Why do you think everyone on welfare is lazy?

Agreed. And the bigger problem is the lack of education a lot of the people born into welfare are getting about how to live normal and productive lives apart from the system. All that they've seen in a check coming from the government. They aren't encouraged to get jobs in a lot of cases, until they turn 18. At that point, they've seen nothing but people working the system so that they never have to get a job! Their cousin working the fryer at McDonald's is the responsible one from their family that "made it". We need to spend the money on similar programs to the one that you write about having in Conn. If people know how to get jobs, and more importantly that they have to have a job, then they are more likely to not only get out of the system, but to be an example to those around them of how to get out of the system.