But people like your brother are a minority amongst long-term unemployed. If people in Midland are like people in Belmont, most of them are of the "given-no-opportunities" type of person, rather than the "no-good-reason-for-it" kind of guy. Cutting taxation might stop people like your brother dole bludging but it will also take away from those who already have almost nothing which would lead to them either stealing or dying. Doesn't really seem worth it.