Gas is up. Milk is up. Bread... you get the point. The only thing that has not gone up is the poverty level. Right now in the United States a family of four has to be making less than $22,350 to be considered poor. Seriously? That is a disgrace! What the hell can a family of four do with that small amount of money. Even if every individual decides to sleep on the couch and they rent a studio apartment you would still be looking at close to half of the yearly income spent on housing alone regardless of what state they live in.
At this level you are not living, f**k you are not even surviving! This is why so many people just opt out of trying to better themselves, stay at home, collect unemployment and this way they will be entitled to all the benefits that the skells of the world get. It is a sad state of affairs when a man who is busting his a**, working two jobs on four hours sleep, paying his taxes, and cannot get a little assistance because he makes a couple dollars over the poverty level. On the other hand, while he is trying to steer his car through bloodshot squinted eyes he passes the house of that one lady on the block who decides to pop out a kid every twelve months or so. Of course, she still sleeping in, but she does not have to worry about getting up like you and me! S**t, she does not even have to shower today. It is not like she has any plans to go job searching, why would she? By staying home and not working she is already way ahead of the poor schlep who is out there trying to provide for his family.
His kids are getting messed with in school because of their outdated clothes and crooked teeth while her army of children are sporting the latest threads and top of the line braces. His poor wife attempts to put together a healthy lunch from leftovers for the kids to take to school every day at the same time that the spawns of our lady friend are entitled to "free" breakfast and lunch!
It is easy to see how some people can become defeated. There is only so much someone can take before they throw in the towel. After a while, you feel like a hamster in one of those wheels while a bunch of freeloaders reap the benefits. When our country gives a helping hand to the ones who sit on their a** all day smoking weed and watching Jerry Springer but welcome the struggling worker with a slammed door in his face, it is time to take a step back and evaluate the direction we are going. Or, you can just pop open a can of warm Schlitz Ice, get comfortable on the couch and wait for your government check to arrive. Me, I have to go to sleep soon, people on welfare depend on me...
Is it hot in here or am I Crazy?
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