[erkelly]

These programs do indeed build a democrat voting base, but the plight of the desperately poor, hopelessly entangled and trapped in so-called the “safety net” really is tragic. It barely keeps body and soul together, and there is little escape from it these days because it is so difficult to find work.

[henkster]

“...there is little escape from it these days because it is so difficult to find work.”

The existence of these programs is not unconnected from the difficulties in finding work. These programs have direct and indirect costs. The direct costs are the crushing tax burdens on businesses, the indirect costs are 1)the unskilled and uneducated labor force, and 2) the lack of moral character of the labor force this system creates. Thus, there are simply no jobs for these people because not enough are created in a hostile business climate, and the people it creates are never going to be qualified to fill the jobs that are created.