More proof that people aren't willing to help themselves

In the Post-Tribune this past Thursday, there was an article by Diane Krieger Spivak titled "Habitat looking for humanity to go into homes". "Northwest Indiana Habitat for Humanity has a few hundred volunteers ready to swing a hammer, but the...housing agency can't find any takers for it's houses." The article goes on to talk about the problems that the "not-for profit Christian housing agency" are having with filling these homes."There's a misconception that the homes are free" says Klein, executive director, "They're not." To sum up what happens: the group finds the cheapest land that they can find and put up houses for people who are struggling to find an affordable home or are just starting out. The houses have a zero-percent interest monthly monthly mortgage of $600, including taxes and insurance, and many times the taxes are abated for five to ten years. Now, sounds like a good deal, right? All you have to do to qualify is have a credit score of at least 500 (and if you don't they offer credit counseling to help you get there) and the starting low-end income for two to three people needs to be at least $27,650. Also, you have to volunteer 300 hours to help build another house. The problem? A lot of people apply under the impression that it's free housing, however when the group explains the (very generous) terms, they say "Nah. Never mind."(my quote not theirs). To me this shows a problem both generationaly and locally. So many "kids" in my age group, 18-24, want a free ride and aren't willing to work for anything anymore. They want universal health care, multiple social programs, and assistance with college from the government, yet when you ask why they think they deserve these things all they can say is "Well, it makes sense. It's the right thing to do." NO, IT'S NOT! The right thing to do is to work hard for what you want and be able to keep what you earn! Otherwise, why would ANYONE bother working? Hell, if that were the case I could quite right now and live pretty comfortably off of food stamps and welfare checks. And why would I be able to do that? Because the government has made it so you CAN live off of those things. The government has made people lazy and unwilling to do work for what they want, and if things don't start turning around we're going to be a "womb to tomb" nation. As far as proof that a good portion of the poor are only poor because they CHOOSE to be poor, look up the above mentioned article and tell me why more low-income families wouldn't sign up for this program, aside from the fact that it isn't a no-strings-attached deal.