I would propose that if you are on welfare, you do busywork if nothing else
Street sweeping, cleaning graffiti, etc
And if they have kids then one half of them can watch the kids while the other half is working. that’s what the people who pay the bills have to do.
Local NPR this morning was talking about jobs in Oakland, they cannot get anyone to do any job - the city clerk said, after 2-3 generations of welfare, they do not understand the concept of going to work every day.
“And if they have kids then one half of them can watch the kids while the other half is working. that’s what the people who pay the bills have to do.”
There’s a scam for that too. A while back a YouTube video was going around with a black woman explaining how to collect all the free stuff they’re obviously entitled to. She got to the part about the kids and explained how you send the kids over to a trusted partner, such as grandma, and grandma applies to get the funding to take care of all those kids. Then she splits it with mom. It was a good sized chunk of change IIRC.
That’s what they do in Germany - or did 20 years ago...
“one half of them can watch the kids while the other half is working”
Except that often there is only one parent in the house.
no workie, no eatie...