[tim333]

The effects of welfare on Australian aborigines are pretty sad too. A good proportion of the young sit around drinking all day. The aboriginal elders hate it but ironically it seems to continue because it could be considered racist to treat the aboriginals differently from laid off office workers in Sydney for welfare purposes.

[vacri]

It's not welfare that makes life suck for Aborigines. A lot of the problem is from being considered outsiders by the wider society they live in. Take away the welfare from the drunken troublemakers and they're not going to magically turn into middle-class professionals. The whole situation is incredibly difficult and complex, and to lay it at the feet of "welfare did this to them" is doing a disservice.