The scraping-by types become chumps if they don’t take it. Those working hard and watching nonworkers having it easy. So the “smart” ones take it. Then they become wards of the state.
Same deal in a sense in my town, which is generally among the top 10 communities nationwide for average net worth. Free breakfast and lunch for all school children. Since when have adults with children not seen it as their responsibility to feed their children?
IMO this sort of thing is a contributor to the drugs/alcoholism/suicide spiral of despair for lower-income adults who no longer have the prideful burden of supporting their families.
I might agree with you if these were normal times.
Right now, I think it makes sense to provide for anyone without or concerned about going without.
I don’t like political principles that can’t be adjusted for unique features of the present.
Your argument is exactly why Great Britain allowed the Irish to starve in the 19th century.