People tend to think that we all get what we "work hard for" and what we "deserve." It's much easier for someone like me to reconcile the idea that I live in a house while other people struggle and suffer without if we're getting what we "deserve." It means the system is "working right." It's a punitive attitude and it's sick and wrong, and I'm appalled daily by the attitudes toward poor people I encounter. Live in a nice suburban neighborhood? Congrats, but you didn't "deserve" it, didn't "work harder" for it than some person at a factory renting an apartment or mobile home - just got lucky is all, and good for those people - wish we could all have nice little things all the time. I'm not living fancy, but I know for a fact lots of people turn up their noses at me because I've been on programs, and gasp the more privileged paid some into those programs. So if I treat myself to a Starbucks or something, then fuck me, right?