My, just think if you were to use Doctor Who’s Tardis to go back to 1931 New York City or Chicago and tell the people waiting in the lines at the soup kitchens that people about eighty years later would be using welfare benefits (intended to help the needy) for strip clubs and liquor stores. The reactions would be interesting to say the least.
A small minority of beneficiaries abuse their cash benefits. They should be sanctioned.
That’s no reason though to treat all poor people like criminals.
Most people behave responsibly and the misdeeds of the miscreant few isn’t a reflection upon them.