Reply #87: Your life experience is anecdotal. [View All]

[Gormy Cuss]

No one with a broader understanding of poverty issues would state that no poor people are lazy or working against their best interests, which I think is what most people mean by "dumb" in this context. The problem is when people take their experience with a handful of examples and assume that most of those in poverty are there for the same reasons.

Now back to your brother-in-law. If he is able to work and just choosing not to do so, he's committing welfare fraud and it's a shame someone in the family hasn't dropped a dime on him.