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Originally Posted by *winter*
...and yet they have no problem getting shot at on the street. SMH...
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To be fair, I hadn't asked them - though I might do just to see what they think - I suspect that most feel no particular loyalty to the government. The government locks them up, they don't see LINK (very few get any assistance besides about $200 a month in food stamps, they're living with family because even working they can rarely afford their own place, and they have a hard time getting hired.) as something 'owed' to them, they take advantage of it because it's there and because they have to eat. Military isn't generally brought up at all due to the restrictions against felony convictions (and possibly substance abuse issues), which all my clients have by nature of being on parole.
I get two responses about the violence 1) Stupid kids closing their eyes and pulling the trigger and 2) If you live the life you take the risks. And in their eyes they have to live the life, they have no choice but to live the life. And then there are some who live it because they can make more in an hour than I do in a paycheck.
My county sends more people to prison per capita than Cook County/Chicago does. It's not a good place to be for my clients.