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# No sympathy for the lazy
- URL: https://www.smdp.com/no-sympathy-for-the-lazy-editor/
- Published: 2008-06-06T15:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-24T19:49:47.000Z
- Author: Guest Author
- Tags: Opinion, Santa Monica, #archive-import

*By Evelyn Elliott*

Re: Weldon Berger’s “Be Cost Effective,” (page 5, May 29).

I want to tell Weldon that someone who writes as well as he does is pulling my leg. He’s as crazy as a fox. He enjoys being an in your face, kiss mine adult rebel.

I’m a woman who raised four kids alone, raised a grandchild and helped financially with three great grandchildren. One of my kids became disabled and I sent her a check every week until she got Social Security disability. I had to retire in my 70s after working almost 50 years (sometimes multiple jobs) when my health started failing.

Needless to say I had no pension, no savings and my Social Security would barely pay for an apartment these days. I now live in a financially assisted building. Now I am an in your face, kiss mine little old lady saying I deserve it, you don’t.

I look at you addicts, alcoholics and social rebels with a lot of scorn but still give little to the charities that help you out.

No one should get a free ride. Even an idiot can do some kind of work, live within society’s loose rules and contribute to their own well being. I exempt the disabled and really mentally ill.

*Originally published in the Santa Monica Daily Press print edition on June 6, 2008.* [Read the original PDF.](https://s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/smdp%5Fbackissues/060608.pdf?ref=smdp.com)