It's really hard for me to understand how this system makes sense. I get it: if you make it easy for people they get lazy. But on the other hand you are making

It's really hard for me to understand how this system makes sense. I get it: if you make it easy for people they get lazy. But on the other hand you are making it too hard for productive people too and many will leave or not even come. What's the net result? I grew up in Europe thinking USA was a great place to live. Now I wouldn't live there unless some very clear guarantees were made. It scares me. And I lived in countries many Americans would consider scary.