Many people on Socialist Security (I can hardly think of it as "Social" any more) have come to the realization, or at least the uncomfortable suspicion, that they are on the dole. I guess this is kinda hard to miss these days, although I won't expand on reasons why in this article (use a search engine). Assuming it's the case for the reader - that is, he's aware it is a form of dole - the question then becomes, what to do about it?

First, though, we might start with what not to do about it.