Avi K. Sorry, I will not say names. Someone might knock him personally and I don’t want to be the cause of that. It would not depend on his professional ability since his contribution to society as a torah learner/high level observer, far outweighs any other contribution he would make in any other field(I think this is the crucial point that many are not aware of and therefore disagree with). You are right though that his work ethic would have to be on par with those in other areas of work and he would have to be learning ‘full-time’. As I’ve stated elsewhere kollel is not for everyone,and is probably not for most people. Personally I disagree with the whole idea for other reasons but my point here is that benefiting from government programs has a solid basis in halacha and cannot be rejected out of hand(especially when the reason for doing so comes from a lack of respect for limud v’kiyum hatorah).
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