After reading the chapter five of Seccombe, I strongly agree the statement she made that living and surviving welfare touches all aspects of a person's life and not just the economic realm. She discusses about interviews about Jana, and how sometimes she does not make it on just food stamps, which to me is totally understandable and can see many reasons of why not. We are all in various social standings and sadly a lot of inequalities.
For Jana day to day living and decision making its hard and a continuous battle for her. Even thou the food stamps and the money that she receives from welfare is not enough she is still grateful that she even has that. By being on welfare for a big number of people it affects them emotionally. Its hard not to be able to put a food on table for yourself and loved ones, and to worry if u going to survive or not. Working poor class face and deal with many day to day decisions that affect them. It’s a little easier for those that are single and don’t have kids, but of course it just gets harder and more difficult for those who have kids. Making decisions based on their income can cause many of people that are on welfare to be depressed.
Secoombe provides us with a lot of good examples to support her point. In this chapter a lot of good examples on how pearsons life can and is affected by economically struggles and welfare. By reading this chapter I realize how many impacts welfare really has on someone’s life. Its not easy leaving in a era where everything is available but there is shortage of money in many cases. People that are in poverty and struggles live a day to day life where they worry if they going to eat that day, while other in upper class worry which hundred thousand dollar car they going to buy. Living the life people do while on welfare is not easy even thou they are getting free money and food stamps, but the money they get can not help them a lot. It’s a minimum way of living throughout a day.
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