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In a way, humor is inappropriate in such serious matters. But I'm compelled to say "50% of the population are below average".
I too advocate a well chosen and adequately rewarded management system in hopes of reducing chronic dependency. But we will never achieve 100% and we face a baby/bathwater situation here. For reasons too long and too uninteresting to detail her, I live among the poor, I am their landlord (7 of them anyway), their neighbor and their casual friend. Most of my assorted associates do work and look for opportunities to make additional income by doing odd jobs. Because of my age, my generally friendly demeanor and my monetary influence, I try to educate people about money. Some ar receptive, some are not.
We dont need 100%. We just need to remove the positive reinforcement that enables it...make it harder to scam the system, not worth the effort anymore. And we cant reach 100% because there are people incapable of supporting themselves that do need that $$.