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  1. MarkB

    Australians are "welfare addicts"

    I too have seen that happen. But not in all cases. I am the youngest of 5 children and grew up in a family where welfare was the major (at many times the only) source of income. Needless to say, money was very tight when I was growing up. From 1980 we lived in a Housing Commission home...
  2. MarkB

    Australians are "welfare addicts"

    Are we really welfare addicts? Or simply utility maximising? Or are we being bribed? I'm not saying that more people living off welfare is a good thing, only questioning whether we are actually "putting our hands out" or being "force-fed" so to speak. No doubt it is a combination...
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