Why does the government keep giving money to people like me?

Why, in a time of alleged financial stringency, do we spend so much public money on people who, objectively, don’t really need it? Means testing is said to be administratively difficult, but I rather doubt this. And if these benefits were at least taxable, some part could be reclaimed through HMRC at very little administrative cost.

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