Getting federal aid is getting harder and harder these days. The right is so completely convinced that 99% of people receiving aid are just living it up in middle class, eating steaks and buying brand new cars.

When really the numbers of people so far receiving aid caught living beyond their meanings is something like under 5%. The vast majority of people receiving aid need it. Many more of us need it as well, it's little wonder so many people of my generation are killing themselves because they can't afford a place to live or food to eat or the basic necessities of living in today's society - hell you even need money to get a job, IF you can anyway.

However they've been trying to short funding for federal aid, and have been fouling up the process so fewer and fewer people get their cases reviewed for acceptance or rejection. I'm physically crippled and have severe, nearly random memory issues - I've been searching for a job I can perform and not be fired as a liability for for twelve years. Soon as I hear the right's been up in arms about a single shill in the program, I come to find out my case and a ton of others have been shelved or are in what amounts to a holding pattern.

Stale bread and water for years now's not really helping.

Theft is going to become more common like this. I'd be lying if I said I haven't considered it.

She spent $200+ according to the woman in the car. It's still possible she bought $200+ worth of junk, but maybe she took the opportunity to stock up on supplies because she wanted to avoid "needing" to steal again.

I mean, stealing is stealing, and dealing with it can come down to what's right/kind (in a humanitarian sense) to what's just. The woman in the car took what could be considered the just route, while that security guard took the kind route.

It's hard to tell with kids. "Are you a little shit or are you desperate?" One thing about the Starbucks girl I admired is she immediately fessed up. She didn't even bother trying to lie. Still, she's a thief, and somewhere down the line, she either got greedy or mismanaged her money.

Honestly, no. It's your own bad life choices that lead to someone having a kid at 19 and committing credit fraud. Especially doing something that's so easy to track down and punish, further driving you down societies ladder since you aren't getting rehired at starbucks with a charge like that.

The sort of person who makes the choice to commit credit fraud is usually stupid enough to get into a situation where that even entered their head.