A Benefit Of The Doubt

My dad is on a fixed income, social security, and disability related to his military service. He goes through the VA for all of his healthcare. He has housing assistance from the state because his income isn’t sufficient to cover rent and everything else.

One day, I was trying to convince him that he should apply for SNAP so that he wouldn’t have to spend so much money on groceries. His reason for not wanting to do it was:

Dad: “The government doesn’t need to know what I buy.”

Me: *Astonished.* “All of your money and healthcare comes from the federal government, and the state pays your rent. They know everything they could possibly want to, and I doubt they care what kind of milk you buy.”