Reply #19: You don't understand the full effects...

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

Of grinding poverty and hopelessness, do you. Did you know that money problems have been named the #1 cause of Psychiatric Problems in the US, by no less than The American Psychiatric Association? They have.

Have you ever been poor to the point of utter despair? I have. I wouldn't recommend the experience to anyone.

Have you ever worked at a job, or two, that paid crap and offered you no hope of getting ahead? I do, right now. I wouldn't recommend the experience to anyone.

The "charicter" it creates is not worth the price.

Dig a little deeper with the shovel of compassion and try to understand the issues facing the grindingly poor right now, not the least of which is the fact that if you are on ANY form of public assistance, the experience is utterly degrading, for THAT is how it is administered these days. The social workers know it, and they really don't like it. But their hands are tied.

Being poor and receiving public assistance is anything but a vacation. In many real ways, there is No Way Out, and in our society, unlike others, when you are down, people line up to kick you while you are down. It's sport, and they enjoy it. Guess it makes them feel better about their own shitty lives.