Throughout my life, my mother has had her battles: she raised six kids, survived the death of my father, and worked very difficult jobs as an immigrant in the United States. She was a stay-at-home mother for six children – three boys and three girls. I am the fifth child. When my father died 27 years ago, she was left without any savings or money to pay the bills. She took on jobs for the family to survive. She cleaned houses, sold things, and saved a little bit of money for the future. She has never asked anything of us children or the government. But recently I learned that the government-...