Why can't the government make people on social assistance work?

It really peeves me off that the government complains it has no money to fix roads etc,yet we have thousands of people too lay to get their behinds to get a job. Why can't the governemnt make them work in order to receive a cheque every month. I don't care if they walk the streets picking up garbage or mowing lawns. Make them work like the rest of us do. This way the government has more money to put where it is needed. It is bad enough they get full medical and dental coverage. People who own a small business have to pay for all their own medical and dental. Do you agree or disagree??????
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Perhaps a refounding of CC camps may be what we need to put us back on track. We could rebuild lost infrastructure, improve existing infrastructure, build a new workforce with experience, and pride in the fact that they have helped to make the nation of tomorrow. It would be an excellent foot in the door for government job seekers, would make the money spent mean even more. It would help the poor stop being poor, and satisfy the conservative idealogy of giving a hand up to those in need. Indeed we need to review FDR's New Deal, and see what is still usable toward solving our problems, today. On the topic of people with disabilities, they can be given office and admin jobs, where they telecommute from their places of living, if need be. The homeless would be given a roof and a meal, with medical coverage. I honestly don't see how both parties can't agree on a subject like this.
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