When Welfare Goes Wrong...

[ZenGum]

Welfare dependency is a trap, agreed. And some people are just bone lazy.

I am extremely skeptical about this

If the actual fraud rate was more like 20-30%, which it probably is

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I'd need some very robust studies before I buy that, and I'm too busy working to look for them. :p

My solution to welfare cheats? Do not provide guaranteed money. Provide guaranteed work. Same amount of money, for maybe 2 or 3 days per week dumb labouring, thus giving them time to go look for a real job or bum around at home watching daytime TV if they prefer. I don't care if it is picking up litter or digging holes and filling them up again, the point is to make it moderately unpleasant. If it is productive or in some way useful, so much the better.

Of course, it can't work for single mothers, age pensioners etc, but they're exempt, since they aren't cheating. This targets the slackers.