I can't agree that a single woman with a couple of kids and a part-time job who is collecting housing subsidies, SNAP, and the EITC, along with various other subsidies and benefits from state and federal sources is "incompetent" for taking advantage of what the Welfare State offers.  It's not in her financial self interest to get the skills to get a better paying job, unless it pays $50,000-$60,000.  The problem is the Welfare State, not the people who take what's offered.

As we learned from the conservative welfare reform of the 1990's, if they have to get a full time job to support themselves, they will.