And have they treated her like scum? All of the honest people I know who have tried to collect benefits of any kind from any government agency have been made to feel like criminals.
I remember one girl I met while I was in college, who had a baby fathered by a rapist at the age of 15, and lost her mother to suicide not long after that. She ran out of money trying to finish high school, and went to social services for food stamps for her three year old, and got called a "lazy slut" by a state employee.
ETA: And yes, that incident among many others has influenced my view of things.
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regna
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Date: 2008-04-15 08:07 pm (UTC)I remember one girl I met while I was in college, who had a baby fathered by a rapist at the age of 15, and lost her mother to suicide not long after that. She ran out of money trying to finish high school, and went to social services for food stamps for her three year old, and got called a "lazy slut" by a state employee.
ETA: And yes, that incident among many others has influenced my view of things.