In business, one manufactures a product that not just creates a need  but also a want. This is called a win win.
There is not a government in the world that creates a product which turns a profit that drives this win win relationship yet government not only creates a need but a want for what it does. And just what do governments do? They steal. Using police power to put a gun to your head and my head to encourage payment. Through a perverted from of benevolence, politicians in RobinHood like fashion transfer the money š° to those who claim poverty. The politician looks good in the eyes of the receiver and the politician hopes the receiver will vote for him on election day. 
This is why the government should never start handing out Treasury money for any reason. The public will want it, come to expect it, destroy the golden goose if they don't get it and government will always be there to supply that ever wanting need. The only thing governments do is siphon wealth and what happens when the wealth has been eviscerated? 
Zimbabwe, Uganda, Guatemala, South Africa, Cambodia, Argentina, Venezuela, Haiti, North Korea, China, Russia to name a few.