diarrhea he ' d had the night beforebutt hurtWell , there ' s his problem . <| sep |> That sauna looks really sweet . <| sep |> Look , we can ' t just have welfare for the unemployed , as it discourages work . What seems to discourage work , is when safety net programs don ' t help low income earners . When safety net programs help people who don ' t work , but don ' t help people who work part time BECAUSE they work part time . The problem is when , for instance , a food stamp program penalizes someone for getting a part time job , creating a disincentive . The no work provisions of those safety net programs create a small gap , where someone , say , a single mother , is worse off if they take a low paying part time job with low hours . It ' s not that , as you say , welfare for the unemployed , as it discourages work , what discourages work is that gap created where nowork provisions of some welfare programs leave low hour low wage workers worse off than they would be if they hadn ' t triggered those no work provisions , kicking them off of the safety net programs . That ' s the problem . And the solution would be the opposite of the EITC . w e l f a r e b e n e f i t s d o n t d i s c o u r a g e p e o p l e f r o m w o r k i n g l a t e stscientificevidenceshows 10149732 . h t m l f o o d s t ampsreallydiscourageworke 2 be 963718 ee #. swlvg 3 agw