It is one of the fundamental faults with giving people money, like the discussions on Free Republic the last week or two about a "minimum guaranteed income".
It will never, Never, NEVER be enough. We could implement a universal basic income and get rid of all the WIC, EBT, and other welfare things with all the bureaucracy, office buildings, forms to fill out, etc, but...
As soon as people start getting those checks, they will clamor for programs to augment them, and the welfare infrastructure would begin building itself up again.
Heck. You know what I mean, right?
The cycle will never end as long as we allow Democrats to PAY people to breed and vote Democrat.
What isn't being addressed is we need to go back to that concept, where everyone who worked hard at a job they were qualified would make a living and have the opportunity for upward mobility. Debt for a mortgage and not much else was paid ASAP. A family could put money in the bank and get enough interest on it to be able to grow savings for future needs. Jobs were stable enough so that most people could stay in their communities while the children grew up.
It's that middle class environment of security and opportunity that made America great. I can't imagine how the US ever returns to that. The middle class cannot be restored without jobs that pay the bills for almost everyone and without a worthwhile amount of interest on bank savings. (I'd think at least 3% to encourage people to pay off their debts and start saving)