True, and I agree (for the most part, some government systems are severely flawed and definitely contribute to a cycle of poverty). But what I'm getting at is that the government has no problem offering aid to people who don't work at all (I know many of those people) but does have issues offering aid to someone who is going to school. For example, I know a lot of people who live in my home town and clog up the system. They decide not to work because they get food stamps, insurance and cheap rent in the low income housing and can get by on just what they get from ex's in child support. On the other hand someone like me gets rejected for all but state insurance because, as they told me, I am a student. It is not going to hold me back any, I will make it through, but it is a stupid system and needs to be fixed. It incentivizes being poor and their are too many people willing to take advantage of that. But, that is a political issue and probably isn't one for discussion on a legal forum.I would rather people take care of their support obligations before they decide they want to go take some classes. If they can't afford their kids while they quit their job to go to school, then they should figure out how to keep their full time job and go to school online at night, while their relatives or friends watch their kids, or after they save up enough money.
Its not the government that "keeps people poor." Its bad planning on people's part.
Anyway, if someone could answer my question about the purging of the contempt that would be great.