Change.org -- CBS: Cancel "The Briefcase"

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I ended up watching the first episode. To classify these people as "the poor" and in poverty, is disgusting. The families had a yearly income of about $60,000. That is livable and it was obvious in the show that they are both struggling, but fairly well off. One of the families was building a second house and getting a grant from the VETS.

I think the show is stupid, but come on people.

I want to start off by saying that I do like Change.org. It is a great place for people to urge companies and even politics without getting government involved (the latter excluded).

But it is also interesting to see all of the crap that gets posted.

Here these people are asking for "The Briefcase" to be canceled, which is a show centered around giving families in need money, and seeing if they will instead pass the money to another family.

I can understand the desire to burst out in complaint that this show is just exploitative of peoples bad situations, however it is also shortsighted and selfish.

The show is creating a system to bring money to these needy families. The families themselves volunteer for this opportunity, deciding to take advantage of crappy situation they're in.

But I shouldn't be surprised to find outrage, outsourcing has the same complaints.