I'd have to agree with getko and Bobby on some points they've made. Democracy is not to blame here. A good deal of the ugly and unpleasant stuff you have to encounter is a result of communism mostly. I'm not going to focus on that, it'll take too much time and space. Unfortunately Bobby is absolutely right in saying there is nothing democratic about our present government.

Getko is also right about some of those people - not all of them are poor, I know a few real stories involving such types who've managed to cheat a lot of kind and sympathetic souls. Which is actually bad because there are men, women and children in real need of food, money, clothes, or shelter. Despite all that I think what you did is great!