I agree that there are obvious issues with the system (many such cases) but at the same time people all over the place manage to survive while wasting an insane proportion of their income on trash like new phones, cigarettes, alcohol, a car beyond their means, pets they shouldn't have taken responsibility for and then on top of that the unfortunate burdens many place on themselves such as having children out of wedlock etc.
I only say all that to ask, don't you think u/Aspie scenario is plausible when you remove all of those generally self imposed burdens?
Sure I get that but I don't think I implied it was always possible either, for those that have a child with severe medical issues or something not as common I can agree to what you're saying but I'm just saying for the average person I think it's not too far out of reach.
You might as well just give up, if you're going to throw up roadblocks to any information.
If you're an able-bodied person wanting to leave town, you can find a way to get a few hundred dollars to buy an old car. Or better yet, just take a bus. That's even cheaper. If you can't find a way, then your brain is not working.
Right, which would require the car, the gas, etc.
I'm happy for you that you were able to do this 40 years ago, but I think you need to realize that it cannot work that way in 2020.
I agree that there are obvious issues with the system (many such cases) but at the same time people all over the place manage to survive while wasting an insane proportion of their income on trash like new phones, cigarettes, alcohol, a car beyond their means, pets they shouldn't have taken responsibility for and then on top of that the unfortunate burdens many place on themselves such as having children out of wedlock etc.
I only say all that to ask, don't you think u/Aspie scenario is plausible when you remove all of those generally self imposed burdens?
This comes with an assumption that all people who are going through hard times have poor spending habits/bad vices, which isn't always the case.
So no, I don't think it's always going to be plausible.
Sure I get that but I don't think I implied it was always possible either, for those that have a child with severe medical issues or something not as common I can agree to what you're saying but I'm just saying for the average person I think it's not too far out of reach.
So, in essence, for the average person, it's out of reach.
That shouldn't be the case. That's why I'm on the other side of this discussion.
Anyone can buy a used car and a tank of gas.
Not anyone
You might as well just give up, if you're going to throw up roadblocks to any information.
If you're an able-bodied person wanting to leave town, you can find a way to get a few hundred dollars to buy an old car. Or better yet, just take a bus. That's even cheaper. If you can't find a way, then your brain is not working.
That's my whole point. There are always roadblocks.