Lefties like jbander don't want to get rid of it. If they did, they could no longer buy votes from the two groups that overwhelmingly use social welfare and vote heavily Democratic.
What's worse, Democrats buying those votes are the recipients believing Democrats actually care about anything other than getting those votes?
I have noticed the left has a completely different attitude toward people on welfare who they think vote Democratic and those they think vote Republican.
People on welfare vote in very low numbers