We would be fortunate if they were just living in an easy chair.
Unfortunately, those that are on the public dole do other things - including a large amount of procreating. We then subsidize their offspring, who then grow up and generate more dependence on the public. The problem grows exponentially, and this is called “compassion”
Compassion is only possible for an individual conscience expressing freewill; e.g. the person, or as part of the church. The word you are looking for is “theft”. The taking is from the productive and giving to the non-achievers. In the past we were a nation of self-reliance— you found a niche or you perished, now we are rapidly becoming a nation of idiots and bums.