Welfare Should Not Increase One's Lifestyle

Public assistance?

I'm just thinking out loud here. And, I'm thinking maybe one thing should not be allowed. The person on public assistance should not be able to increase his or her lifestyle by going on assistance. If he or she didn't have a nice car to begin with, why should going on Disability suddenly mean a pricey, polished car is now in order?

Along with no nice, new car, there should be no step up in housing. A person who couldn't afford a mortgage, shouldn't be given housing money that suddenly moves him or her from renter to homeowner, unless the mortgage is no more than the rent was.

These things might be rare. Increasing one's lifestyle through public assistance might not happen much at all. But, yes, I do wonder.