"Service Delivery Dependence" , Were Governments went wrong

Based on past experience with some readers, it was stated that with every flaw we as writers identify in society, we should provide a viable solution and here is one identifiable in almost every society in the world. Around the world governments provide a means  for their citizens to have a better life,  this has somehow caused a stir in thoughts from me(Julius) as i wonder, does social welfare/services etc. really help their recipients or is it a setback that just keeps the most economically vulnerable people in society in their state?

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If you look at how much or the proportion they receive in social assistance, one wonders, how they even survive. for instance, in South Africa and Botswana, social welfare in the form of grants is around $100-$150 per month depending on the form of servicehttp://mg.co.za/article/2014-06-19-social-grants-beneficiaries-more-than-double-in-10-years. In reality this is enough money to feed one person
 for a month or less but do keep in mind that with regard to the kind of backgrounds people who receive social grants come from, this is to cover all the household costs and utilities like electricity.

So is government helping? Our home country (RSA) has one of the highest proportion of taxpayers to citizens. This means governments spends Billions annually on maintaining its citizens rather than helping them to help themselves. couple this with our record of the highest youth unemployment in the world and a national unemployment of 26% ,  you have the characteristics of a third world country (Not everyone likes that term this side).http://ewn.co.za/2016/05/09/SA-unemployment-rate-rises.

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My Proposal?
Instead of helping people with their daily struggles, governments from around the world should focus on enabling people to help themselves, this would be good for Developing nations since their governments have more on their plates to deal with compared to Western nations who in a way afford to provide for their citizens. This should be through provision of resources for those capable and willing to be economically & socially active in the country. Provision of incentives to those who have are already active and the promotion of social change in the country. This would mean government helps grow the economy and shrinks those dependent on it for financial support this group being the elderly, Disabled and Orphaned who make up less that 10% of the population.  Not that this has never been proposed to government or that government is ignorant, but imagine if more emphasis in every country was on such concepts. Really making human development and social change a priority.