Are deliberately unemployed people a drain on society?

[DC Al Fine]

There's two different questions here; are people who refuse to work a drain on a society, and what should we do about them?

The first is a question of fact. People who refuse to contribute to their living either through paid labour, unpaid labour or capital even though they could are indisputably drains on society.

The other question is more interesting. What should we do about them? While I think we do have a moral obligation to look after those who cannot help themselves due to infirmity, age, lack of work etc, I don't feel morally obliged to asisst those who will not help themselves. It would be morally acceptable to leave those people to mercy of relatives, private charity and so on.

However, real life usually doesn't provide clear lines dividing those who can't and those who won't work. For that reason, even though it's not a moral obligation to assist loafers, it's practical to do so.