Like most villages in Samoa, the local economy is based on subsistence living.
The traditional Pamunkey way of life was subsistence living.
They earn a subsistence living as farmers, fisherman and merchants.
Possibly they were generations acclimated to subsistence living and had learned to thrive on very little.
After years of mere subsistence living he was able to enjoy success.
So the 99 weeks is not a gravy train - it is subsistence living.
Many of the natives moved to Kodiak where they were less dependent on subsistence living and could find jobs.
Most people in the town now make a subsistence living selling their wares locally.
Its history has been one of subsistence living until the early 20th century (people lived from what they could get from the land or the sea).
"Why in the world are we going to target the elderly in a program that provides subsistence living?"