[chimeracoder]

> People in prison likely wouldn't get money.

Well, people in prison are the ones who need money the most, given that they're currently working for a fraction of minimum wage just to buy basic toiletries.

> I'm sure there would be other reasons to decline some people. Such as mentally disabled. (maybe parents or care giver would receive more?)

And then you get right back to the whole question of determining who is eligible, or isn't eligible, and having some means of enforcing that... and we're right back where we started, with a means-testing system.