. So they were also the main target of the thieves, because the cash was at home.

The Chinese immigrants who went out to show off their Star Stripes benefits were all like this. It's easy to hit them: Do you have 3,700 in your bank account? He definitely wouldn't be able to take it out. Once he did, there would be no benefits.

Was the poor man really that comfortable? Not exactly.

For example, education, the rich people's children all go to private schools, what does public schools represent? gangs, drugs, selling YIN, and so on. According to the statistics, the attendance rate of students in the public primary schools in the countries of Xing Lang was more than 80%, the attendance rate of students in the middle schools was more than 60%, more than 10% of students were involved in drug abuse, alcohol abuse, selling YIN, violence, etc., and there were even teachers selling drugs to students in the schools.

However, the high school graduation rate was 75% for public schools, 65% for black children, and only 30% for the most exaggerated school graduation rate! This was the situation of public schools!

As for the medical treatment, it was indeed free, but it was only in the public hospital. If the patient was admitted to the hospital, he would be given all the treatment he needed, and everything would be free.

As the Star-Spangled State proverb says, 'You can't get money out of a stone'. So the real poor people in the country were fearless. They could eat and drink in hospitals, and they couldn't leave the hospital, because the hospital couldn't just drive patients out into the streets. Even if they recovered, the hospital would have to give them a place to stay, even if it was a temporary one, before they could be discharged. But here were two more problems: first, all the hospitals were full, and they had to stand in line for several months for a routine examination, and second, as one might imagine, was the government, which, although the government had the corresponding emergency treatment system every year to cover the bills the patients couldn't pay, had in fact never paid enough for many hospitals to go bankrupt because they couldn't handle it. Eventually the poor became ill and found themselves enjoying free medical benefits, but there was no place to see them.

In contrast, the food voucher program is good but has limitations: it can't buy alcohol or cigarettes. This was not because the poor did not need tobacco and alcohol, but because the taxes on cigarettes and alcohol were too high, and if they were provided to the poor, the government's income would be much lower.

In the end, the Star-Spangled Countries government was still trying to make money by setting up this food voucher program.

How do you make money out of free food coupons?

According to the statistics, the food deposit was the most effective way to stimulate the economy out of all the spending made by the Stellar Union Government! Data show that every $1 spent on food vouchers in the Stars and Stripes can generate $1.73 in economic activity. In contrast, a middle-class tax cut would only produce $1.2 in economic activity for every 1 metre of tax cut. What was even more ridiculous was that if the Star Stripe government were to tax cuts for companies, a 1 dollar tax cut would only produce 0.33 in economic activity!

Think about it, if 50 million people want to eat, how many food industries, packaging industries, transportation industries, sales industries and so on would they need to profit from this food voucher project? A raise in taxes is not a small amount! It seemed like he had raised fifty million idle people, but in reality, it was because these food vouchers had boosted the development of various industries. Taxes have been raised, jobs have been created and government revenues have been raised.

But in a sense, this welfare project is like killing a chicken to get its eggs.

Think of it: the more people who collect food stamps every year in the Stars and Stripes, the more economic crisis, the more people who collect food stamps; these poor people are at the root of the disorder in the society of the Stars and Stripes. According to the current pace of development, sooner or later the Stellar Union would have to suffer because of the food voucher program.

In the event that one day, the Star-Spangled Countries government really couldn't afford the food voucher program, they would suddenly ban the project. Tens of millions of people making a revolution together, it's beautiful just to think about it.

Almore was standing in front of the supermarket, helping people pay their bills for cash. Was he trying to buy wine or cigarettes?

When Xiao Peng thought of this, he asked Elmer, "What? Do you want to buy wine?"

Elmer laughed and said, "You really are a smart young man. Why did you come here and not buy any wine?" "This damn food voucher, if I don't let anyone buy wine, every time I buy wine, I would have to run more than 100 kilometers to come here and wait for someone. Is it easy for me?"

Xiao Peng questioned, "How did you know I would have cash?"

Elmer said: "This isn't a secret. Didn't YG say in the song, 'Chinese people all move their wallets, and all robbers will get something from them'?"

Xiao Peng pulled a long face. "That damned YG!"

If it wasn't for Elmer mentioning it, Xiao Peng would have already forgotten about YG. The first time he came to the Star rank country, he had a conflict with YG. The only time in his life when he truly used his powers to kill was also when he was against YG.

Aylmer nodded. "You're right, God also thinks he deserves to die of a strange illness. It was said that his entire body was festering when he died, so no one could find out why. This incident caused quite a sensation. So, as a person, one should not have no bottom line. Money is good stuff, but one must also have the life to spend it. He has done so much that God can't bear to see it. "

Xiao Peng nodded, "You're right. Who else can the Heavens spare?"

Elmer laughed and said, "Actually, I really like you Chinese. There was once a Chinese in my family who taught me a lot of Chinese."

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

Aylmer thought for a moment, "Let me think. Oh, your Chinese greeting is' get rid of the pirates'!" Right? "

Xiao Peng was silent for a moment before patting Elmer on the shoulder. "Elmer, I'll treat you to wine!"

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

Xiao Peng bought a case of Jack Danny's. Four bottles of $129 a box. This was a whiskey from Tennessee, and it was very big and cheap in the Stars and Stripes, so it sold very well. But to be honest, it didn't taste that good. But the famous' JAD-COKE 'in the nightclub is made of this wine and cola. For a while, it became synonymous with whiskey. Many Chinese people liked to buy a bottle of Jack Denny to show their taste, but they didn't know that this was the most popular whiskey in the country. Those who really liked it all liked to drink scotch, and in recent years, Volkswagen's whisky had become a popular drink.

Xiao Peng didn't ask for Elmer to help him swipe his card, but instead asked for Elmer to drink.

In the first place, it would be illegal for Elmer to help him with his shopping. If Elmer bought something for him and he gave him the cash, a few policemen would jump out and tell him it was against the law, so he wouldn't be able to find a place to cry.

Of course, this was not the most important part. The most important part was Elmer's words, "To kill the ghost of a pirate nation." Just because of this, I'm treating you to a drink!

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