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Originally posted by ktsnake
All I know are what the people in my brother's section 8 apartment complex tell him. It's actually a fairly nice place and they're happy the way things are.
Maybe things in Oklahoma are different? I work in family law, so I have plenty of contact with social workers. I can tell you that they really don't ask too many questions when someone applies for benefits. I've seen some f'd up abuses of the system here.
I'm not talking about the "majority" of people, just what I've observed first-hand.
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Somehow I doubt things are that much different for poorer people in OK then they are in NY. And do you believe everything "people tell you or your brother"? For someone in "family law" I would hope that you would do some research yourself and make your OWN decisions. Also there are some abuses of the system, however, as I said earlier, it has to do with the fact that the only jobs available for people with no skills are minimum wage with NO benefits. How do people pay for rent and food on that salary? Also how do they pay for their very expensive psychotropic medication and hefty healthcare fees. If you are living in poverty you are under a lot of stress which any person with common sense would understand causes a great deal more of mental health issues and health problems. I still think it sounds pretty off that the people "are happy with the way things are."