I don't know that it's "eventually". The information about how to play the system is on the street by now, and is passed down from one generation to the next. I've done some tax preparation work and the folks who claim EITC come in pretty well informed about it and just rubbing their hands together waiting for that check of around $5,000.
“I don’t know that it’s “eventually”. “
You’re absolutely right about the generational folks. I was referring to erstwhile “hard-working” folks where life with a government check is a new, formerly abhorrent thing.
It will take them a while to join the welfare party, but join it they will.