its not that, its that you let the poor fall behind and then when the definition of "the poor" changes, you dont care, the poor should have gotten jobs and stopped being hippies.
Another big issue is credit and financial management, most people dont even know what those really mean.
Canada isn't much better, our welfare system basically encourages you to stay on welfare because when you're off it you have to work 40-45 hours a week to get paid maybe 300-350 a week after taxes.
get two people collecting welfare and they split an apartment then they're set for life basically.
