Are they sitting outside their mudhut, face covered with flies, no power, no running water, no food, waiting for a truck to come by to throw them a bag of corn?
Or do they have a Section-8 apartment, utility stipend, food stamps, new shoes, x-box, cable tv?
There will always be a bottom 10% and none of them live in America
It's been said the bottom 10% of America is still better off than 90% of the rest of the world.
Why? Because the taxpayers bankroll that 10%s lifestyle, and thus pay for them to not work.
If an alien came down from space and I was forced to explain the system to him, there is no way I could portray it in a way that appeared logical.
And you know, they'll sit and eat that bag of corn, and wait for the next truck, because they know it's going to come.
I watch some of this stuff, write my checks once in a while for a freakin' water well, etc. but have to wonder, why don't they get off their duffs and dig a well?
Or gather wood and boil their water at least? How about distilling it? Lord knows they have plenty of sunshine to do the job, and time.
Yes, and their kids get free breakfast and lunch at school, they get free health care at the county clinic and/or on Medicaid; when food is low, off to the food pantry. Then various charities make sure their kids have winter coats, backpacks, school supplies, you name it.