it needs to be an equilibrium. you don't want to encourage a lazadaisical approach to self-sufficiency but to completely abandon the hungry and needy for being a consequently born in a poor and economically burdened status is completely unreasonable and doesn't lead to the significant improvement of life overall. it creates vacuums of violence and after effects that make things worse.  people aren't leeches. they are very interested in pulling their own weight if given the opportunity. like a student who needs a tutor to help better understand a program a mother might need an extra few dollars to feed her child. it's only fair.
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