True - but amazingly more research is showing poor (white) Americans are very unlike the poor in other other countries.

I have known heavy six-figure earners in Canada who have no problem taking UI when they are laid off/bought out. It is temporary, and there is no shame in accepting a program designed for all.

In the USA the patriotic poor whites believe social programs are for "those people" - new code word for African Americans. They assume if they take something from the government, they are lumping themselves with those they feel they are better than.

Counter intuitive, but no one said it has to make sense.