Hi there, I'm different in that I have friends and colleagues from different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. When the topic comes up, my affluent friends often say they know someone who cheated or didn't really need some type of housing, food or financial aid. Maybe it helps them feel better. Or maybe they just don't know any poor people. My answer is, so what? A few of your acquaintances stole snacks and table decorations from a meeting. That's no reason to think that there are no poor people in our communities. They tend to be people who work in entry level minimum wage jobs that we frequently depend on for our comfy lifestyles: the delivery person, the cleaning person, the ones who clean up our elderly relatives, the waitstaff at restaurants and banquets, and sadly those who take care of our children and grandchildren in preschools and day care centers. My experience is that working class people are honest and hardworking and that they don't have pension plans or even sick days. When it comes to safety nets, we must have enough compassion to disregard the cheats. There will always be greedy and unethical people. Don't let them stop us from helping those who deserve it. Yes, deserve it. Warmest regards,
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Hi there, I'm different in that I have friends and colleagues from different socioeconomic, racial and ethnic backgrounds. When the topic comes up, my affluent friends often say they know someone who cheated or didn't really need some type of housing, food or financial aid. Maybe it helps them feel better. Or maybe they just don't know any poor people. My answer is, so what? A few of your acquaintances stole snacks and table decorations from a meeting. That's no reason to think that there are no poor people in our communities. They tend to be people who work in entry level minimum wage jobs that we frequently depend on for our comfy lifestyles: the delivery person, the cleaning person, the ones who clean up our elderly relatives, the waitstaff at restaurants and banquets, and sadly those who take care of our children and grandchildren in preschools and day care centers. My experience is that working class people are honest and hardworking and that they don't have pension plans or even sick days. When it comes to safety nets, we must have enough compassion to disregard the cheats. There will always be greedy and unethical people. Don't let them stop us from helping those who deserve it. Yes, deserve it. Warmest regards,
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