This article about Appalachia is an interesting read. Re-visting Appalachia 50 years after it was used as the cornerstone of LBJ's Great Society shows not much has changed. The White Ghetto http://nationalreview.com/article/367903/white-ghetto-kevin-d-williamson#!
Nicholas Kristof, visiting nearby Jackson, Ky., last year, was shocked by parents who were taking their children out of literacy classes because the possibility of improved academic performance would threaten $700-a-month Social Security disability benefits, which increasingly are paid out for nebulous afflictions such as loosely defined learning disorders. âThis is painful for a liberal to admit,â Kristof wrote, âbut conservatives have a point when they suggest that Americaâs safety net can sometimes entangle people in a soul-crushing dependency.â âYou have people on the draw getting $3,000 a month, and they still canât live. The above is a big part of why liberals, who want to give more $$$ to anyone who "needs" it, are so wrong.
'ya know, people are just busy. The best computers are still the ones between our ears. They see an opportunity and they jump on it. It leads to all sorts of unintended consequences. If they see a way to turn food stamps into cash they will just do it. For all we know the kids are doing Square Foot Gardening and have plenty of food...
It's mind-bending that you and I are paying for this kind of shit!! This horse shit in nothing more than vote buying by the demothugs, which ultimately hurts you, me, and yes, even the parasites. God bless broken down America.