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How do you feel about people that abuse government help?

Asked by th3dream3r (88points) April 3rd, 2016

Before I begin, I have nothing against people who are on welfare. There are people who really need it due to unfortunate circumstances. There are also people who work really hard, but still need the help. However there are people who are able to work but choose not to. They will rather have the government provide everything for them. I travel 2— 2.5 hrs everyday to and from work. That is 5 hrs in total. I make $10hr $400 a week. It is not worth it since it has no benefits and does not take taxes of my check. However living in NYC it is hard to find a good job. It becomes more of a who you know. I have my Bachelors degree and thinking of going for my Masters. I come from West Africa. People there work so so hard for little to nothing. When I came here and saw people who can work and not willing to, I was shocked. People work so hard just to have their tax money giving to someone who does not want to work. I see guys on the corner everyday just doing nothing. Then go around robbing people for things they worked for. Sometimes I wish people could visit 3rd world countries and see how easy they have it here. I hear people that live in projects complain about how hard things are. Don’t get me wrong it is difficult to come from these place and make it. However I have seen so many people including myself do it. Many people these days just want quick money. When my dad come from Africa, for about 22 years he worked 2 jobs. He would leave our house at 5–6 in the morning and come back home 1–2 the next day. He would sleep like 3–4 hours a day. Life is not easy and is not suppose to be.

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