Last year, the homes got about $150 million in public aid.

A decade ago, 100,000 Wisconsin families relied on public aid.

"You see somebody on public aid, they be paying $20 or $30 - my mother never paid less than $300," she says.

"Then they bring back public aid in a hurry," her mother said.

When the factory closed in 1992, she and her three children began to receive public aid.

The fire caused more than 14,000 people to be dependent on public aid.

It would be a serious mistake to eliminate all public aid.

Generally speaking, public aid to companies is already subject to those kinds of conditions.

It also suits me that we are talking about public aid.

There will still be a need to provide public aid to development, at least for the least developed countries.