(June 12, 2012 at 3:32 am)Moros Synackaon Wrote: It has always struck me as vindictive and petty to withhold living resources and basic human services for the poor and homeless. There should be a track out of that situation.
i agree with this totally. namely, the bolded portion. how in the hell would one approach that tho? i see organized abuse of the welfare system here daily and as much as i think people should be able to work themselves out of poverty (those that are capable, of course, of at least manual labor), there are some who have built a network and lifestyle around it. if i'm honest with myself, that shit is frustrating.
i work pretty hard and my body breaks down sometimes and there are weeks when i can't buy a nice delmonico steak at the supermarket. then i see the guy who stays home chillin all day blasting the stereo and washing his car incessantly, walking around the supermarket with 2 carts full of namebrand stuff and steaks of all sorts. sometimes i laugh it off, but sometimes that shit makes me crazy. i don't know if i feel dumb for working hard for what little i get, while some eat well for free and have their kids at the doctor for every sneeze. i don't even have health care and haven't for the last 9yrs that i've been working for myself.
i asked my neighbor why he wouldn't work, he said b/c he can't mess up everything he's getting. so, with no desire to work, i wonder how we make the path out of poverty for those like him. there are plenty of poor who WILL work their asses off and i love them and will do what i can to help, if anything. but the ones who won't ... smh.
they can land a rover on mars, yet they still have to stick a human finger up my ass to do a prostate exam?! - ricky gervais
