In Czechia is there not a difference between research and teaching institutions? In the US we have things like community colleges and other colleges/universities where you can get your associates or bachelors, but not Masters / PhD. They have a focus on teaching their students, rather than doing research.
Although maybe that's what you're considering "mediocre colleges"
That's pretty similar to what my wife and I do. It helps that my income is enough to fund the mortgage + expenses, but if she wasn't working we wouldn't have as nearly as much "fun money"
So is Netflix going to require tax information on everyone in the household? How can they tell the difference from their end I think is one of the questions being presented
Where are the jobs in your Noname Falls? How is someone supposed to continue earning income to pay for their living expenses with no work? Are you expecting them to commute 5 hours each way into the city for work? It's a far cry from your lobster diet analogy. It's probably more akin to someone starving not wanting to take their chances eating filth from a dumpster.
Other key takeaways are they've been taking the renter's money, but not using that to pay the bills and they've already spent everyone's security deposits. Sounds like pretty rough situations all around.