I have been there. I rode a bicycle I found abandoned and ate the crumbles a guy that worked at Long John Silvers brought me. I got a job cutting trees from power lines, which sucked. But I did it anyway and I rode my bike to work every day and saved enough money to take care of myself, and as bad as it was I never applied for welfare or assistance of any kind. And while I am not rich by any measure, everything I have I have earned... and that is what this Country is all about.