Insensitive Bennett may be, but also right.
And as for those who "eke out a living below the poverty line," for many that is a choice they have made - to rely on government handouts, government housing, and to do absolutely as little as possible to survive.
Go there and see for yourself.
This is so true just the other day there was a job fair here and over half the evacuees that were asked to attend said "no the government WILL take care of us." Which means we the tax payers get to feed, cloth and house them..