I know one guy in his late 50s who got laid off 10 years ago and sat on his butt without a job for the past decade living off his retirement savings. Now that it is gone, he has “anxiety” disability and gets Welfare. I hate to say this as a Christian but he is a waste of life. And this is a person I used to be friends with.
I have a family member—in his late 30s—who was laid off two years ago and is living with his retired parents. He gets in fights with his retired father about whether he can find a job (his view is there is no work—surprise). He is on Medicaid now. I used to be on good terms with him but now am so disgusted I can't talk to him at family parties.
I know a man who lost a job about six years ago and decided to become a “house husband” while his wife (who makes good money) works. He still has a lawn service cut his lawn. He goes on trips to Europe to watch soccer. His wife is fed up yet she doesn't divorce him (they have small kids). I used to be friends with him but am so disgusted I can't talk to him anymore. I used to listen to his wife bitch about him when we were at the gym together but after a certain point, I realized she wasn't going to change and stopped listening.
These are all sad commentaries on society and sadly, we all know similar stories.
>>It is the curse of a wealthy society that people are allowed to become lazy. In the old days, there wasn’t enough money to support the lazy so they either worked or starved to death. Now we have enough money to be “compassionate.”<<
Close. “We” might have a lot of money, but only a small percentage of people actually EARN it. People who work on’t exhibit these behaviors. People who get money without working are the culprits.
It isn’t wealth — it is wealth distribution that prompts these behaviors.