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Most of the people I've argued about this with didn't grow up in poverty, to see the reality of that life and how little help there actually is. Because we spend lots of money there's a vague idea there are resources in place to help the poor. Bit they are limited and the people gaming the system are getting the majority of that aid. And taking emotion completely out of it and just looking at statistics, these people by and large have negative outcomes. These are often the same people right wingers want thrown in prison or exiled from the country when they grow up.Thanks for this post. Most people are familiar with the phrase "power corrupts" but the corollary is that, in my experience, a complete lack of power corrupts much more quickly and absolutely.
My mother had one miscarriage and one abortion. I have no idea how we would have survived with 4 children in the house and 1 source of income. We struggled as it was with just me and her until my brother was born when I was 18 and almost out of the house. Forget luxuries, we barely had a roof over our head and sometimes didn't have enough food to eat. That's not getting into the horrible things that happened to the both of us because we were frequently in vulnerable situations and forced to trust people that abused us.I hope you're not saying the solution would be to have aborted you and your sibling? I don't think you are.
I believe in God whose son is Jesus Christ, and our only hope is in him to save us from our sins and to help us get through the hardships of life. Without him, I would not be here today either, and I didn't have it as hard as you and your mother
I'm also an extreme outlier in surviving as well as I have. I should be dead, homeless or in prison multiple times over.