Because with welfare your "adversaries" are people in dire situation who won't be able to fight back much. Tax evasion will generally run up against well infor

Because with welfare your "adversaries" are people in dire situation who won't be able to fight back much. Tax evasion will generally run up against well informed and heavily lawyered entities (people or corporations). Alternatively, it will again degenerate to destroying the lives of small time tax dodgers.