I agree this is a great idea! But a large portion of the taxpayers would decry this as handouts for the lazy, so the less perfect, but more palatable solution e

I agree this is a great idea! But a large portion of the taxpayers would decry this as handouts for the lazy, so the less perfect, but more palatable solution ends up being used. Uninformed beliefs that pretend to be ethics are the roadblock to your solution, and these take a long time to be fixed.