DH, I’ve had many people ask my why a high percentage of Lakewood is on government assistance and why they don’t get jobs. So I defend them to the best of my ability (even though I don’t agree with them), but people are usually left flumoxed.
A healthy young man, married and often with a family, relying on government assistance? A healthy young man from a supposedly well brought up family? Expects society to take care of him for no reason?
Like it or not, social services are a charity provided by the American public. People don’t like when segments of society (or even individuals) play the system by not getting jobs to qualify. Its unethical in most people’s minds, even if its legal.