Could you be specific about which programs you're referring to? I'd also appreciate specific figures about expenditures, and what percentage of people are depen

Could you be specific about which programs you're referring to? I'd also appreciate specific figures about expenditures, and what percentage of people are dependent on public welfare programs. The figures I've seen suggest that in the US, 50% of welfare beneficiaries are long-term dependents, but they have bouts of it, going in and out of welfare over the course of (on average) 12 years. If you dig into specific programs, I think generally you find that programs fail because they aren't giving people enough resources to become self-sufficient, and are expecting results on too short a time frame.