Quote Originally Posted by Kendal View Post
Steelish - To be able-bodied, yet choose to do nothing to contribute to society and instead to live off the efforts of your fellow man is WRONG.
Personally I believe that although they may be able bodied they are not able minded. You appear to lay all the blame at their door. Yes they must share the blame but in my view so must society. Perhaps I have got this wrong but you seemed to be suggesting welfare should be stopped which would in effect cut of their only means of survival (ie food shelter etc not tv sets).
Oh yes, you most definitely have that wrong. I never suggested "stopping" welfare. What I am suggesting is to make the system better. Weed out those who take advantage and have the ability to hold a job and choose not to. To enable those who want to work, yet don't have the skills (either because they dropped out of school or some other reason).

No one that I know of wants to "punish" those who truly need welfare in order to spite those who do not.