The problem is, I think it's rare that people actually use payments like that for what they should be used for, namely helping oneself climb the ladder.
When I was a broke single parent, the EITC helped me get a computer and I proceeded to teach myself digital graphics design (I was already an "old media" artist), which enabled me to get progressively better jobs. But I knew plenty of people who used that money simply to splurge.
Did you not have guilt because you were spending money that someone else had earned and that you did not?............Remember, the government has NO MONEY that someone did not earn through some endeavor to create wealth for themselves and their family..........