LOL. Please - I am around these pigs all the time - they are beyond hope or help.
talk them into taking pride in themselves - and using the system to build their own little empire.
Remind them of people just like them that used 2 years of community college to build the skillset to start their own business - and now they're millionaires. Remind them that anyone can do it - just get an education, an idea, and run with it.
Remind them that being poor sucks and you only have to kick ass for a few years and you'll make your nut - the rest of your life will be easier as a result.
(in my case - your law degree will change it...)
Remind them that YOU grew up in the projects and trailer parks, and now you have your MBA, and a repub president named Bush made the necessary globalization expansions for business that made your MBA useful and effective for finding a sustainable- if my narrow ass can go from shooting hoops in the trailer park all day to MBA and wokring from home in undies living in much better conditions, anyone can.
I know i come across as a POS lib here, and it's often just for argument,, but I have gotten quite a few friends and family to enroll in college to improve their lives, and some have stuck with it and changed their lot in life.
I'm being serious here - a person on a mission is the most powerful and dangerous thing on earth. Every one of those leeches has an internal skillset, idea set, and ability to surprise you, if properly motivated. That's done with positivity, not by calling them names.