Some years ago, during welfare reform, our local supermarket chain took on some of those who were thrown off welfare. The local market had three of these employees. One of them was rude, nasty and constantly complaining. I got into a shouting match with her that eventually was resolved by the manager. The next week I noticed these three employees were gone and about a week or so after that, those automated checkout stations were installed. It was a lesson to the employees who remained. Don’t want to work? Fine. We’ll replace you with a machine.
Back in the early '90s, I talked with a small manufacturer about NAFTA. Among the topics, he brought up that he tried out a state program that paid him some bucks if he hired people on welfare. It turned out they were so pist off at being kicked off welfare, they sabotaged his machinery, costing him far more than the state subsidy.