There's heaps of people that earn government funding and unfortunately a few give a bad rep for the rest.

For instance I'm mates with one guy that doesn't work and plays games all the time. You might think off the top of the bat that he's a slacker, but it's only when you find out that he has a blood cancer and it's come back for the second time that you realise why he's on government funding. Chemo every few weeks and hospital checkups on a regular basis. It pretty much turns into the situation where your job is just trying to live.

But in saying that I do know someone else that was a bum and just couldn't be bothered to even try and find a job, even if he's got a Uni quallification.

It probably comes down to how some people can't be bothered to set themselves life goals. To own a home, a car, afford a wedding, a trip overseas, etc. They often just look at the weekend and how they can spend their weekly cheque. Hell, even some people on regular jobs just blow a few hundred every weekend on alcohol and other crap that they don't need.