Only trouble is, people can easily find unscrupulous doctors who will sign documents falsely claiming that the patient is physically or mentally incapable of working. I've known people who did this. Word gets out, and more and more people "scam the system." There's no shame in this now. People brag about it and teach their friends how to do it. People who really do need help are often denied, treated with suspicion, and/or made to jump through hoops because there is so much cheating.
No. People in need should go to charities, churches, food banks, friends, and family for help.
“Only trouble is, people can easily find unscrupulous doctors who will sign documents falsely claiming that the patient is physically or mentally incapable of working.”
To avoid that you have to elimate government welfare and go back to private charities and private compassion. They’re much better at determining who deserves and who doesn’t, and if they get scammed, it’s limited to them not the whole population.
Compassion should not be delegated to the politicians and bureaucrats. Like most everything else they make a mess of it.