I thought I was taking the day off from writing today, but then this particular 'tweep' keep posting about her food stamp story and it really bugged me. I decided to work it out with our dear readers. Meet Cristela Alonzo.
I was raised on food stamps. We'd buy LOTS of rice/beans and my mom would buy me a pack of cookies. When I had them, I felt like I was like other kids. The same kids that used to constantly make fun of me for being poor. So...I agree...
— Cristela Alonzo (@cristela9) October 31, 2025
let the kids get the cookies. https://t.co/ZUR2mVjwJu
Apparently, she has a podcast and is a comedian. She also possibly has a sitcom. Anyway, she is really mad about the whole food stamp situation. She goes on to explain 'she was raised on food stamps'. That is the first problem. No one should be 'raised on food stamps'. Food stamps is meant to be a temporary safety net when a family is struggling. It's not a lifestyle. Digging into her family history, things get even more problematic.
Cristela says she's a 'first generation Mexican American'. That means her parents were immigrants. Let's assume they came here legally. When they came, they were required to commit to self-support. They were told they could not seek support from the American welfare system. They should have had to name a sponsor. Instead, we learn this family required the American taxpayer to pay for their food. We very likely also paid for their medical care and most definitely for their education. They came to this country as wards of the state. Every single American taxpayer supported them. Cristela is successful because her parents managed to take advantage of the kindness of Americans. That might hurt some feelings, but that's just the truth. Now, Cristela is clearly far Left in her politics, so not only did we spend a whole lot of money supporting a family, we created voters who will be happy to usher in Socialism. Can you see the problem?
if your parents in your whole life (since you say you were raised on food stamps) could never provide you food or working oven, child services should have stepped in. https://t.co/mia5gQUQRB
— Just Mindy 🐊 (@just_mindy) November 2, 2025
Later on, she goes onto say that they didn't have a working stove. These were very clearly adults not equipped to make it in the United States. Their child did, yes, because American institutional systems reared her. Government Schools educated her and taught her how to move in a industrialized society. It was very clearly a society her parents did not thrive in. Obviously, that's not the case for many immigrants. They might be poor for one generation, but they manage to feed themselves and have working appliances.
This story is why there must be vetting and why immigrants must prove they can support themselves. If companies demand immigrants for cheap labor, they should be made to support their basic needs. Let those CEOs benefiting from cheap labor take care of their housing, food and medical care. Stop pushing it off on the American people working hard and barely getting by. Toxic empathy is breaking the backs of the American working poor and middle class. The American Dream is a lovely idea, but helping everyone but American citizens is creating a nightmare for the everyday Americans.
