text: would you date an unsuccesful artist living on wellfare?   i would neither date nor even associate with anyone living on welfare, unless it is to enlighten them as to the freedom they have to get a paying job and contribute to the tax base.  of course, this has nothing to do with the person's income level. no self-respecting person, no matter how poor, should accept welfare, which is the robbing of the productive to give to the lazy.