As obviously, they don't work. But I disagree about their "gaming the system." My cynical viewpoint is that it is no accident that the system is set up intentionally to support the lazy worthless parasites that it does. That the welfare system is designed to create dependency and reliably Democratic voters.
Well yes, the two follies (making it overly easy to game, and gaming) feed one another. I tend to think, from overall observation, that a lot of the intentions are good, but they are not focused on a godly model and thus lead to hell rather than to heaven.