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I am late to this, but I feel compelled to say that the welfare system is not doing our society the service it claims to. I manage a bank in a very low income side of town. I see what the money is spent on and how the cycle perpetuates poverty. When there is no support or education that accompanies the checks, it become a never ending spiral of debt and desperation. The money is not enough to become homeowners or get a leg up in the world, but once they get a job they can't get any help. So they don't get a job to keep the check. There needs to be incentives to work for those who can and a sense of pride in earning an income. However, a lot of the time it is parents teaching their kids how to get a free check and more tax credits and then they teach their kids and the cycle continues. We as taxpayers should act for a revised welfare program not because we feel people below the poverty line are lazy, but because we want better for them as well as ourselves. Thank you for listening.