so you think any unfortunate in this Country is a Parasite?.......the guy riding down the Street using his Tongue to pilot his chair...is a Parasite?......a person born with some horrible Handicap is now a Parasite?.....if you think so....that kinda makes you a Dick.....
Not to answer for the OP, but I kind of doubt that's what he has in mind. I think we could say without fear of contradiction at this point that most of us could cite a case of someone receiving welfare benefits who doesn't deserve them due to poor choices and not because they aren't able-bodied. I know I can cite a fair number.
What I don't think do-gooders take into account, in addition of course to the unfair nature of forcing one able-bodied citizen to support another, are the negative effects socially of hand-outs. If all but the truly needy had to rely on family, friends, charity, doesn't it stand to reason that they'd be required to comport themselves in such a manner as to earn the goodwill of others?
IOW, we
enable poor choices and bad behavior that wouldn't be tolerated otherwise. I know one older couple who have no other disability than their continued abuse of alcohol. In fact, we spent two years raising their teenager in our home, because they would NOT control their drinking in order to provide housing. Today, they get every manner of welfare, free housing, food, healthcare... and they drink themselves to noisy, angry inebriation every single day. But if these people weren't qualified for the welfare that makes their lifestyle possible, they'd either choose drinking in a cardboard box or they'd pull themselves together enough to be worthy of community support. A family can't provide consequences to a delinquent member at this point because the delinquent can simply AVOID those consequences. It doesn't matter if we refuse to
enable, Uncle Sugar does it anyway.
Sometimes it truly is better to slap a hand than hold it.