This is based on the myth that poor people don't contribute, while rich people contribute more.
Perhaps you don't understand that many people in poverty have jobs. In fact many have multiple jobs, because it's the only way they can stay afloat financially.
Workfare is not a solution. The economy either needs to be reinvented with stable jobs and financial democracy, or essentials - not just cash, but education, health-care, and housing - need to be provided for free, and the cost of economic self-development made so low that anyone with an idea and a hint of a work ethic can try it out without being terrorised by the prospect of absolute economic failure and destruction.
Perhaps you don't understand that many people in poverty have jobs. In fact many have multiple jobs, because it's the only way they can stay afloat financially.
Workfare is not a solution. The economy either needs to be reinvented with stable jobs and financial democracy, or essentials - not just cash, but education, health-care, and housing - need to be provided for free, and the cost of economic self-development made so low that anyone with an idea and a hint of a work ethic can try it out without being terrorised by the prospect of absolute economic failure and destruction.