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Originally Posted by rcooled
I think this is an important factor in this conversation. When I'm out & about during the week, I see lots of scruffy-looking people who seem to be just hanging out in the middle of the day and killing time. And they really don't look like the type of folks you might see working evenings/nights in retail or in restaurants either. If you're willing to just scrape by day-to-day, it's very easy to avoid working any sort of traditional job in this country.
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I see people doing this all the time. I don't think it's easy, but it's the way they want to live. As long as they pay their way, I don't care.
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Originally Posted by rcooled
A friend's daughter is one of these types. In her early 20s, she decided that the working world wasn't for her, so she found some dumbass loser to get her pregnant. Once the baby came along, she ditched the boyfriend, went on welfare, then signed up for every gov't giveaway program available. She's content to live in some schithole section 8 apt. and if she needs a little extra spending money, she'll do odd jobs for friends like house cleaning or washing cars...cash only. She has no ambition, no motivation, no plan for her or her child's future...it's only about whatever she needs to make it 'till tomorrow. Very sad indeed.
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Sad, and frankly, reprehensible. That lifestyle is OK for her, but she has a responsibility to her child. She needs to teach it a better way of life.