Dr_Ken's Journal: A 'Shameless' Generation Of Benefit Addicts?

This news story in the Daily Mail says that nearly five million adults in the UK (that's 16% of British households!) do not work, never have worked, aren't looking for work, and don't plan to. They live off government "transfer payments"(AKA "welfare")." This boggles my mind. And the number appears to be growing too. How the hell did this come to be? Are jobs so scarce or have the past six decades of social welfare policies made work a life-style choice rather than a necessity? I don't know but it sure doesn't bode well for the future.