Crimson streak;1397352 wrote:Not saying all blacks do. Their are plenty of hard working blacks out their and have a lot of respect for them. It's the people that sit on their ass and collect welfare checks because their lazy asses and then cry race.
There are still plenty of white people that do the same. I've listened to local people (and unfortunately even have friends) who view government assistance as a viable option for no purpose other than making the life they can already afford easier. To many of them, it's not for only those who absolutely need it. They, in some cases, have even foregone options for which they could afford to be responsible to instead take advantage of a tax-funded program.
In essence, they don't use it because they need it. They use it because, by hook or by crook, they qualify for it, so they don't understand why they wouldn't?
One couple in particular who is particularly bad about it is a white couple who were both born and raised in corn country Ohio. They had middle-class to upper-middle-class parents who still have great work ethics. The originally moved into the area in order to do volunteer work and have a positive effect on the people in the community. However, it appears more like many in the community have had a negative effect on them than the other way around. Their lives are now comprised of infrequent jobs, many of which only require 20-30 hours a week, and any governmental assistance.
The point being that it seems like even though their skin color didn't change, their community (complete with its ethics and principles) is what changed, and it seemed to make all the difference.
