> If you just give people money, its easier to administer, everyone in the program gets the same cash, theres no inventory to administer, theres nothing to chec

> If you just give people money, its easier to administer, everyone in the program gets the same cash, theres no inventory to administer, theres nothing to check. You'll also get rid of all the public sector workers which represent a significant population cohort that is directly and personally invested preserving the rulling regime and also the status quo. Once you lose that, you destabilize a whole society.