Theoretically yes, but all of the programs for doing so are under-funded and means-tested and circumscribed into near-meaninglessness. They’re basically systems designed to kick as many people as possible off of their benefits, while still keeping up the pretense of having a social-welfare system.
The extra kick in the gut is, all of the bureaucracy and regulatory enforcement agencies needed to enforce these Byzantine systems are still expensive as hell to operate in a country this big, so in the end we spend a ton of money trying to offer people as little help as humanly possible.
Theoretically yes, but all of the programs for doing so are under-funded and means-tested and circumscribed into near-meaninglessness. They’re basically systems designed to kick as many people as possible off of their benefits, while still keeping up the pretense of having a social-welfare system.
The extra kick in the gut is, all of the bureaucracy and regulatory enforcement agencies needed to enforce these Byzantine systems are still expensive as hell to operate in a country this big, so in the end we spend a ton of money trying to offer people as little help as humanly possible.