[solarmist]

Believe it or not people don’t actually like being a burden. People like feeling like their lives and actions are worth something.

[refurb]

You're extrapolating your own experience to the entire population. I can assure you there are people out there who are happy to be burden. I know several.

[mcv]

The big question is: do you want to cripple your society in order to avoid supporting those people?

[refurb]

I don’t think those are the only two options.

[mcv]

Maybe not, but it's a surprisingly popular option. Policy-makers are often so afraid that someone undeserving might be helped by a policy that they'd rather hurt deserving people or spend more money to weed out the undeserving people that it would cost to just help them.

[pha392]

Believe it or not, there is people out there that consider that almost a human right

[solarmist]

That what? Not starving?

[pha392]

To receive for life cash transfers from State