if getting rid of welfare results in a net loss
That is literally impossible.
It's quite possible.
Someone with no job and no welfare has a high probability of become a criminal (if they don't just commit suicide which I don't consider an acceptable alternative, although you might), which not only loses the whole system money from property damage, etc., but we pay bills trying them and incarcerating them, which is notably more expensive than just giving them welfare in the first place.
Regardless, compared to the how safe our society is and other quality of life indicators, welfare (which is likely very close to a net neutral one way or another) is pretty obviously worth it.
Be a smart libertarian and go after the government policies which actually cost us money, please.
inb4 some idiot thinks that cutting all welfare will just cause these people to get jobs: the presence of welfare does not impact unemployment rate.
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