Poor vs Lazy

Ephesians 4:28
"Those who are stealing must stop stealing and start working. They should earn an honest living for themselves. Then they will have something to share with those who are poor. "

I noticed in this verse that the poor and those that are stealing are not considered to be one in the same. I think there is a significantly distinguished difference here. I have to think that those stealing were being lazy and not working whereas the poor weren't stealing, but trying to do an honest day's work and simply struggling financially.  

Many of us have been there -I know I have.  Struggling financially, but still working our tails off trying to make a living, keeping a roof over our heads and our kids fed and clothed.  Sometimes life is tough.  Crap happens, but stealing should not be an option.  

I think about the people in Louisiana who took advantage of the glitch where their food cards had no limit.  These people are part of the reason that the welfare program in America doesn't work.  It doesn't help the poor (the honest workers struggling), it is a system being taken advantage of by people who could work and are sucking the government dollars dry.  They sucked it even drier when the system was down.  It shows a lot about their character and it makes me wonder if their lifestyle is such of stealing from the government so they don't have to work.  The fraud and waste disgusts me.  

Yes, the program is to give people a hand up, not a hand out, but it isn't working.  Scripture tells these people to get off their duff and get a job.  If they do, not only will they help themselves, but they will also be able to help the poor who are doing things the right way, but just struggling temporarily.