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Cheebs ans Chrono nailed it. At 18 my sister had a child with a scumbag who basically disappeared afterwards. Couple that with undependable/unreliable parents, and medical issuse for years now and youll have a reasoning for welfare or gvmnt help. It was nothing but nitemares obtaining the assistance needed b/c of the people who never try to better their situation or just use up the money on drugs or alcohol. She doesnt drink or smoke and is in no way a bad person but b/c the gvrnmt is so busy dealing with people ive seen firsthand that can only be described as filth, my sister had to wait weeks and months or be sent from office to office just to get her all the paper work it would take to get her assisitance.
The whole time while on it if she made too much money she was immidiatly taken off it. The cut off line was so low though(Cant remember the amount) that the welfare system was keeping her from getting into a better situation. Make too much-your cut off, have go back on it-two weeks worth of paper work through about 8 different offices. Like i said, a nitemare. Medical issues kept her from working the 40 hrs a week like most. The money coming from the 20 hrs was too much for her to stay on welfare yet def wasnt enough to live off of. Years of dealing with that while crackheads and severe alcohol abusers got their check every two weeks left me rather bitter reguarding this issue. In my opinion it should be easier to get for the people that need it to bouce back and harder for the ones who dont give a shit and want nothing more to do than simply live the lifestyle provided by the gvrnmnts allowed income.
Provide a means of changing the lifestyle that got you onto welfare. Whether thats via drugtesting or whateverthefuck, seems like their lazy on the efforts of improving the quality of life for that demographic. I think the area where i live had alot to do with the issues me and my sis had i.e. Asbury Park region which has high end income on one side of the tracks and a notorious poverty on the other. I really hope its not like that around the rest of the country. If so that is scary.
Sorry for the rant.......couldnt help it
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