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Originally Posted by Kevin M
Everyone has the right to not sink so low that you can't provide food, shelter etc. for yourself. Anything above that, you have to work for. "Welfare state" does not equal marxist communism.
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I disagree. Everyone has the right to sink as low as they allow themselves to. I totally agree with unemployment, I think it is a great program. It is a thoroughly abused program, but it works, because you have to pay into it before you can use it.
There is no excuse for allowing yourself to sink that low, IMO. If you do so, you should pay the consequences. It is too easy not to lose everything for people to lose everything. I just filled out my FAFSA to apply for loans/grants for school. Since I have seen how much money my parents lost last year, due to losing a business, and they didn't lose their house or their rental properties, I know it is possible to not lose everything when you lose everything, if that makes sense.