The Cost of Just Living

There's a cost to just about everything!  There's a cost to living in Malibu, California; and if you can't afford it, you must live someplace else. Similarly, there's a cost of living in Honolulu, Hawaii; and if you can't afford it, you must live somewhere else.  In general, there's a cost of living anywhere in the US; and as a citizen you're entitled to live here.  Now the minimal cost of living in the States, it is assumed, any citizen ought to be able to afford.  But, if you can't, you're not thrown into debtor's prison,  like in England in yesteryear; you can apply for welfare (as I did in 1990, when I ran out of unemployment insurance!).  Of course, if you commit a minor crime, you will be jailed and receive food and housing there for a time.

For you see, society doesn't want even to think of more crime, so it's willing that government, acting on its behalf , provide a welfare dole, believing those receiving it will live peaceably.

Note: The Clinton proviso: Those on welfare should enroll in a back-to-work program administered by the county's social services department.