zahavasdad – did you hear anyone ask to replace the welfare payments with funds from the US? I didn’t.
The point here is that the statements like “it is time for the chareidim in EY to wake up and stop taking a free ride from chilonim” are just false and based on misinformation.
Almost all chareidim’s wive’s work. They deserve the same social benefits as any other family in Israeli society. That is no free ride.