People that NEED government assistance but refuse it...
@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
United States
July 12, 2010 2:59am CST
ok we all hear about people that play the system and live off of government assistance or welfare instead of getting a job but what about the people that SHOULD apply because they are in such low incomes and can barely afford food and do work but are too proud to get it?? i think its nuts when i hear of people that would rather have their pride and have their kids have no health insurance or little food because they dont want to be labeled.. i think if anything these are the people that need it most..
i dont believe in people abusing the system but i think if you need it and are trying your best on your own but just cant cut it and its affecting your CHILDRENS quality of life then you shouldnt be so proud to not take it!! i mean its affecting more than the parents its affecting the kids lives AND futures!!
what do you think??
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@syankee525 (6249)
• United States
12 Jul 10
i would never thought i would ever have to be on welfare, and the day came we had nothing at all. family was helping us. and i finally broke down and went and got on welfare. had to do for my kids. yeah it was all about pride but i knew i had to swollow it.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
12 Jul 10
yeah its not like you didnt try and its not like you were alone.. when kids are depending on you and you cant provide even though you have tried your best i dont see why pride would stop some one from getting help.. i replied to the person above about why i posted this and what i was basing it on.. i just dont understand people sometimes!!
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@dfhonline (130)
• Philippines
12 Jul 10
I suppose you're from US, if I'm wrong I'm sorry.
Anyway, I would love to have for my country to have the same system. I dont know whats going through those peoples head because if I'm in that situation I wouldnt be too proud to take low income job instead of no income at all. If I was still single and only responsible for myself I would be more choosy, but with a kid involve I'd do anything to make my kids future better.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
12 Jul 10
exactly! when there are kids involved you gotta think about them! my family is what i based this on honestly and yeah im from the US.. my family was always dirt poor and if it wasnt for the fact my brothers stayed home after they became adults we prob wouldnt have had as much as we did but when it came time to paying bills there was never enough money and had no health care and i was a sickly kid and i asked them a few years ago now with me in my late 20s why they didnt try to get some kind of help since my dad worked and they tried their best and still had it hard and they said they were too proud to take it and im like dumbfounded because i was just thinking if they had taken some assistance for like food then that would have made the bill collectors not hound us all the time or maybe my brothers could have not had to give as much etc.. to me if you arent being lazy and deciding to just let the government pay for everything and you are working or cant work and just cant make it especially when there are kids then you shouldnt be too proud to get some help.. if i had had health care i might not be as messed up now health wise.. not saying i wouldnt be disabled but i might have gotten some problems figured out sooner..
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@danishcanadian (28954)
• Canada
12 Jul 10
They talked about this on an episode of Reba. I am on disability, and not bugged by it at all. I never understood how people can be too proud to accept something that'll really help. This kind of pride can be dangerous.
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
11 Aug 10
yeah true.. i mean im on disability and not happy about it but thats because i loved working but it makes me mad when i look back on my childhood and know now that my parents rejected help they desperately needed
@maezee (41985)
• United States
12 Jul 10
Oh my gosh, great point! No one ever thinks to touch this issue. My mom and her boyfriend are like this; they are both too proud to go downtown and sign up for food stamps, even though the boyfriend is unemployed (and has been for about 9 months, just been cut off from unemployment), and my mom barely makes $10k a year. They are also supporting my mom's 8 year old daughter - I'm thinking they'd get at least a couple hundred a month in food stamps, which would help them GREATLY. But they both have enormous egos that prevent them from doing this. But it's so necessary. It's frustrating!
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@moonlitmagikchild (22181)
• United States
11 Aug 10
i know and think about how her daughter will feel when the bill collectors are harassing them and they have no food or etc.. i saw all of that when i was young and it makes me mad to know that my parents rejected help because of pride.. whether they liked it or knew it or not i had stressed my whole childhood about their finances since i realized they had problems when i was like 10!
