Why can't we require unemployed people to work in exchange for government "benefits" (handouts)? (unemployment, insurance)

[Enough_Already]

Maybe they could replace some of the paper shuffling bureaucrats.

[Frank DeForrest]

Why do want there to be handouts?

[Vlajos]

We should unless there is a legitimate disability or other reason. Without skin in the game, we get a degenerate society of takers.

[RamenAddict]

Originally Posted by Enough_Already

Maybe they could replace some of the paper shuffling bureaucrats.

Under normal circumstances, able bodied adults without children typically do have to volunteer or work part-time to be eligible for SNAP benefits unless they are in areas with high unemployment.

[erieguy]

Because that would hurt their feelings and interrupt their days of waiting for the mail carrier.

[andywire]

That's an easy one. If everyone worked and contributed like responsible adults, we wouldn't need to import the poorest of the poor from 3rd world countries to replace American citizens... Duh!

[Jowel]

Okay, and are we also going to have CEOs, banks, and agribusiness barons cleaning out ditches for corporate welfare?

[usayit]

I've always felt that if you are receiving a unemployment check from the government, you should be treated as a government employee. Even if you report to work with your primary assignment is to perform a job search.

[Tritone]

Unemployment is insurance that you pay for in taxes. It's not handouts like welfare.

[Freak80]

What do you suggest? Should we have unemployed people dig holes and fill them back up again? Just to make bitter old white men feel better about the world?