Don't Work...Don't Eat

"Anyone who would not work should not eat. We hear that some of you are unruly, not keeping busy but acting like busy-bodies. We enjoin all such, and we urge them strongly in the Lord Jesus Christ, to earn the food they eat by working quietly. You must never grow weary of doing what is right." -2 Thessalonians 3:10b-13

Not that I know many people on welfare, and not that all of them are abusing the system, but I think the system could better serve them if it operated like a temp agency. Some of the people on welfare want to work and are embarrassed to accept handouts. Giving them work (or training) to get their check would give the people I enjoy helping a stronger sense of self-worth. It would also give those abusing the system the tough love that is needed because I want to help them too.