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In reply to the discussion: Obama's Deal From a poor Person's Perspective [View all]JohnnyRingo
(18,619 posts)I wonder that that's a typo, as I'm called it that forever. While many think an unemployment check is a great windfall when someone is out of work, all they'd have to do is try to live on one.
Contrary to what the class of people who believes UC is milked by those unwilling to work, it pays only a small fraction of one's pay before losing a job, and requires quite an adjustment in life style. I do admit, it's usually better than working along side high school kids at the McDonald's drive thru or shining shoes at the curb, but that's about it.
That's what upsets wealthier people about social safety nets. They feel unfairly compensated unless they can look down at a large mass of people so dirt poor they have to degrade themselves through desperate tasks. They're like high school bullies grown up.