It's hard to imagine a more anti-work policy. Rather than empowering the poor,

Rhetoric that needs more evidence and less bias

it turns them into wards) of the state

Now, this is something interesting. Why does the state need a ward? If you think the last 47 years of fiat money subsequent to Bretton Woods was a success, then why is Debt/GDP and inequality so high? Why do wages continually lag productivity?

We need more wards of the state, because without people caring about public finances, It's either unfunded tax cuts, or bloated government.