Lately I heard a topic that kind of reminded me of something I saw on a talk show where there was this lady who was getting unemployment insurance from the government and at the same time she was still able to save a decent amount of it each month. That created controversy where people were saying if you are getting money that way then in no way should you be able to save that much money as it is simply meant to get you back on your feet.
So a topic that came up was how about people who use this kind of income assistant and their way of getting an income is attempting to start a business? Immediately a large portion of people said no as they felt having that kind of aid should mean one should be focusing in getting a job only. Another point that was brought up was that if the person was paying into the system before too then rightfully they should be able to get the aid as long as the situation they are in justifies it.
It is kind of a weird topic too I felt as anything associated with starting a business should come from investors I think. To me income assistants feels more like it is meant for a situation where someone is trying to get back into a traditional workforce.