Reply #289: what I have a problem with poor people applying for help and the police

[Kali]

having access to that information. I have no problem with the assistance agency verifying the info given as long as it is done in a confidential manner and possible checking against a database provided to them by the authorities.

I have a problem with the attitude that because someone is poor and dares to ask for help they should be subjected to the kind of scrutiny real criminals get. It is humiliating and degrading and being poor in this country is already full of that. I have a problem with believing in certain constitutional fundamentals and ideals and seeing them trashed bit by bit by people that already have all they need in life and no idea what sort of barriers poor deal with constantly. I am angered that people are so infused with fear that they are so willing to give up their rights and MY rights! I am (once again) deeply saddened at the lack of empathy by many on this site.