Behavior is a result of its consequences.  As long as unacceptable or illegal behavior is rewarded by the government (now euphemistically called our “federal family”), that behavior will continue. 

Simplistic point of view?  Yes. 

The culture of rewarded dependency has now become a lifestyle.  We have found that we must constantly increase the size of the “safety net” because it is becoming home to the indolent ensnared therein… and they are breeding indiscriminately.

I say, if you want to have us give you money, you must do something to earn it… even if you are old or handicapped.  If you are healthy… you WILL work… The government will give you a road or a park or a stream to keep clean.  Any arrest for alcohol or drug abuse suspends you from welfare for six months.