What you say is true...and depressing. Here in Massachusetts, Patrick Duval, probably the most incompetent governor in our history (and that includes Dukakis), got re-elected in 2010 because he had been rapidly expanding the number of people who are dependent on a government check. They've even gone so far as to send voter registration forms to welfare recipients with self-addressed stamped envelopes for their responses.
It is a criminal act for our elected officials to give away taxpayer money and buy votes like this. Until we the people rise up and have them convicted and thrown in jail, it will keep getting worse until the system breaks.
I read about that Patrick/Warren stunt, which was prompted by the ACORN-like organization run by Fauxcohantas’ daughter. So utterly despicable that it made the ghost of Ted Kennedy smile.