I think there should be a government program where you apply to get a grant if you need it. For any reason, as long as it would majorly affect or save your life...like someone who freezes at night might apply for a $200 grant to buy a down comforter...that would greatly impact her quality of life and possibly save it. But she probably wouldn’t qualify for any other programs. I once asked the food stamp people for money for something similar...I think it was winter clothes...and got denied. I think the only people who have access to cash aid are people with basically no source of income, disaster relief, and people who become mothers, which causes people to abuse the system...but that’s a different argument, and I don’t even blame them because that’s the way the system works...hopefully someone in power reads this and either turns into a Universal Basic Income (UBI)-believer or comes to believe we should offer grants in times of need.
