It isn't welfare that causes apathy,it's the constant rejection. Constantly being told you're not worth employing. It's not even apathy, it's a sense of helplessness, or worthlessness - that nothing you try will work, so it's not even worth trying because you can't bare to fail again. Or even applying for the jobs you wouldn't otherwise accept and getting the same response as everywhere else....
Given the amount of people who choose die over do is fairly epidemic here anyway, making it an even starker choice will just lead to starker results. An increase in crime? Or more sudden unexpected single-person drownings late at night?
The right welfare program has the opposite affect, by at least making people feel like they're worth employing and can actually achieve something. Hey, you built that, you learned that, you did that..... keep moving. People need to be treated like human beings or they'll eventually shut down. Psychological survival is just as important as being fed and not homeless.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?
Given the amount of people who choose die over do is fairly epidemic here anyway, making it an even starker choice will just lead to starker results. An increase in crime? Or more sudden unexpected single-person drownings late at night?
The right welfare program has the opposite affect, by at least making people feel like they're worth employing and can actually achieve something. Hey, you built that, you learned that, you did that..... keep moving. People need to be treated like human beings or they'll eventually shut down. Psychological survival is just as important as being fed and not homeless.
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--m(^0^)m-- Wot, no sig?