This functionally exists in nz, the uk, australia, where you can claim welfare benefits indefinitely as long as you demonstrate to the system that you're lookin

This functionally exists in nz, the uk, australia, where you can claim welfare benefits indefinitely as long as you demonstrate to the system that you're looking for work. (Probably a lot of other places but I don't have direct experience of those). You don't actually have to be really looking of course, you just need to satisfy the clerk at the dole office. The fundamentals of social structure are so close to the U.S that you have to squint a bit to see the differences. Yeah it gets abused and it's pretty hard to live on it, but the alternative (as far as a slim moral majority tends to vote) is worse. Yes, taxes are a bit higher. It's not the end of the world. Still got problems with homelessness, because that's a hard problem. You can live off benefits but you need to be basically functional to do it.