Why do you imagine that it is anything but this? Welfare recipients average income is 67% of the poverty level.
Well, prove it then! I know you can't show me any welfare rule or law that show government benefits are allowed for luxury purchases. Let me suggest a couple of things to you:
1. Poor people don't like to look poor, who can blame them?. A lot of those "bling" accessories are not real gold and are cheap Dollar-store knock-offs.
2. A lot of the poor people that you assume are on welfare are actually working hard at low-paying jobs and receiving no benefits. If they are foolish enough to spend their hard-earned money on shiny rims instead of putting it into an IRA, it's not the fault of the government.
Low-income housing is effectively a government assistance program, not just for welfare families but for the working poor in areas where they is insufficient private low-income housing. Many cities also have a large private low-income housing area in older neighborhoods. In NO, these century-old neighborhoods houses were destroyed during Katrina. The owners cannot afford to rebuild them and still rent them as low-income housing. It is not surprising that low-income families insist that the government rebuild the public housing.
No, the requirements are much tighter than that. The welfare reforms are working, if you bother to check.
I can't argue with this. I only suggest that much has already been done to achieve what you ask for. Take a look.