[Straight8]

You’d think by now, at his age, Joe would have been told by someone that there is no free lunch.

[SMARTY]

There's ‘free lunch’ in prison... you get ‘free’ rent, too.... nice. (sarc)

There's a deeper meaning to this ‘free’ bulls%$t, because turning rational and able bodied adults into wards of the state AIN'T wholesome for either the individual or the state.