My sister-in-law is on welfare and every other government program in the book. She has three kids (very nice kids). She knows the all the social welfare programs inside and out. Rents a decent house that is section 8 and doesn't work at all. She constantly barbs me about how I'm the stupid one for going into the military to put myself through college and then working hard at a 9 to 5 while working toward a retirement. Then, she gets her other three friends that live the same life as her and they all like to brag about how easy life is when they don't have to work and that is what America is all about. Sorry Timmy No Thumbs but in my experience, people stay on welfare and leech off social programs because they can so they don't have to give effort or risk failing out in the world where you don't depend on a government to protect you. The only way to get them off their asses in my opinion is to cut them off.