Voicing sentiments that are common enough among arrivals from the former Soviet Union -- though not, generally, among their children, educated here -- she complained bitterly about the bad treatment caseworkers give ex-Soviets asking for welfare, about the loud music of her neighbors and the continual worries about making ends meet.
I don't ask for no welfare.
"We are not asking for corporate welfare".
Analysis by researchers, led by the University of Kent's social policy team, said polls and focus groups had revealed a quarter of claimants had "delayed or avoided asking for" vital welfare payments because of "misleading news coverage driven by [government] policy".
I have never asked for any welfare, unemployment benefits or any other freebies.
— On Feb. 18, 2016, a female caller asked for a welfare check on Paisley Park, but it wasn't clear whom she wanted authorities to check on.
"What the Chamber of Commerce is asking for is welfare," said Martin Tabnik, a data processing consultant, one of 10 people who spoke against the proposal.
Annica, a 47-year old divorced woman with musculoskeletal pain, a mother of three children recounted her experiences when her vacuum cleaner broke down and she had to ask for extras from social welfare: It was very embarrassing.
But I don't ask for a Hoover from social welfare if I don't need that.
Portugal now follows Greece and Ireland to the European welfare office to ask for new loans on the condition of ever more drastic spending cuts.
