Originally Posted by djplong

I'm watching last week's episode of "Hoarders" on A&E.

In short, "Dale", in Boston, has to clean out his apartment or lose his federal subsidy and the apartment.

During the cours of the show, we learn that the apartment could go on the open market for $3000/mo. Also, we hear Dale saying how it's HIS home and he should be able to live the way he wants.

Sorry, mister, but unless you own the property, it ain't YOUR castle - and the roaches that are infesting other people's apartments are YOUR fault.

Why the hell are we paying for a subsidy on a place like this? ...and the exterior shots show it to be a REALLY nice place - I think I know where it is, most likely in the Fenway section of Boston.

You have a right to privacy - the Constitution says that - but when you're impacting your neighbors who, by the way, are paying their rent ON THEIR OWN WITHOUT TAXPAYER HANDOUTS, your privacy starts to go away.

That's part of the Entitlement Attitude that really irks me. It's one thing for a person to complain about Unemployment or Social Security - when they've paid into the programs. But this? ARGH!