I cannot speak for everyone but I will for myself. My problems with the welfare program is that it does not seem to offer people a reason to get off of it. Sure there are those that do and I aplaud them for their efforts, however there are a great many that stay stuck in the system for life and their kids and grandkids grow up the same way. We need to get people on welfare the training and skills they need so they can get a decent paying job and support their own families. We also need to provide incentives for kids to stay in school and get a good education. Expanding on that we need to get more of the underpriveledged students into colleges to get a higher degree. We also need to have programs so that once people get good jobs and can support themselves they are able to purchase their own house so they have something tangible to show for their hard work.

That's a start on what we need to do IMO.