US probably knows that it is less expensive to spend on welfare than to patrol their troops to track who really needs welfare and who doesn't. you didn't say anthing about the single parent issue. And because of thoese kinds of issues I believe US hasn't been able to do anything about it. In no way I meant to give free food to people in the current economic state of nepal. For nepal, benefits would be building roads. But the government has only been depending upon outside fund, when they could have attempted to do it themselves, one at a time. Yes corporation provide jobs, but they don't build roads. I don't argue with the minimum wage issue too much, because its not applicable rt now in nepal. The govt cannot track who gave how much. But it the future, it is necessary to reduce the gap between the rich and poors.....to ultimately reduce terrorism. Yes too much gap between the rich and poor increase terrorism. And only because of maoist has the SPA been urged to interrogate upon the royal hoard. So even I don't believe in communism, although, I know that prachanda is making life hard on people, I feel nepal is finally going in right direction because of him.