> Better give some money to people who don't need it than make some overly complicated plan that requires a specialist to access and only targets some friends.

I personally agree with that. But then it always ending up hurting the politicians that came up with that policy because medias will broadcast 24-7 examples of the few people that received it that did not deserve it. Even 2 years after COVID stimulus, McConnel keeps repeating that people are still so rich from receiving thousands and thousands of dollars and that was responsible for 2022 labor shortage... (for $2000 distributed now more than a year ago)

Yeah that's true. In Italy they gave some money to low income people and I'm sure after the next elections the right wing government that will win will take that away.

They never say how it made people able to avoid joining black market jobs or crime. They just show restaurant owners crying because they can't find (greatly underpaid) workers.