Taking care of them is job one and doing the right thing should be thanks enough.
You are right it "should be enough" but in all honesty, cripplecreek, I think we are getting tired as a Country and as individuals of being spat upon when we try to lend a helping hand.
The good feeling usually felt when helping someone seems to have disappeared at least in my heart.
I was thinking about driving my RV from Western New York to LA, AL, or MS to loan to one family but after seeing the rape of a city I'll stay home. I don't like feeling that way but that's how it is.