Living in a straw hut collecting welfare is a choice within our control also, but many of us would rather not choose it.
Moving to a location where you can get work close to your home in a better job market is also a choice some of us make. I have done it more than once. I find it much more effective at staying employed and providing for my family that just complaining.
Please tell us who in this country is living in straw huts, “realism”.
Welfare (or not) queens in the urban ghettoes are about the level of “scraping by”.
And when you’re living on dirt like people in the Ozarks, then you can equate yourself to “straw huts”.
Anyone else has disposable income that can be sacrificed for necessities. This country is VERY rich.