The welfare state

What is not mentioned in the article posted below is how the welfare system is not a safety net but more of a cushion. I hereby exclude those with true disabilities like blindness and missing limbs from the following comments.

By focusing strictly on welfare payments we miss the ongoing creation of a welfare class. In our society today doing what is hard is considered unusual punishment. So, we have compassion for those who whine about the difficulties of achievement and like a crying baby is given its blanket we provide a monetary cushion. 

A large part of this problem can be put directly at the feet of a government welfare theory. Instead of building a multi faceted system that encourages people to move up it puts everyone into the victim category and treats them as if the world has it out for them. The increasing use of the word "transitional" is about deflecting scrutiny. The primary beneficiaries are the government workers and bureaucrats who manage and operate the system.

Let's look at some statistics about high school drop outs here

High School Dropout Statistics

Statistic Verification

Source: Education Week, Children Trends Database

Research Date: 1.1.2014

High School Dropout Statistics (US)
Total number of high school dropouts annually	3,030,000
Number of high school students who drop out each day	8,300
Percent of Americans with a high school diploma	85.3 %
Percent of all drop outs that happen in the ninth-grade	36 %
Percent of students who repeat the ninth-grade that go on to graduate	15 %
Percent of students in the largest 50 U.S. cities that graduate High School	59 %
Percent of US crimes that committed by a high school dropout	75 %
Amount of money a high school graduate will earn more than a drop out	$260,000
Percent of black drop outs that have spent time in prison	60 %
Percentage of Hispanic dropouts that were due to a pregnancy	41 %
Percent of US jobs a high school dropout is not eligible for	90 %
Demographics of High School Dropouts (Percent who drop out)
National Rate	8.1 %
Male	9.1 %
Female	7 %
African American	9.6 %
Hispanic	17.6 %
White	5.2 %
Asian American	2.1 %
Foreign Born	20.7 %
Children of Foreign Born	13 %

Historic High School Dropout Rates
Year	Total	White	Black	Hispanic
2013	7.9	5.0	9.1	15.9
2009	8.1	5.2	9.6	17.6
2005	9.4	6	10.4	22.4
2000	10.9	6.9	13.1	27.8
1995	12	8.6	12.1	30
1990	12.1	9	13.2	32.4
1985	12.6	10.4	15.2	27.6
1980	14.1	11.4	19.1	35.2
1975	13.9	11.4	22.9	29.2
1970	14.6	12.3	21.3	34.3

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Do these kids behave the way they do because they know that the welfare cushion will protect them from the cold harsh realities of being destitute? How many would stay in school if they would be able to learn a non college bound skill? The education system is as stupidly monolithic as the welfare system.

The real winners beyond the perpetually lazy are the government workers who live off them by taking a cut of the tax revenue. Some years ago it was found that about seventy two cents of every dollar the government takes in to help the poor and disabled went to overhead costs. If a charity had these numbers it would be under investigation for fraud.

I recently heard a man comment on a progressive radio station that poverty is man created   as it is not natural  in the wild. These are the kind of redistribution theories that transcend reason. No one will ever ask such a compassionate person where in nature he finds such reality.