As with all other “feel-good” policies implemented at a level of government way above where it should be,
the probability of corruption and abuse is 100%.
Take food stamps, for example. If the local church were managing a food bank and saw someone come in with new jewelry, cellphone, manicures, hairdo, etc, every week,
they might start to question the “needs” or maybe just the financial choices of the individual.
Can’t do that with some far off bureaucracy with perverse incentives to get as many people on the program as possible.
I did some work at a food bank, once. One woman drove up in a fancy, new Lincoln Aviator to get a handout. The second time she showed up, the minister asked her who she was collecting for, and then told her this was for the truly needy.