I am all for it however, the biggest Welfare recipients are big corporations. They receive way more money than the poor do. Of course we call this form of welfare subsidies, tax breaks, or tax havens and various other names.
With that money we can actually fix what keeps the majority of Americans poor, and that is the failing education system in America. There is plenty of evidence when looking at the type of education kids received prior to the seventies and the education they received today. From pre-school to graduate degrees everything is failing.
‎ Don't get me wrong I do agree that the current system of welfare for the poor needs a major overhaul overhaul.
While you are at it try to find the trillions of dollars the the pentagon has lost.