Yes, there are poor.
People with disabilities. Some (NOT MANY) of the elderly. People who because of market changes or temporary conditions have lost income or jobs.
But the frustration of J6P is not because of those people. I have literally stood in line at the supermarket and seen folks with way bigger rears than me buying way better food than I was buying and leaving, climbing into their way better SUV than I can afford. With food stamps.
It is not the people who need a hand up who I am unwilling to support.
It is the people who gladly and proudly take a hand out, who feel they deserve it, and are willing to spit in the face of anybody who disagrees.
I have mentioned what follows on a couple threads.
A man in Washington state was sentenced to a year in jail just last week.
What did he do?
He sent life threatening emails to Gregoire.
Why did he do it?
Because the state told him they were going to cut (NOT TERMINATE!) his welfare benefits.
We simply can’t afford excuses any more.
There are also a lot of scammers.
People keep acting like the prevalence of the latter precludes the former from being prevalent as well.
It doesn't.