When welfare can remove the incentive to work. I think there are various shades of gray from the point where welfare helps to where it hurts. This might be an example of where it hurts. This is also where something like Milton Friedman's negative income tax would not run into this issue.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspi...ate-status-quo-are-we-seeing-americas-future/
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspi...ate-status-quo-are-we-seeing-americas-future/
