At a cost of 6 dollars per month, the welfare system is not crippling our economy.
What's crippling our economy is pretending that we have capitalism and bailing out banks every time the downside of capitalism kicks in.
What's crippling our economy is an interest rate under 1% when inflation is at 8.5%. It's not like those damn poor people have a say in interest rate adjustments.
Propping up your home value with low interest rates is what's causing these problems. (home loans should be at 12.5 -15.5% right now)