"The system is impersonal, and based around doing the absolute minimum to try to placate a need, to silence those in need, and also to quiet the collective guilt of a nation that they have poor among them, or out of concerns that there is a need for a safety net."
Is that opinion based on anything other than personal interpretation? I ask because I myself have received government handouts that were funded by the taxpayers when I couldn't find work after my term ended. Kept a roof over my head, food in my belly and the bills paid. This meagre allowance gave me enough financial buoyancy to keep my affairs in order and find some solid work--in the Canadian Forces. Had there been no safety net to protect me I'd be on the street. I was given a chance and I consider that compassion.
