“In the morning light, let my roots take flight.
Watch me fall above like a vicious dove.
They don't see me come, who can blame them?
They never seem to catch my eye but I've never wondered why..”
"Broad-based categorical eligibility has bloated the welfare rolls for decades. It has allowed States to take short cuts, error rates to balloon, and (gives) those with income and assets far above federal limits access to a benefit meant for the neediest among us."
It’s to eliminate loopholes that have been exploited to abuse the system.
Or in other words, to eliminate fraud.