When does the safety net become a hammock?

Caring for those in need is not giving out free care.

Charity starts at home. It ceases to be charity when it is handed out by an impartial bureaucracy. Hand outs become an entitlement when every politician at every level is afraid to manage how much and to whom it is given because those who receive believe they are entitled will continue to vote for candidates who will keep giving. Those politicians who are elected will keep giving as long as there is someone they can take from to pay for the entitlements.

Why is Greece where it is now? Where will Greece be when the Germans decide to stop funding Greek entitlements?