Believe it or not, I agree with most of what you said, but what about the families NOT receiving public assistance who can't afford new clothes for back to school. There are millions of families with two parents working barely keeping their heads above water, who do not qualify for this bonus.
Instead of the millions spent on this ridiculous give away, why not use it to weed out the people cheating the system? Wouldn't that be a more practical use of the money?