This is why universal programs are better. If you have gatekeepers you incentivize corruption. If you have tests you incentivize cheating. There's just too many

This is why universal programs are better. If you have gatekeepers you incentivize corruption. If you have tests you incentivize cheating. There's just too many knobs and dials (programs). Something like UBI is much simpler and therefor has far fewer attack vectors. The only test is to verify citizenship. A process to handle claims of non-receipt would be easy if a cheque can be expired and a new one sent. Who cares if wealthy citizens also get a pittance (to them)? It's more fair that they do anyway! Expire the cheques after like a year, so people can simply opt out by not cashing them before they expire.