while some people are lazy and.or have no self-respect and prefer to grift and beg for a living instead of doing any useful work,
many other people have just made a rational assessment of current conditions and determined that working is a losing strategy.
when government gives away money, health care, rent, food, furniture, transportation subsidies and transit passes, etc etc etc etc etc... PLUS you can just drift over to any number of charitable food giveaway places, charitable hot meal diners, charitable free clothing giveaways, charitable free gasoline vouchers for your car, charitable free health care clinics, charitable free furniture and television sets, charitable free this and that...
the available free goodies far exceed what many people can earn by working
it is that simple.
no, it is not that simple. one more detail is also important... if they got jobs they’d have to pay income taxes and sociable insecurity and all the rest of the take-aways. they don’t have to pay taxes on all their free money and goodies.
every merchant and service shop in town has WORKERS WANTED signs in their windows. AND, the parking lot is FULL of brand new nice shiny cars.. where? at the ‘free grocery, take all the food you want and no questions asked” giveaway place
the commies have finally managed to destroy the economy and with it, the self-respect and dignity of millions of otherwise or previously good American citizens
the damage has been achieved... though yes, it continues to be made worse
seriously, when you can pull down $3 or 4000 a month in free and non=-taxable freebies... including those important cash giveaways and rent and utility vouchers....and all the free food and health care..........why work for, say, $2000 a month LESS TAXES?
these people can be criticized for lacking any sense of dignity or self-worth. they can even be criticized for being selfish and, sometimes, dishonest
but they cannot be criticized for being irrational, their decisions to become beggars and grifters and takers, whatever terms you prefer......those decisions were, are quite rational.
Yup, for sure. Not stupid at all, greedy maybe. Just taking what is offered and that is waaaaaay too much. Giverment fools and politicians are either out of touch or doing this with malicious intent. Most likely the latter.
I worked with Toys for Tots this last Christmas. Just gobsmacked at the number of qualifying people shopping in nice clothes and driving new vehicles, newer than mine by a long shot anyway. If all this is possible for the “poor” my give a damn just got busted, kids or no to be frank about it.
I gave at the office but not anymore. I’m through giving. I really am. My heart has gone ice cold to that.