Would $1000/month significantly improve your life?

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16. Have you talked to anyone depending on those programs?

Asked the people using them how great they are - and whether they'd rather have $1000/month without having to jump through hoops and put up with an often humiliating process to get them?

This is the only source I could find with a quick search. I can definitely get more. This is a known issue. It isn't new.

13 million people in poverty are disconnected from the social safety net. Most are white.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/13-million-people-in-poverty-are-disconnected-from-the-social-safety-net-most-of-them-are-white/2019/02/04/807516a0-2598-11e9-81fd-b7b05d5bed90_story.html?

So many people don't get any help, even many who qualify. This isn't good enough. These problems have gone on for decades. Generations of families have been affected, with higher stress, poorer nutrition, and worse educational outcomes as just a few of the knock-on effects.

The safety net has holes as a design feature, not a bug. An income floor prevents that.