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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Honest question, not trying to be snarky, but why can’t these people just get jobs? There is s labor shortage. [/quote]
If you had lived with them like I did, you wouldn't ask that question. I'm so surprised people don't understand how hard it is to come out of poverty in US if you were born into it in US.
These people have mental, physical health problems, and who knows what else. Their family, friends, partners, and acquaintances have even bigger issues they pile on the few who would like to do better.
When I first arrived in DC, poor and homeless, Section 8 people hid me in 3 different homes in Columbia Heights.
I had never seen so much dysfunction in my life. There was also drug use, but the most harmful was set poverty mindset, which at the time I had no idea existed.
They also had zero emotional control because of upbringing, childhood trauma.
When I got a job, I lost $5k to the 'helpers' as fast as I could earn it. The only way out was to run away and never look back.
I was not related to them, so it was easier for me to disappear. I was chased and dragged on the street as I tried to flee. Normal part of trying to escape poverty and someone being upset over losing their meal ticket. 
Had I stayed, they would have taken me down with them financially and emotionally.
By the way, there was a huge amount of wage theft that happened to me and happens all the time with low wage jobs without contract. I took it as part of capitalism. I bet the poor would not have taken that crap. 
I remember one guy working for a week and standing there on Friday til they wrote him a personal check. Meanwhile, I'm standing there still waiting to get paid for last 10 weeks. They just have different way of doing things because of their life experiences.They have 'zero patience for pullsh_t'. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaPAbi0xtQ8[/quote]

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