Simples!
I’m quoting Alexander the meerkat, who probably has more sense than a lot of politicians. How on Earth did we get into the kind of economic mess we’re in at the moment, with banks having to be rescued from collapsing by the taxpayer and cuts in public services to try to pay off the national debt?
Capitalist greed is the short answer, and it would also apply of course to former Socialist countries where the ruling bureaucratic clique creamed off too much for themselves.
The basic rule of thumb is that you don’t get anything for nothing. If you try, you’re in deep trouble sooner or later, and the more people trying to get something for nothing, the greater the problems they create.
The simple fact is every able bodied adult of working age needs to earn their living, and if there aren’t enough jobs around then they have to be created because there is actually plenty of community work needing to be done in charities, hospitals, helping our aging population, the disabled, etc..
