It costs more to determine who should receive the benefit than to simply provide it for everyone. Who gives a shit if a rich kid gets a free school lunch? They have to be at school. Feeding everyone should be a cost of the education system, the same way keeping the lights on and the temperature moderate is. Or should kids start having to pay for the light above their desk? For each drink at the water fountain? Maybe we can use cameras and some AI to tally up the expected utilities bill for each student and send that to the parents.