Originally Posted by Sly

Many of the "welfare" style programs seem to be set up in a similar fashion.

Picture a little kid that falls into a well and his older brother is on top. The older brother reaches out his hand for the younger brother to pull himself up. Just as the younger brother is near the top, the older brother shouts "you got this far, figure out the rest!" Without that hand to grip onto and nothing else in sight, the younger brother falls back into the well. Older brother comes back a few minutes later "hey what are you doing down there, I helped you out!" Reaches down. Younger brother climbs up. Older brother walks away. Rinse and repeat.