[danielf]

I suppose we'll have to agree to disagree. I think you're going to have a lot of difficulty identifying those willing and unwilling to work amongst the long term unemployed. I don't think you'll find many takers for the food stamps and dressing people up in jute sacks (my exaggeration) either. It's degrading, on several levels, and we don't do it in a civilised society, in my humble opinion.