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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone in the disability and antipoverty advocacy community is pretty furious with the WaPo and that article. Ditto for the recent NPR coverage on Hale, AL.

The problem isn't the benefits or people. The problem is much bigger: it's the failing American system that ignored the plight of failing communities, allowing the education system to fail and ignoring corporate abandonment. Plus, no real access to healthcare.

Imagine what your options might be if you were born and raised in a Podunk town with crummy schools, opioid addiction running rampant, zero jobs, and no hope.  You can't "just move." These people don't have money or options.

Ever been to Selma, AL? That's a city...a city where Applebees wasn't willing to take the risk and open a restaurant because it wouldn't have a customer base equipped to eat out or entry level staff with sufficient literacy skills to run a cash register. And that's a city.  [/quote]

OP here. I don't understand how a presumably factual article is something to be furious over. Of course there are larger systemic issues at play, but people operate within the constraints they're allowed to. It's just a look at one way disability benefits are used. In this family's eyes, it's completely legitimate.

[b]What I find the most sad is what the article glosses over. How was a woman with Down syndrome, the mental capacity of a 13/14 year old, and no means of support besides a disability check given the opportunity to get pregnant not one but three times? There needs to be some personal responsibility here[/b].[/quote]

+1000[/quote]

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