These people don't want jobs so unemployment is meaningless.
We lived in a welfare town for 18 LONG years and saw it all.
Welfare destroys families, motivation to work, desire to do anything but drink, do drugs, and whine about the handouts they’re getting.
Hunger is a great motivator to work.
Cut the cord and let them learn the consequences of being on their own.
There will always be poor, and some by choice because they are too lazy to work, but there would be far less of the.
I quickly learned that most of the adults were beyond hope. I tried, but after a while, focused my efforts on the kids. I’d feed them when they came over if they were hungry and give them the (excellent condition) outgrown winter clothes from my kids.
And I’d talk with them. They’ll spill their guts if they think someone cares, and it’s heartbreaking what they’d tell you.