I have really had it with the unending litigiousness of modern society, and people who refuse to take responsibility for and ownership over their own lives. The latest example comes from New York City, where Doris Montalvo, a woman living with her two children in taxpayer-funded housing is now suing the city’s housing authority (NYCHA), because her kids were allegedly bitten by mice in their apartment. According to a report from the New York Post, Montalvo’s lawsuit “accuses the housing authority of gross negligence for permitting rodents and vermin to remain on the premises ‘for an unreasonable length of time’ after being notified of the problem.”
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If she successfully argues her case, that her children are “permanently injured” from mouse bites and she’s been “deprived” of their “companionship,” who pays the damages? Well, the same people already paying her rent, and I’m really sick of this dynamic. I’m so sick of loafing, nonproductive people living off my dime, and when what they’re provided with is inferior to the standards of living enjoyed by people with more money, they sue.
“Food is a human right!” They too should get to shop “organic” at Whole Foods—so what if they’re on SNAP?
“Health care is a human right!” There’s no reason that they shouldn’t have access to the same medical care and facilities that billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk do!
“Safe housing is essential to dignity!” Inability to pay the rent/mortgage and living off another person’s seized production notwithstanding.
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Sure, her apartment is probably gross, and probably does have mice, so here’s an idea—pay your own freaking housing costs. I have the luxury of knowing that my children won’t be bitten by mice while they’re sleeping because I work hard and budget my money to prioritize a safe and clean home, above all else, meaning I don’t have to subject myself to rent-assist slum apartments. It does mean things like getting my hair done, going for manicures, and shopping retail all come after I’ve made my house payment, and sometimes, I just have to forgo those things entirely. What a concept.
Does Montalvo get her nails done? Does she have an iPhone? Does she pay for grocery delivery? Does she pay for streaming services? (I don’t have any myself, both as a matter of principle and affordability.)
She probably does to all of the above; most welfare people spend the money that does come through their hands frivolously and unwisely, which is exactly why they’re stuck there. Even with housing costs being what they are—and they really are ludicrous—no one is going to convince me right now that a single mother in the U.S. with two kids actually has nowhere else to except a mouse-infested Section 8 apartment unit. Maybe Montalvo doesn’t get to live in one of the richest locales in the U.S., and she has to opt for a more affordable and less glamorous place, like I did when I made the decision to move to Alabama. (I would love to live in the Hamptons myself, but there’s this crazy thing called reality, which dictates that…I just can’t afford to.) Maybe not for long, but America really is still the land of opportunity.
Or, an easy solution to the mouse problem, offered by a colleague: get a damn cat. Alternatively, don’t vote for Democrats (which welfare people overwhelmingly do) whose policies are actively turning the Big Apple into the Rotten Apple.
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