Mine was a matter of principle more than anything else. If i wanted to, i could have worked a comfortable and decently paid government job without ever going to work, but i always was against our former government, and i never had anything to do with them. Not milirary service or anything else, i never took a dime from them, even though i could have easily had a salary, or i could have easily got a government paid scholarship to pursue my studies in Britain, Canada or the States.
Oh, and bullshit, if you had connections you wouldn't have done it you little slut