Welfare

Welfare...
Is it a legitimate function of the government to take away the wealth that YOU created and hand it over to someone that's done nothing to earn it? Should those that achieve be punished by being forced to pay the way for those that didn't?

Discuss...

dependent upon the government to provide for them.

Again, only some. Visit good ol' Oz sometime, and see how it should be done.

In any case, what do you propose we do? Let's say Welfare really was this horrible thing. Should we just cut off welfare and let chips fall where they may? Have you considered the ramifications of that?

Perhaps welfare isn't just a system of catching those who stumbled, but also a system of keeping a large pool of potential malcontents... uh, "content" enough they don't get ideas?