John Stossel did a piece on welfare in CA a while ago (like around 2000), and exposed how being on public handouts was equal to having a $12.something and hour job... Doesn't sound like a lot, but remember this was awhile ago, and in a lot of places the average job pays around $10/hr.
If I'm 'Caleb the Tapout douchebag and his beeyatch Juanita' Why would I go get a job and be respectible when I can sit on the porch all day and make more kids then hit the clubs all night?