yeah right change the issue so you can avoid facing it.
I have a good friend living in WNY. College graduate, smart, energic girl. She has a 6 years old girl. A few years ago she 's started her own business. It was starting to go fine. Then her husband has started to fooling around, becoming aggresive, even violent. She quit him. The guy does not want to divorce he starts to harrass here. Even try to take her daughter, she has to call the cops a few times, some crazy stuff for a few months. Have to go to court, win the trial, the guy has to stay something like 5 miles from her house , goes to jail a couple of months. But all this was not priceless for her... Lot of time lost, lot of stress, she lost some of her best customers and well with a probable link to all that stuff she gets cancer. With the business not going too good, time passed for treatments at the hospital not helping it, medical bills starting to come (what kind of private insurance do you think you can afford when you start your own business?) she has had to sell her flat and is now back at her parents'. The girl is working like a fool to recover her lost customers even if that may put in jeopardy her recovery. And of course there's her daughter to take care of.
Don't you think a little of public help is too much to ask when you're living in a rich country like the USA and facing that kind of events?