the ones that can’t reasonably do productive work, fine... if no family friends church synagogue or charity help available... then let’s give them a decent welfare benefit...this should be done at local or state level, not feds. feds have no business giving out welfare money. we need to get fed welfare office shut down asap, imho.
In this country, the states are supposed to be the governments of general powers, the feds only are supposed to perform limited functions and welfare benefits are NOT included
As my Mother always said, you help people who cant help themselves not people who wont help themselves.
Her Sister, my Aunt was completely blind yet she worked for years sewing Garments in what people today would call a sweatshop.
What made me a confirmed opponent of welfare was a golfer who often joined our foursome. He had deformity in one leg. But he walked 18 holes with us carrying his golf bag, and was collecting permanent disability checks,