Applying for food stamps, Medicaid, etc.

[Anonymous]

If you yourself are wealthy, but your parents are destitute, would you help them apply for benefits so they don’t have to rely on your resources?

[Anonymous]

Without hesitation.

[Anonymous]

I'd help them with my money

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'd help them with my money

Why not put them on welfare and supplement with your own?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd help them with my money

Why not put them on welfare and supplement with your own?

If they want to get it and ask for my help, yeah, sure. But only if.

[Anonymous]

A little different, but reminds me of a time I was in Target years ago, and the gentleman ahead of me reached into his wallet to pull out hit EBT card, but had to pass a seriously fat stack of hundreds to get it.

[Anonymous]

I'm currently helping my mother do just that, and my net worth is $8 million. I also have several siblings with plenty of money. I have no problem with any of this. It's not a moral issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'd help them with my money

Why not put them on welfare and supplement with your own?

This. The insurance piece is especially important.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A little different, but reminds me of a time I was in Target years ago, and the gentleman ahead of me reached into his wallet to pull out hit EBT card, but had to pass a seriously fat stack of hundreds to get it.

Could be rent money….
People on EBT card work so maybe cash the check

[Anonymous]

I would do both, but I'll say that if your parent has a difficult time keeping track of documents and you live far away, it's easier to just help them once in a while.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I'm currently helping my mother do just that, and my net worth is $8 million. I also have several siblings with plenty of money. I have no problem with any of this. It's not a moral issue.

Actually it is, though perhaps not in the way you think.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you yourself are wealthy, but your parents are destitute, would you help them apply for benefits so they don’t have to rely on your resources?

Oh absolutely. The government passed laws saying that I need to pay these heavy taxes to provide for those that need a safety net. So I am going help my relatives take full advantage of the resources that I helped pay for.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm currently helping my mother do just that, and my net worth is $8 million. I also have several siblings with plenty of money. I have no problem with any of this. It's not a moral issue.

Actually it is, though perhaps not in the way you think.

Actually what?

[Anonymous]

Yes and I did. We are not wealthy but have what we need but could not afford to help without help. We pay taxes for services for when we need them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I'm currently helping my mother do just that, and my net worth is $8 million. I also have several siblings with plenty of money. I have no problem with any of this. It's not a moral issue.

Actually it is, though perhaps not in the way you think.

What way are you thinking?