I was under the impression that Clinton changed welfare rules to require some servitude for a check. I read that in the entire USA, out of all the familes on welfare only 100,000 have two parents in the house. So that single mom with 3 kids pumping gas and can't quite make the rent check can get some relief.
My neighbors' kid got laid off, and is making out so well on unemployment he has no intention of working until he has to. I offered him a weeks' work and he turned me down