My Brother Chipped Me for Labor, Now He’s Broke

My younger brother, Lemuel Brooks, is a university professor. In the meantime, I'm a factory floor worker.

Our mom has been bedridden for ten years due to a serious illness.

Every month, like clockwork, Lemuel transfers me $3,000 and tells me to stay home and care for her full-time.

That's how things were between us until he showed up with the government's new program, the 'Equal Responsibility Tracker,' and put a printed agreement on the table.

"You've been taking advantage of me for all these years," Lemuel said, all calm and smug. "Don't you think that's enough?