We need to go back to things like government cheese. If there are a bunch of some kinds of food that go unpurchased, thr government gets to buy it at an "expiry date" price, preserve it some way (turning milk to cheese) and then THAT is handed out instead of money. It is survival food. It will allow you to survive, but it won't be very appealing, highly encouraging welfare recipients to make better choices like going to work, earning money and then buying their own food.
As a kid one of the mayor's (bedroom community usa) cronies would line up every month for the govermint food handouts at the local courthouse, then turn around and sell it to friends.
That is bullshit. This shit needs to be income tested, and if someone is found to be defrauding the system, they get 20 years in prison.**
I'm talking early 70's man, small town and everyone knows everybody else, especially the mayor's grifters and ner'do wells.
This particular person drove a brand new pickup and lived well but I could never tell you what he did for a living beyond stealing and grifting.