Sad situation. In many "developing" countries, families loyally take care of their members to a far greater degree than in the US, and maybe this is in part due to a LACK of a government safety net. This seems to have the unexpected benefit of people being less apt to treat their family like crap (although that's by no means always the case).
just released. A Nation of Moochers: America's Addiction to Getting Something for Nothing same author wrote book 1993 A Nation of Victims: The Decay of the American Character by Charles J. Sykes