The MSM is shocked, shocked, that intelligent, unemployed 20-somethings are taking advantage of government programs meant for the poor. News flash, sparky. They are poor. They're also smart enough to eat right and really make those subsidies count. Of all the bad habits the MSM claims not to have, this tendency to disapprove of people who are the wrong demographic playing by the rules I think makes me the angriest. Being on government assistance means filling out reams of humiliating paperwork weekly. Trust me, if these kids really didn't need it, they really wouldn't bother.
The fact the reporter seems to think otherwise speaks much more about said reporter's lack of experience of real poverty than it does of these clever kids "gaming" the system.
Yeah, that's the media. Bastards have practically made any form of success a criminal offense, now even keeping your head above water when anyone else might be drowning is a moral outrage.
Then people wonder why there aren't any industrious investors creating enough jobs to go around.
Posted by: Tatterdemalian on March 16, 2010 11:43 PM