SOCIETIES have often distinguished between the deserving poor (afflicted by sickness or disability) and the undeserving sort (the feckless and workshy).

社会通常会区分值得帮助的穷人（他们饱受疾病或残疾折磨）和不值得帮助的穷人（这类人没有责任感而且不喜欢工作）。

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Welfare case-workers used to be seen as dullards handing cash to the undeserving poor.

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It was left to welfare case-workers to distinguish the deserving from the undeserving poor.

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Should politicians draw a distinction between the deserving and the undeserving poor?

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