[quote=SD Realtor]NSR I cannot argue with that point. It makes sense.
However I am discussing the entitlement mentality.
Okay for example, I have several midwest rentals. Alot of them are in working class neighborhoods. One of my tenants is chronically late on rent. All the time. However she always ends up getting it to me. She is in her 50’s with two good for nothing kids and two grandkids. She has no education. She gets some child support. She makes ends meet by getting housekeeping, babysitting and eldercare jobs. She uses care.com. She has no certifications. She works hard and is able bodied. She could collect welfare and SNAP and all that but she says as long as she is able to work she would feel very bad about taking support.
I think more and more, hers is a mentality that is vanishing amoung lower end working class. It is easier to throw in the towel.
Look at the SNAP program. In 2000 it was $17B and now it is $78B. Over 47 million on it. Stats show that the once on it, most stay on it. Then there is another $40 millions spent on advertising and outreach. There are recruiters and events actively recruiting more people for it…
I am in favor of the assistance.. it is yet another entitlement to an ever growing safety net. However all of the recruiting and quotas… it just serves the purposes of promoting dependency rather then weaning people off of it.[/quote]
I’m reading about one of SDR’s out-of-state tenants here who can apparently qualify for various types of aid and is not taking any. That is a typical mindset of boomers and beyond in much of America’s “flyover country.” It’s called PRIDE. Would SDR prefer that she avail herself of some of that aid so she can pay the rent on time? Or stop trying to “help” her “good for nothing” kids, and, by proxy, her grandkids, so she can pay the rent on time?? Obviously, if her “good for nothing” kids have kids, then they must be on aid, no? And are able to share some of that aid with grandma, who may take care of her grandkids whenever she is available to do so?
Believe it or not, there are THOUSANDS of these “good for nothing” 18-45 year-old parents still living with THEIR parents right here in SD County … yes, even in RSF. This problem isn’t confined to “working class neighborhoods.”
I’m won’t speak for him but I’m sure flyer can attest to this.
