Do people actually understand how welfare in America works?

[Alby_da_Wolf]

I both think it's a moral duty to help the poor and needing, but it's obviously a responsible policy for every state to try to avoid smart and lazy people exploit the system, so the solution could be that those living on welfare and not totally handicapped do at least part time jobs of public utility and follow retraining courses if their current jobs and skills offer too few workplaces. Moms with little children should follow courses and receive temporary jobs that made for them easier to follow their kids when they aren't at school or kindergarten.
Let's not forget that with fierce competition from emerging countries, unskilled workforce isn't anymore a resource but a burden, and the true richness of developed countries is good education and skilled workforce. Overlooking this for greed and avarice is horribly shortsighted.