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Working in debt collection, you really do find a lot of people expect a free ride. This usually ends in their mid- to late-20's where they owe upwards of 30 grand, have no income, 2 kids and living generally from day to day on a measly welfare income.
You have to look at how people get in these situations - the family in the original post here, I'm sure, didn't know that much about living standards and costs in the US, and I'm very sure they didn't elect to be placed in a high-cost area like I understand they were. People I work with quickly rack up tens of thousands of dollars worth of credit card debt, lose their jobs, and assume that if they ignore it it'll go away (hint to those in that situation - it won't). Nothing is more frustrating than trying to help these people out of the holes they dig for themselves and being basically told to shove it.
True, there's plenty out there who abuse welfare, but there's also many people who genuinally need it to live from day to day. To place refugees who have just arrived here in the former is a mistake. This guy has a job, it's not paying enough for the area he's in, and being forced to move is never nice, no matter the circumstances.
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