"There are people who comfort themselves by telling themselves that poor people are only poor because poor people are lazy. Pretty sure someone who works 74 hou

"There are people who comfort themselves by telling themselves that poor people are only poor because poor people are lazy. Pretty sure someone who works 74 hours a week isn’t lazy." Agreed. Now, let's stop talking about them for a minute and address the ones that are lazy. The ones that are only ever looking for a handout and specifically not looking for a leg up. I know some of these people. Allow me to paraphrase them: "Why should I do anything if I'm going to get a check from the government anyway? And why should I even think about doing anything else if all they'll do is take my guaranteed money away when I do something else?" Now, how will we address this segment of society? Because clearly, these are the ones in danger of becoming criminals (of which we have plenty) if they're required to stop suckling. Also, there are plenty in between. If the only job you're willing to do is assemble burritos for minimum wage for four hours a day, why are you entitled to a "living wage?" Finally, let's look at the economics. The only way to not have anything resembling a classist system is if every [productive] member of society earned the same wage. But that's not feasible because it removes a tremendous amount of efficiency from the market. All kinds of market indicators are gone. I suspect (economist that I am not) it would lead to near-term economic chaos settling into a completely non-innovative society. Why strive for anything better when we're all "the same?" Edit: Am I just too ranty? I don't understand the downvotes without replies.