Starbuck: Agreed, but the entitlement and social welfare programs in California are plagued by abuse and incompetent management. How do you cut off the leeches while ensuring that the truly needy receive the benefits necessary to survive?
M: I don't know. It's a huge problem and I am a nobody. I have some thoughts the value of which I can't vouch for:
I don't think people should get stuff for free because they do not value it then. To get welfare people should be required to contribute something. Almost everybody can plant and water and tend gardens, so one thing I would try is that. The state supplies land and accommodations and services and those who need help live and work public farms. The produce goes to feed clothe and house the people who work. Income could also be earned by taking coursed and getting an education, learning a trade, etc. The same could be done in prisons and the more you work, the more you produce, the more you learn, the shorter the sentence.
The poor are especially infected with self hate and one of the cures for it is capacity. It's becomes harder and harder to believe you are the worst person in the world when you can do things.
