The following is a non-value judgement. We see generally better outcomes when we just hand people cash than when we make them jump through hoops, and partake i

The following is a non-value judgement. We see generally better outcomes when we just hand people cash than when we make them jump through hoops, and partake in non standard services to acquire resources. It also generates more administrative overhead than if we just hand them cash. I don't know if this would hold for a universal social services infrastructure. My personal analysis is that I would tend towards decentralization via cash payments, so as to enable choice, and not have the state takeover the potential economic activities enabled by such cash payments. Nobody wants to be given food from a government kitchen or government food box, but most people, I would think, would not mind getting $X per week/month/year to supplement their other income from the government.