In all seriousness, it’s amusing to see how many people in this thread want to apply capitalist principles to a welfare program. The two are opposite - the goal here is to lose as much capital as possible.
I'm not arguing for "capitalist principles" (if there were such a thing).
The goal with welfare is to do as much good as possible. I contend that by managing administrative bloat, you lose money which could otherwise be given directly to people and do more good. The goal should be to spend money as efficiently as possible, not to spend less money
The administration people are a key part of the welfare program. The bloat is the jobs is the welfare. The welfare is the jobs is the bloat.
Same goes for healthcare, the TSA (gvmt in general), much of realty… the list goes on. Basically anywhere you look around and wonder what the hell so many workers are standing around for.
Employment is the number one mechanism of promoting welfare. (and the only one with lasting impact)
>jobs program
so is the point to help the poor, or is it to pay government workers to do unnecessary work?