So what happens is the rich get all the money. Stop putting means testing garbage on these bills. It only means those who need the assistance on the edge will be denied.
They also pointed out the wealthy fret that their kids are growing up to be wastrels, fail sons and daughters. And they think poor kids are like that. When a poor kid that knuckles under and goes to college isn't like that.
Yes, they get free tuition from their parents which is why they don’t need government assistance for college. We don’t give food stamps to millionaires either.
There's no reason not to use that solution to every service, including ones currently means-tested, rather than having separate income and/or asset trsts with different standards and its own implementation bureaucracy for individual programs.
Well, there is a reason, but it is deliberate inefficiency and bureaucratic waste, either for corrupt purposes or to cause friction to frustrate the nominal purpose of the program while making the gesture of having the program.
The solution is simple: an income bases subsidy that gradually decreases with no welfare cliff.