Raffle ticket scam? Why not work for a living?

This blog is a must-read.  It talks about scammers who sell raffle tickets for whatever cause.  When I originally saw Mary Beth's wish list on Walmart (linked from this page) I thought what the hell? Why would a mother of children who are barely housed and clothed need with raffle tickets?  Odd.

Who needs raffle tickets?  I doubt she's heading up the catholic school's spring festival.  So I searched for raffle ticket scams, and lo and behold:

Raffle ticket scam.  Is there anything that this person won't do for a buck or two?  Why not go to work like 90% of the American public does? It's really less stressful to have a job than it is to continuously plot and plan ridiculous scams.  I highly recommend working, especially if you're responsible for populating the earth with four children.  It not only puts food in their mouths, it also puts clothes on them and a roof over their head.  Imagine the esteem one feels when one works for a living rather than being a parasite on taxpayers.

I guess people who don't work and who depend on the government (i.e. taxpayers like you and me) try to find ways to make money that's not reportable to the IRS, thus welfare agencies.  You know, like selling on ebay, etsy, at festivals and markets (no shame in all of the preceding) and then there's the ones like Mary Beth who take it a little further. Begging on the internet. Shoplifting. Scamming. All things that hurt consumers as well as true charities that depend on good-hearted donors to survive.