[Mr.Kimball]

Kimball, me and you probably agree on this: allowing people who are capable of accepting responsibility for their own lives to "opt out" harms the individual and society.... I would like to see welfare reform where a person who gets a job gets to keep certain benefits, which would, ultimately, lead to savings. As it is now, welfare recepients often "lose" money by going to work. We, as a society, could be much wiser in our policies.

That is exactly right. Thus the mutitude of those recieving assistance benefits who are more than willing to work for cash. It also applies to many unemployment recipitants who dont attempt to find a job until the very last moment that they are not able to keep drawing their unemployment benefits. I have offered countless people over the years jobs that were at that time unemployed only to be told that if I had something open when they ran out of unemployment they might be interested. Also, you would not believe the amount of people that I have call, "not show up" mind you, asking for a job knowing that I may not be currently hiring someone. It's part of the process where you have to show your intent of finding employment. It's abused to no end.