[Paperdoll]

Sounds reasonable to me. The Bible says if you don’t work, you don’t eat. And more recently someone said, “Give a man a fish and he’s dependent on you forever. Give a man a fishing pole, and he becomes a fisherman.” I know I paraphrased, but I like it.

[Grizzled Bear]

Some believe that sitting on their butts eating junk food and watching Oprah is, if not a career, surely a noble calling.

Would you crush their dreams?

[Greystoke]

It’s sooo unfair to force a person to work who has merely been unemployed for a few years, heartless b@sterds!
/sarc

[CheyennePress]

>>>“Give a man a fish and he’s dependent on you forever. Give a man a fishing pole, and he becomes a fisherman.” <<<

I’ve always been in favor of adding a 3rd line. ;)

Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day.
Teach a man to fish, and feed him for a lifetime.
Throw a man to the fish, and feed the fish for a week!

(and it makes for better fishing, too! ;) )

[yankeedame]

And more recently someone said, “Give a man a fish and he’s dependent on you forever. Give a man a fishing pole, and he becomes a fisherman and you get the old coot out of the house.” I know I paraphrased, but I like it.

Ditto.

[chmst]

No, you give a man a fishing pole and pretty soon he has a bass boat, fly lures, sonar tracking and he just will not shut up about fish.