Do people actually understand how welfare in America works?

[HexenLord]

Not sure what to say here.

Welfare recipients can be split up into 2 groups.

The first group are people who are actually trying. They are trying to get a job but most won't hire them. They try to pay their bills but are still having trouble. They try to make a life for themselves but are in a low spot.

The other group is where the complaints originate. I myself have lived on welfare for a good while after my parents divorced. My mom had a full time job and was trying, but it still wasn't enough to pay all of the bills plus take care of 2 children. We settled into a neighborhood that had very low rental rates. Apparently, the majority of everyone in this neighborhood was in a similar situation. Then I started to get acquainted to the other side. Women spitting out a child a year for most of their adult lives, not a single father anywhere to be seen, and they didn't care. They wanted children and didn't care if the fathers stuck around. They made no attempts at getting a job and barely even made attempts to raise their 4-8 kids. These children ran around constantly vandalizing property, breaking into houses and cars, doing whatever they wanted. When I would ask the parents what they planned on doing for work, they would tell me nothing; that they didn't care because they got welfare, food stamps, huge income tax returns, section 8 housing, and the list grows.

I'm sorry but even as a person on welfare, it would dig at the deepest nerve to see a woman in ragged clothing walking into the local Walmart with her 6 children letting them run around and scream and do whatever they wanted so that they could come in and grab a couple cases of beer and some cigars and go back home.