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Originally Posted by Rick Lee

The intent of the law is very much to allow as many people as possible to become gov't-dependent. Build a permanent constituency, grow it and then the gov't. program must also grow in scope, authority and budget. None of this is by accident. It's sold to the public under the guise of "helping people" or "giving a leg up." It's no such thing. It's vote buying and a scheme to grow the gov't. Nothing more.

It certainly appears to be the case. No one would ever go do a low-level job every day if they could receive about the same amount of money (taken from someone else) and stay home and watch TV and drink beer. I have to admit that it would have been easy to get caught up in it (it is intended as such) when I was young and working 3 jobs. I would have played basketball or watched TV all day (if I had owned one) instead of working hard ...and went out partying at night instead of playing janitor and cleaning offices and toilets.