“You’d think there’d be folks who’d jump at the chance to work instead of expecting a handout!”
John Stossell found out otherwise. He interviewed restaurant owners near a welfare office who all said they had a hard time finding people to hire. He then talked to some of the welfare recipients who said basically “Why should I work and get $200 a week …” (I’m making the actual figure up) “… when I can do nothing and get $150 a week?”
“You’d think there’d be folks who’d jump at the chance to work instead of expecting a handout!”
John Stossell found out otherwise. He interviewed restaurant owners near a welfare office who all said they had a hard time finding people to hire. He then talked to some of the welfare recipients who said basically “Why should I work and get $200 a week …” (I’m making the actual figure up) “… when I can do nothing and get $150 a week?”