I don’t see there being any material difference in providing cash vs providing food stamps / rent amnesty. Either way, government money (ie. tax money) will be

I don’t see there being any material difference in providing cash vs providing food stamps / rent amnesty. Either way, government money (ie. tax money) will be funnelled to, in your words, “already rich people”. Your way is probably worse, because it forces governments to pick winners, which they are notoriously bad at doing.