Look, it has been proven time and time again:
When you pay people to be poor, they tend to stay poor
Poverty becomes their job, my friends. When it's raining outside and you've partied all night you can choose to
a) go out and earn some money
or
b) sleep in and party again tonight because you know working people are sending you a check
Long term poverty tends to be a choice. We have all seen 3rd generation welfare families. 'Cmon...three generations of people couldn't make the effort to uplift themselves? Really???
Need money - come to my place and mow my lawn, rake leaves, weed the garden. What? No takers? Oh, the poverty!
Get a job or make one. It's that simple.
Hell, I know an obese "retarded" guy with a limp named Lenny who makes the rounds every day at the local businesses - he gets them coffee, donuts, lunch etc and they pay him to do it.
Are you saying most "poor" people do not have the skills and energy of a fat, physically impaired retarded guy?
Give me a break. Long term poverty is a choice.