yup. i personally know people that recieve ssi because they have a "social disease"...drug addictions. also people who recieve it for the children whose parent never/barely worked but was killed/incarcerated committing crimes.
i know someone who complains about the amount of ssi. he hadn't worked for more than a few months at a time in the 30 years before he was approved. i told him i have to work an extra 10 hrs a week so he can get his money and still pay all my bills.
he says he's bored. i told him to get a part job. he got mad at me.
It seems to me, a lot of programs start off with "good intentions".
But then they balloon. And people become dependent.