“All he has done successfully is beg on the corner for another handout.”
Some will never stop asking; much easier than learning a profession and getting a job. It is an acknowledgment of perpetual failure without hope.
The rationale behind affirmative action (in place now for decades, even putting an African mulatto in the White House) is that they are “owed”; how many generations exactly are “owed”? We’ve given unearned diplomas, degrees, jobs, and promotions to three generations already; is there a cut-off? (of course not)
which is my attitude about most college majors these days. One way to solve that problem would be for the government to forgive all education loans to people that get jobs within 6 months of gaining a bachelor's degree. No government agency job or government-subsidized job would count. You would see people absolutely RUNNING from useless majors. But, I realize that is only a dream.....