why should people work?

Having a job is the way you support both you and family. Those who do not work, do not always qualify for welfare, and if they do, it is a subsistence level of life.

With a good paying job, one not only can buy things like food, car, pay rent, or go on vacations, but also save some money for larger purchases like a home, or yearly vacation.

People often "judge" you by what you do.

Manual labor may be considered lower-class, and a person with college doing professional work often is considered "middle class."
But, this is not to say that some manual labor jobs do not pay as much or more than some "professional" white collar jobs.
It's a noble profession to be a certified plumber, carpenter, truck driver, or constructions worker too.

If you do not earn a decent living, how can you have high self esteem, or be considered a "decent" citizen?

EDIT: I am surprised of all the negative answers about "noble" work. Because if you have a really good job, you are helping your community, either building something, educating others, or even serving others.
What kind of community would there be, without fast food workers, post office people, firemen, construction workers, drivers, and mechanics?
You'd find yourself without anywhere to go, and no one to help you when you needed help.

Working is a way of leaving behind, more than you take.
And for the very lucky, you may even learn to enjoy your work, and be happy that you can do a job, better than others. It's a win-win situation, when you get paid to do something, for example, that you may have actually volunteered to do, to help others.
Think about that!

I hate working too. I can't stand the corporate world where people fight each other all the time for fame and power. If it weren't the money, why bother to work.

People dont like other people getting thing easier then they do. If they have to work hard for it but it comes easily for you then they get mad.

haha yeah I agree and how the hell is it pathetic to not have a job, thats stupid. It might be pathetic if you don't have one when you're like 20 ish and you need to support your self, other wise, I agree with you.

Because you could bust your *** all week for a check, then buy a pizza and gas and the moneys all gone.

I get away with it too. Working is for suckers. Hoo hoo

Originally the idea of Welfare was monies to keep single mothers who had never work 'faring well' in society after the loss of a husband. Originally many women never worked outside of the home so they needed money from the state to keep them 'on par' with society. Most of these women were given 'child care' and 'food stamps' and 'finacial assitance' all wrapped up in a 'welfare' package so that they could take time to be trained as secretaries, receptionists, teachers and other jobs that women could handle. These women were not, at the time, solely dependant on welfare for their livelihood. These women returned to school or were put into training programs to get them ready for the workplace. This shouldn't be any different today. In some states, Welfare matches two receipients. They purchase a house for them and while one person stays home with the children and runs the household the other works. Welfare then subsidized the balance of the finances. In NY I have seen women on welfare with one single small child and then years later she has a family of five still living on welfare. She gets employed 'off the books' in order to keep the checks coming while subsidizing her 'hair, nails and jewelery'. I hate seeing a woman walk into a welfare office wearing gold and her children sporting 60 and 70 dollar sneakers while being dropped off in a 2008 suburban asking for City and State funds to put her up in an apartment and give her money. I think the system started out with a good idea and then fell apart. It would be nice to see someone get off of welfare after being trained and finding a job. That way instead of the city paying for 'everything', they could pay for only aspects of families instead of maintaining entire lives on City and State taxes. Yes working should be required or at least training, job placement, something.

cause youl become forking poor lol

blacks caused this mind set and of course they have to let a few Whites in to that so the blacks can say "Whites do it too".

A man who has no work tends to die within a few years. A woman does not have that tendency, but she turns into something that nobody wants to be around.