What would this look like? My wife has no income because she is raising our children. Should she be eligible for welfare? Do I owe gift tax if she orders a pizza from our joint checking account?
Well, naturally, that only implies the welfare laws and taxes should change as well.
For instance, whether you get welfare or not shouldn't simply be determined by your income, but by an actual analysis of your circumstances: it should be provided based on actual need, not numbers.
The problem here is that it is a very major change, and it may cost a lot and take a long time and a lot of consideration, and that might make it politically untenable.
