&gt; <i>&quot;a lot of people become lazy and don&#x27;t want to work, why would they when they get money for just sitting on their hands&quot;</i><p>Every person in Australia over 22 and under retirement age can get extremely generous welfare, forever. It doesn&#x27;t matter if you&#x27;ve never had a job, etc. etc.<p>A single person gets $1046&#x2F;mo<p>With children is $1200&#x2F;mo<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.humanservices.gov.au&#x2F;customer&#x2F;services&#x2F;centrelink&#x2F;newstart-allowance" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.humanservices.gov.au&#x2F;customer&#x2F;services&#x2F;centrelink...</a><p>Are Australians sitting around on their hands? Some are, sure, but the vast majority don&#x27;t want to live the life that ~$1k&#x2F;mo buys.