Everytime I see an argument of "Those heartless Republicans/Libertarians/Conservatives just don't care about the poor who have NO OTHER CHOICE", there's never any data to back it up. It's just a way to use people's empathy to manipulate them.

I spent a decade working with people that were physically and intellectually disabled and got to see first hand of all the ways that the families took as much advantage of government programs as they possibly could. The organization that I worked for had the primary purpose of getting families more resources from welfare programs. I don't blame them nor am I hugely angry at them because the current system we have keeps people dependant on receiving welfare. Why would someone risk getting a minimum wage job if them receiving income puts their foodtamps, free cell phone plan, reduced rent prices, free transportation, free healthcare, etc at risk?

Government welfare is a cancer that holllows out and keeps people down and ensures that individuals and families don't fix their lives and just keep feeding their bad habits.

Yes, there are a small minority that are in brutal situations our of pure chance, but the mass majority are not that.