Welfare programs used to require people to work (picking up trash, etc.) to get benefits. When William F. Buckley ran for mayor of New York, he got a huge amount of flack for suggesting this as a law (nobody realized it was already on the books).
Most Western countries are able to pay large numbers of people to mooch off the state by calling them lobbyists, "diversity coordinators," graduate students, defense contractors, etc. Many people in these categories are probably doing some form of useful work, but some jobs with that title clearly exist to give an articulate member of a politically sensitive group enough money to stay happy.
Most Western countries are able to pay large numbers of people to mooch off the state by calling them lobbyists, "diversity coordinators," graduate students, defense contractors, etc. Many people in these categories are probably doing some form of useful work, but some jobs with that title clearly exist to give an articulate member of a politically sensitive group enough money to stay happy.