Reformed Covenanter
Cancelled Commissioner
I actually lean towards Vic's first example, but here is the other side of the coin. Whenever the state subsidizes something, it gets more of it. If the state just starts giving handouts to those who don't work (and who are usually poor), then lo and behold, we will start getting more poor people.
Exactly, state welfare leads to idleness. Why work when you can live of the state?