You have no idea how deeply entangled these programs are. A family can get $600 month food stamps, $1500 month unemployment. Then with section 8,medical, universall lifeline and utility assistance, it can be dang enticing. But then you go work and all that is gone. How do you pay for medication at '$2,000 per drug, say you need 3. You're looking at over $10,000 per month and still poor. The reason is your disposible income is almost nothing. If someone like me says that's bullshit, people like you make dumb comments. These programs real purpose is to make the rich even richer, not to help the poor.