Marx, I’m not obfuscating(you seem to like that word very much), I’m saying that chasidim are successful by every metric that society should care about. They are successful in the home, the family, the community, and in their dealings with other parts of the Jewish community.
You didn’t address the blatant bias in the times’ not addressing the overwhelming business success of the community. Not a word. Just drugs, rabbinic control, political clout, and poorly written english assignments. Why don’t they look at how public school children in the Bronx write english? they don’t. they don’t because that would be racist, to target black people and other “marginalized” groups.
The “taking money” figure was a total lie, as I showed above. You haven’t addressed that either.
They’re on food stamps because they can be. That money will be going to deadbeat dads, drug addicts, criminals, and other pieces of garbage. If it’s available, why not avail themselves of the money? They have large families, and even with a decent income, it’s not easy. I don’t think the majority are dependent on it though.