Welfare recipients are very aware of the system that they are involved with. They know that without welfare, they would be much worse off. Recipients of welfare payments know that these payments are inadequate. They must deal with a daily strain of benefits that, in almost every state, do not even take them near the poverty line. People on welfare are also frustrated because the program actually penalizes employment and savings.
Any money earned above what is minimally needed causes benefits to be lost.
In addition, any savings that the family has causes the family to be ineligible to continue receiving welfare payments and benefits. It is obvious that welfare has its benefits. It is just as obvious, however, that the system has pitfalls. The welfare system must not be abolished, but simply reformed. Welfare must remain to help people get back on their feet, but it must be reformed so that dependence on government is avoided.