"Welfare State: Handouts Make Up One-Third of U.S. Wages" http://www.cnbc.com/id/41969508 I know people that abuse and cheat this system, although I can't be certain that without the cheating and lying they would be able to make ends meet. The current system does not work, but I don't know what the answer is either.
les miserables...elegantly put. bunch of bums out in santa monica living off these freebies, while collecting cash, and not paying taxes. read somewhere that bums make avg $300 a day. those guys are ballin' out at our loss.