I wonder, who are all these people that would prefer to live close to the existence minimum, subsidizing off welfare, and not do anything productive? Is it you? Many of your friends? Do you actually know anyone that would prefer to not be useful?

Not to mention, that I think pretty much everywhere, the amount of resources society as a whole end up wasting on the idle rich in one form or another, probably makes that wasted on "freeloaders" and "those abusing the system" a rounding error.