I don’t think the research shows that more people become dependant upon government cheques. Do you have a cite?
Those who don’t need it can pay more in income tax to offset the fact that they don’t need it.
If you give out free money to virtually everyone every month, not just the poor, as granny wants to do, and some or much of your income
depends on free government cheques, how do you not become dependent on that revenue stream?
IMO giving people free money with no questions asked besides "how much money do you make?" is a bit crazy. If you want to roll all benefits into one, ok that's fine as long as we still have qualifiers. Someone who was just laid off or is disabled or otherwise can't work etc. is deserving, someone just sitting at home and not wanting to work or only work part-time when they're perfectly healthy and able to find a full-time job is nuts. People will game the system, if you give people an inch many will take it.
Yes the current system is confusing and big, benefits coming from federal, provincial, and municipal governments from many different departments is confusing. It should be consolidated into a 1-stop shop or something.
I really haven't looked at the studies of places that have implemented this. it's an extreme change. I'd like to see the costs saved by consolidating all these programs vs what the program costs.