I agree with a lot of what you said Tim but no, she does not have it right nor do you.
You are both basing your positions on mythology. And possibly worse than that especially in her case it's a matter of looking at a small part of the picture and then misinterpreting it.
I'm being generous in assuming that people misinterpret this.
The myth that there are welfare legacy families is out there but the evidence contracts this belief.
1. Federal and state laws require able-bodied adult Welfare participants to engage in education, job preparation, or other work-related activities in order to collect benefits.
2. Most families collect Welfare benefits for only a few months at a time.
3. Families headed by able-bodied adults can collect Welfare benefits for only 60 months... five years... in their lifetimes.
4. Welfare recipients must produce identification... Social Security cards for every household member, rent receipts, utility bills, bank records, employment records etc

Focusing the federal debt problem on Social Welfare costs is disingenuous... at best.
And I'm sorry but I can't accept the views of a free-market website that refuses to publish its own funding sources.