In other words, people who work should have their hard earned money taken from them and given to lazy people who don't want to work. Does that seem fair?
No. But on that note, would it seem fair for someone who tries very hard to earn a living but simply can't catch a break to simply be thrown to the wayside and ignored because he or she had unfortunate circumstances in life?
The attitude among many people that all citizens on welfare are simply lazy bums who don't want to work is quite disgusting, frankly - no offense.
I wouldn't say it's disgusting -- it's an attitude that is borne of frustration with welfare advocates who don't want to acknowledge that the programs they advocate are being abused, which they are.
Often, people end up on welfare due to poor choices and poor decisions, sometimes coupled with laziness that prevents them from overcoming the effects of their decisions. Welfare becomes a trap, and they develop "the attitude," which I have seen firsthand many times. "The attitude" is a big part of why so many people hate welfare recipients.
Many on welfare are handicapped in some way, generally mentally, due to drug addiction, some form of mental illness, etc. I don't think it's realistic to think that long-term welfare is for average people who just suffered from some bad luck. People like that recover, and get back on their feet eventually.
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