More welfare

I believe that there is a misunderstanding about government assistance as to who gets what and why. For example, if a person pays into social security and collects that is one type of benefit. If the company you work for pays into unemployment compensation and you get laid off and collect unemployment that is another type. If you itemized deductions and reduced your taxes by deducting your home mortgage interest, that is again another type. If you had a work career and you paid taxes and then became disabled and collected public assistance you have another type. These programs all have one thing in common, that being, you were actively participating in the work world and you were in some way contributing to these programs. You were giving and taking.
Sometimes due to circumstances people never contribute but are still entitled to collect. If you were born with a serious disability and you were unable to care for yourself you would receive government help even though you never contributed.
Now let’s move into a less clear situation. You were the daughter of a welfare mother and you grew up on welfare and had a daughter who was on welfare and she grew up on welfare and had a daughter and so on. Is there a point in this life style where someone should break the chain? The answer is yes but not everyone does it and the reason is often because they don’t know how or maybe they are satisfied with their situation. In any event it is the responsibility of society to have safety net but not one that continues generationally. We owe it to these people to get them back into society. In cases like this there are many people who have a vested interest in managing the welfare program and they would like to reduce their work load and place people in productive situations.