Whats really tragic is that they have been getting it so long, generations now, they don’t know anything else, or how to live without it.
Cutting off the bennies will have a violent backlash, we as a nation should recognize this and be prepared for it.
Just freeze benefits at current levels and require modest work requirements for them...allow the economy to grow. Unfortunately, it isn’t just the poor on benefits that will suffer...many supermarkets and stores also get indirect benefits from the taxpayer when benefit money is spent in these stores...there will need to be a gradual decoupling or the country may fly apart completely.(like a alcoholic in need of detox...you can’t just cut one off without taking measures to help the symptoms...you can kill the patient!)