Apparently the left doesn't like their ideology compared to slavery. Well, what else would you call a system that doesn't encourage you to pull yourself up out of poverty and improve your station in life for yourself and your family, but rather encourages you to remain in poverty and depend on government handouts via transfer payments, entitlements, and other welfare in kind benefits?

Let us assume that this sort of system is just and moral and that there is nothing wrong with it, nor nothing wrong with an individual choosing to remain in this sort of cycle of dependence and poverty. If more and more people accede to that mentality and give up working in favor of turning to government programs and benefits, since it is a just and moral position to maintain and shouldn't be discouraged, what will eventually happen to society when the vast majority adopts that viewpoint and becomes wards of the state in this manner?

In other words, from where or what source do you believe that the government receives it's resources to pay for these benefits, WIK payments, or entitlements? Will we simply have to rely on the Federal Reserve printing more money and selling more government debt to foreign nations and domestic banks to prop the system up? How long do you anticipate that sort of system can be maintained?

To put it another way, lets assume the ultimate outcome is 310 million Americans living below the government defined poverty level because it's easier to live via government benefits and payments rather than put in the effort to work and try to improve your lot in life - How long can a system such as that be perpetuated by the domestic/global economy?

If you disagree that this is the ultimate goal of this mentality, then please, point out what sort of incentives the left has included in such programs to encourage individuals extracting themselves from poverty and government dependance. NOTE: The EITC was included in the tax system with the encouragement of folks on the right, not the left.