Teenster I know what you are saying, but here in NZ there is really no need for anyone to be that bad off, there are of course exceptions, and I am not looking through rose coloured glasses, My husband lost his job a few years back, they just did not need him anymore and we had to rely on unemployment for a while,it sure was tough , and yes we did not have money to throw away, but we survived.

Here in NZ you get grants, that you donot have to pay back, to help you buy clothes for a job interview, so except in special circumstances there is no excuse really.

Like all welfare systems, it gets abused far too much.

I was thinking about what you were saying Richard, and how people scam people, the bad apples always spoil it for the ones who truely need it, this is typical of human behaviour, but if it is only a couple of bucks, i figure I can take the loss, even though I would far rather it went to someone who really needs and deserves it, I think the homeless situation is far worse in the US, than here, but only because you have a bigger population.