choppy- you are being insincere. There never was a time when there was such a large tsibbur relying upon -what you call- tsedakah. The avreichim and their families are below the poverty level and many of these don’t really belong in kollel. It is a burden that cannot be sustained. As I said, I am prepared to allow you to avoid the army but I will not finance your lifestyle.
As far as the Remo and the Shach, as far as I remember they do not say that you can make a career in living off zedakah. My point was that never in our history have so many people said that they deserve zedakah and put themselves on the tsibbur.