Accept government assistance. Accept government control. Big brother loves to watch over you when you come underneath their all-pervasive wing of caring.
Not against the idea, in all reality. If your going to take their money, you might as well submit to their whims. I hate government handouts because it leads to this stuff, but it's also the fact of government: The more they give, the more they take. The less control you have over your own life and liberty, the more control they have over your life and liberty.
IMO, taking away any and all cash-based forms of welfare would be best. The govt. should also end food stamps for the most part, and focus on helping food banks assist the needy/hungry...It's much cheaper, because most food banks run on volunteers. The food bank I worked at for about 3 years assisted about 200 hungry families per week in my area for a grand total of $400 a month in expenditures. I think $400 for feeding 800 individual families is pretty good, and is probably much cheaper than what it costs for food stamps for the same number of families.
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
