when the govt is handing out a package of benefits which put people in a position which is superior to some levels of work... (particularly because of benefits cliffs) everyone can see we have a poorly structured society... if you believe that one of the personal benefits of work is self esteem and that class mobility is a good goal for society as a whole. I presume almost all of you believe a society with fluid classes is a good thing.
Our current structure is creating a permanent underclass for segments of society.
If you wish to put this is caring terms... we are denying many people the dignity of work and class mobility.
No matter whether you are a bleeding heart, a wealthy person, a hard working tax payer of a benefit receiver our system has to many perverse incentives. A structure in which people making rational decisions might choose not to work is an not intelligently structured.
When you give lazy bums all these freebies, be it monies, healthcare, pensions, social security, etc. Why the hell would they bother to work? That is the way in a communist country. Ideally, in a communist state, everyone is supposedly, equal. So, everyone is equally, miserable! The industrious ones figure why work when the lazy ones get the same benefits? Truth be told, there is no such thing! Those championing socialism and communism in the US are for it provided they do not have to pay for it and they are part of the ruling class! Did you ever see a poor communist or socialist at the top levels of power? Remember Hugo Chavez? Kim Jon Un? His wife wears the latest designer clothes. Want to bet he is filthy rich? How about Xi Jinping? You think he is poor? What about the leaders of other socialist countries in Europe? Are any of them poor? What about Bernie Sanders? His supporters claim he is poor yet, now he has 3 houses? How many millions in net worth? He was recently, spotted driving a sports car worth atleast $200,000! Michael Moore is against capitalism yet, he is a multi-millionaire several times over! He has a mansion mind you! What happened to the capitalism is evil mantra? Hypocrisy! Nothing more! The socialists and communists believe their BS as much as they love to eat cow dung! Capitalism works which is why China (communist) and Russia (Socialist) have adopted the capitalist economic system! You work hard and start a business and you will probably, become rich! What is not mentioned by the liberal socialists and communists is the success stories because then, they cannot bash and attack capitalism!