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Originally Posted by Solecismic
What troubles me about this story is that the woman still feels entitled to these benefits. We now have more than one generation of Americans who fully believe the government should care for them from cradle to grave.
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Ya, but at least people are freaking out over this and its a national news story - in the sense that this isn't a societal norm, yet. We're still offended by the idea, at least from our perch. But it could be a look into the mindset of some people who have lived their whole lives on welfare - that it's not true, at least in this one case, and I'm sure many others, that people "hate being on welfare", which is sometimes an idea that people float around. I'm sure there's many, many people that still take pride in reducing the amount of direct government assistance they get, but stories like this at least create the perception that that kind of idea is diminishing.