This NPR story about a poverty stricken family probably worked better on the radio.

The mother, on the right, is 40 years old. She did not graduate from high school and has never had a job. She says a car accident in 1990 left her depressed an unable to work. She claims “most of her siblings and their spouses are unemployed and rely on government assistance and food stamps.”

Despite never having worked she’s apparently eligable for Social Security - $637 per month. She also gets $100 in food staps. She has never worked in her life yet has an income that puts her in the top 25% globally.

The rising cost of food means their money gets them about a third fewer bags of groceries — $100 used to buy about 12 bags of groceries, but now it’s more like seven or eight. So they cut back on expensive items like meat, and they don’t buy extras like ice cream anymore.

I suspect she’ll survive with a little less ice cream.

At least she have to miss work to vote for Obama.