my niece has several children, and her husband works hard, but the kids are all on medicaid....and they get the big check too....it makes me a little mad however when I hear she's running her cat to the vets.......how can you not have enough money for your family yet can afford taking an animal to the vet?....
I have a family member who went to nursing school with a girl who was attending on the taxpayer dime. When she finished school, she decided she wouldn’t sit for her board exams because then the government would expect her to get a job.
The boy worked with a single mom (unmarried but baby daddy on the scene helping suck up bennies) who received a $6000 refund. My first thought was pay the rent and utilities up... she took her little “poverty stricken” family on a cruise.
Getting something for nothing appears to be the NEW American dream.
“we’ve had nurses aides who stay UNMARRIED but living with their “significant” other just so they can claim the big money at the end of the year.....”
This is common here in Illinois. As I go through the statistics that pertain to our school district (the 2nd largest in the state), I am amazed at how many students and families of students are on public aid of some sort. It ranges from 40%-85% depending on neighborhood. One of the common denominators is that the head of household is unmarried, works part time, or is unemployed and claim dependency of the children.
I have no real evidence that this is done on purpose to obtain public aid, but I have plenty of anecdotal evidence.
And, no, these are not all minorities. Yes, greatest chunk comes from self described Latino, the 2nd chunk comes from African American yes, but when one adds up the number for the 3rd group (White/Mixed) it can be jaw dropping.
We created a whole new welfare class here with the Latinos, and politicos trying to court their vote (both sides of the aisle, for sure). I remember growing up, one could observe that blacks were the only minority class. As many blacks migrated into the working environment, it seems that Latino’s were brought in to fill the gap.
I have little doubt that creating and keeping a good percentage of Americans on welfare was indeed the goal. Both in order to retain / increase government jobs and to buy votes for those running for office.
My wife observed that in this country, there is very little incentive to be married, and indeed, if you are middle income or lower, the incentive for mothers is to remain single by far. She also noted that we are now on the path that even owning a home or property is becoming a liability, as we have seen our own property values shrink (for many reasons), while our taxes on said properties have gone up several hundred percent over the last 15 years, and now with the elimination of the Interest Deduction sitting on the table, and with home ownership disqualifying so many folks from being “on the dole”, she thinks (and quite possibly so), that as far as the depressing housing markets go... “we aint seen nothin yet”.
Mow you are understanding why Zer0 wants more money. Your niece is just playing the system. I’ll bet you could too if you were that immoral.