tb – here is the flaw in your logic. What you are saying is that the guy cannot do proper research part time. If he can do part time research, then yes, he should go out and get a job and do research part time. If he cannot, only then should he take services.
Most men in kollel should get jobs. They can work 1/2 days. They can learn around their jobs. My husband does. The rest of the men in our families do. There is no need for such a large portion of our society to sit and learn and strain everyone else.
And most certainly, they should stop putting down working so much, when they ask us for money. I do not support kollel because I think this attitude is terrible and VERY prevalent. They cant have it both ways.
MW13 – would you say the same thing if we were support Christian scholars with our money? Or giving it to Planned Parenthood for unneccesary abortions?