Hey TR,
It will depend on who is monitoring the line and issuing the debit cards.
The intentions are good, but this will be taken advantage of by the welfare cheats.
It takes a democratic liberal village to raise anarchists,
NSNR-CSAOTL
I don't know why people here are assuming everyone in the Astrodome was on public assistance. Most of them are probably just poor, with no savings, and have now lost their jobs. With $2000 they could look for a job and get out of the Astrodome by making a deposit on an apartment. The more able will probably be out of there quickly and it will be a terrific example to the others to show similar initiative. The dysfunctional, well, they would be that way no matter where they end up.
And if they can't get on the same line twice, they could always go "shelter hopping"...