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I think you are mixing different groups of people and pinning that on receiving benefits. As if receiving benefits is what caused them to be alcoholics or receiving benefits makes them steal from others.
There are good and there are shitty people, on the other hand social benefits are a safety net when you experience a bad life situation you can survive it without doing on the street. Disability, unemployment. Do you think you can receive unemployment forever? It's value is based on how much you were making in previous job (I think it is 2/3 of income (in more generous states) and has a hard limit on the maximum which is relatively low) and it has a time limit (I think 6 months or less).
Somebody who breaks to other people's homes don't need unemployment and to them that amount of money is laughable.
I'm not saying the benefit causes this. I'm saying that people on the benefit negatively affect my life slightly and I don't think someone who interacts with people on the benefit would make such a statements.
In that case you just happen to live near an asshole that happens to (or you are assuming he does) to live on a welfare.
Yes and that's why I disagree with the meme