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Originally Posted by tony404
why do you resent them? they came up on hard times and they are mocked. i dont get it.
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But now for the other side...
Why am I critical of some charity cases?
The ones I have no sympathy for are the ones looking for a hand out instead of a hand up. Again, it's that pesky southern upbringing and sense of responsibility.
If you dont have a job, you should be looking for a job if you need the money. I've always said I would go work at any menial job before I'd go hungry or even ask my parents for a handout. And I mean it.
Some people are victims of their own bad decision making.
Things like cable tv, cellphones, cigarettes, booze, etc, these are not necessities of life, and all are fairly expensive. You can feed a small family off of what a lot of people spend on this. I have very little sympathy for someone asking for a food handout while watching HBO on a plasma smoking a ciggie and having a beer.
Likewise, you have two kids you cant feed or clothe. Not a lot of sympathy when you continue to get knocked up and now have 6 of them.
For these people, being hungry is a byproduct of bad decision making.
Now, jury is still out for me on the mortgage portion of this equation. I have not yet made up my mind where the blame belongs for people who bought more house than they can afford. There's the question of how big of a role predatory lending and government encouragement played. Like it or not, many people are too stupid to understand even simple amortization.