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Yes, it is an issue with welfare, because welfare encourages bad decisions, and mitigates the consequences of them. And that's before you get into the monetary cost that goes into it, and the political corruption with vote-buying. To be clear, I differentiate programs that support disabled...

That lines up quite well with what I saw and experienced. The biggest single thing I was struggling with, that I let motivate my bad decisions, was broken relationships. It didn't seem like anybody cared about or was invested in me beyond being an obligation, and I absolutely hated that. It's...

That's the kind of personal tragedy that is so very infuriating. And it also shows a (more dramatic than most would be able to benefit from) example of how people who haven't wrecked their own lives, don't crash out long-term, they get back up and get moving again.

There are cases where that actually happens. It usually involves much nastier crimes too though, like forced prostitution or outright kidnapping and trafficking. Addiction is a choice though. It is often a very hard choice once you're already in it, but it is still a choice. Treating it like...