In the city where I live, I walk to work. On the way, I see an uncountable number of cars with handicap placards. They are especially dense near large office

In the city where I live, I walk to work. On the way, I see an uncountable number of cars with handicap placards. They are especially dense near large office buildings. My wife once drove to my work to have lunch, but ended up going home without us having lunch--there were no free parking spaces she could find after 30 minutes circling. This has got to hurt business. I'm not saying there are a lot of disabled people in my city, but it shows the mentality. People want something for nothing and a lot more people that I would have thought don't mind pretending to be disabled. My favorite is watching people pull up next to Lake Merritt to park, but before they get out they put up the placard, then proceed to walk 3+ miles around the lake. My wife works in social services, and people are constantly trying to game the system by claiming disabilities. On the flip side, our social safety net in the US is horrible and unemployment is very high. I don't really blame people to trying to use any means they can to live. The bottom line is that if we had a real safety net that caught people slipping into poverty, there would be many fewer people claiming disabilities.