Speaking of which, I wonder how serious benefit cheating is over
here, even though we're not a welfare state nor do we give out food
stamps. Or we make people jump through hoops to gain access to
financial aid?
From what I can tell (I know some people on the inside) there's
a considerable amount of red tape to get financial assistance.
Then again, as Bear pointed out, there are plenty of supposedly
poor people out there who are where they are because of extremely
poor financial prudence or outright apathy.
I kinda recall a case in the news where a family had to stay in
a tent at East Coast Park because the father turns down job offers
and the mother smokes two packs a day (do the math....that's ~
$600/month).
