I live in Appalachia, so I see some of this stuff first hand...

There are virtually no jobs here, and while the cost of living is low, it is on the rise.
Lots of the residents have no marketable skills, a 9th grade education and a raft of kids. There are welfare programs in place that feed them and heat their homes. These people lead a very different way of life than all of us are accustomed to. They have grown up raising chickens and shooting deer. I just don't get too bent out of shape when one of the hillbillies shoots a deer to eat or picks up a roadkill (also illegal). In the grand scheme of things, it's no big deal. I know a lot of the yocals, and donate them 90 percent of my deer. I think that does my part to control poaching, in a roundabout way.

They don't have much going for them, and if some fresh deer meat is the difference between these kids getting a good meal or having to wait until their free school lunch the following day, it's okay with me.

Most of the blame is attributable to the parents' history of making bad educational and financial decisions, but blaming them doesn't put food on the table, ya know?