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People still "starve and freeze" under the entitlement system we have. So to think that the situation has changed is just plain ignorance. Have you actually met people on Welfare? It's like they've lost all ambition in life. "It's OK, the state will take care of me." It sounds great on paper, but put into practice, it's a whole 'nother story.
This system of Welfare actually encourages them to stay at the same level they're at, because it discourages working and keeps the recipients poor and complacent. Not to mention the entitlement system can be subject to new unfair CPI index calculations that show there's a higher standard of living when in face, if calculated under the old CPI index, would show that the standard of living has actually gone down. This gives politicians the "go ahead" to take some money from the pot. As they do already with Social Security.
When government becomes big like this, it also invariably grows corrupt, and the poor stay poorer and all the while you hear the news claiming the joys and success of Welfare, when in reality it's a completely different picture.