teeny, there is no greater proponent, on FRee Republic or off, of self-reliance and self-determination than I.
Regrettably, nearly half a century of a failed welfare state has failed to eliminate poverty but has given us a huge, surplus, dependent segment of our population ... some families that have not been self-sufficient now for several generations.
It is fine for you to sit comfortably wherever you are and make these God-like judgments about who is worthwhile and who is not ... however, unless you propose some sort of wholesale extermination, those people are here to stay. And, they MUST be dealt with.
There has always been an extremely high concentration of unemployable folks, dependent on welfare, in New Orleans. Hurricane Katrina did not eliminate them. The only thing that has changed is that they are not spread out where people like you perceive them as a threat.
Some of them are, in fact, dangerous criminals. Others are not. Many are just undereducated and unmotivated because the presence of welfare has made a subsistence level of living possible without any effort on their parts.
What do you propose to do about these people ... other than kicking them out of the hotels they are living in?
Please give us some concrete ideas instead of just complaining.
Heartless? Probably. But I have no pity for those who sit on their butts. I don't care how many generations they have been on welfare.
With an attitude like yours, "Well, they must be given more free crap because they can't live any other way", they will never get any better.
At some point, the generational welfare cases must sink or swim, or it will just get worse. This is a perfect time.