I’ve read that during the depression people who got government help would try to get off of it as soon as possible. They were embarrassed to be on it. Now many will just ride it as long as possible.
Apropos of what David and Rightful Freedom wrote, when the brilliant observer of human behavior was a migrant farm worker during the Depression, he reported that not a single man he talked to as he wandered across he country, none blamed anyone but themselves for their plight.
In the movie Cinderella Man, based on a true story from the Depression era, the main character get welfare. But when he starts to earn again, he goes to the welfare office and pays all the money back.
I’ve read that during the depression people who got government help would try to get off of it as soon as possible. They were embarrassed to be on it. Now many will just ride it as long as possible.
Apropos of what David and Rightful Freedom wrote, when the brilliant observer of human behavior was a migrant farm worker during the Depression, he reported that not a single man he talked to as he wandered across he country, none blamed anyone but themselves for their plight.
Eric Hoffer is that brilliant observer.
In the movie Cinderella Man, based on a true story from the Depression era, the main character get welfare. But when he starts to earn again, he goes to the welfare office and pays all the money back.
True, but once again I say, "Hindsight is 20-20" and "If I knew then, what I know now......."