I greatly admire the grandma character and have known several like her. Applying for government assistance when one can make do would have been a moral defeat, a capitulation. It’s just a comic strip, but the woman is noble.
There seems to be a consensus among commenters here that real danger does not exist. I imagine you agree on other pleasant fictions, too. You are bonkers.
Are you striving for anti-Semitism? That’s standard fare, and it’s galling.